Her Waffle

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. We are human beings. An-Nas, even the Arabic word of humankind is derived from (& have the same meaning of) 'forget'. Being forgetful is the fitrah, an element that cannot be taken away from a normal human. It's a norm to be forgetful but surely we cannot blame this trait as the factor of leading us astray from our Creator. Every morning when we wake up, we have been reminded by Allah that only with the power of His command that we are able to regain the consciousness, to continue living. But let's ask this question to ourselves, is every act that we do in our life based upon Him? Do we study, do we eat, do we walk etc etc etc merely for the sake of obtaining His redha? A sister came to our residence and Allah is so kind that He made the sister talked about studying lillahi. For your information, next Monday marks the start of our semester exam (before the one-month-semester-break yahoooo) and this week is the final week for us to do

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Having the sky as my canvas, having the birds chirping as the music, I reckon that Allah is beckoning me to start pondering on the pleasures that He gives me for free. Yes, it is true that valuable things in life are gained without having to spend your money on it. One of them is contentment- to feel just enough with everything that we have right now. (This is my personal way of defining 'contentment' anyway. What's yours?) Even the slightest breeze of wind can make you feel at ease, through and through; provided that Allah allows that small thing to actually 'touch' your heart. We often complain and shutting our eyes to the joys around us. The whiners always see the dark side of life, insisting on saying that the hitches are more abundant than the pleasures that they have. Being the forgetful human beings, we don't remember that since the first day on Earth, Allah has given everything (yes, EVERYTHING!) that we need without aski