In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

Asking for assistance in a project, task or in general:

As a six year old child, my father may Allah bless him and grant him al firdaws introduced to us the stories of the Prophets peace be upon them. These wonderful stories and examples  leave imprints for a child in their adult life. I am incredibly grateful to Allah and then my father for this. I was amazed by all of them and developed an attachment  for them. From all the stories I would pause and reflect at why Harun alahis salaam was granted prophethood by Allah through the request of his brother Musa alahis salaam. Asking for 'help' is not a weakness but truly a strength and  great wisdom. 

Later, in life I understood the story of Musa alahis salaam more so. I love Musa alahis salaam because he was so much concerned about the mission that Allah had placed upon him. He knew his physical speech impairment and he knew his task would be made easier with  the 'help' of his brother who was better in speech.

As people, we have different gifts and abilities. Take the example of a soccer or football match, people with certain abilities are given certain positions. This in turn leads to the best performance of the team and they are likely to fulfil their objective or goal.

In today's world, we should be concerned like Musa alahis salaam was for pleasing Allah foremost. In the collective success of Muslims, also lies our own individual success. Sometimes, we may not be able to do certain things but there is nobility and wisdom in allowing someone best suited to do the task. It will benefit all at large.

#ummah

As salaamu 3lykum my dear Sr Sundas,

How Allah connects people! I re-read your comment three times, to contemplate your own reflection. How important and wonderful it is to learn from others. Ameen to your dua and may you continue to excel in the good treatment of your beloved parents and your character increase in good so you enter al firdaws. Allahumma ameen. 

So you had to research about soccer huh? Is the Qatar team any better ;-) jokes aside I learn't from your comment too. May we have humble, kind and respectful hearts towards others ameen. 💜

These verses embody for me a beautiful conversation between Allah (SwT) and Prophet Musa peace be upon him, whereas Allah asks Musa about his stick before asking him to throw it away. 

He (SwT) in His majesty, connected with Musa before giving him a command, asking him about his stick and why it matters to him. 

And prophet Musa responds as if he is speaking with a close friend (and to Allah belongs the utmost example of perfection). 

Once Allah asks Musa to throw this stick, Musa throws it instantly although it has several uses for him. He didn't question Allah, asking why Allah ? And Allah showed Him His signs and returned it to Him.

Sometimes we are led to 'drop' certain things in our lives or they are removed from our lives - whether they be people, places, opportunities, health, wealth, etc. And sometimes that removal is temporary so Allah can show us His signs and return them to us when are ready to hold them again, and sometimes they are replaced with that which is better, in His Infinite Wisdom. 

Musa's stick was a tool and Musa trusted Allah when he was asked to throw it because He had a strong relationship with Allah.  The tool is temporary but the bond of trust between Him and Allah is eternal.

And once again Musa embodies this trust when Allah asks him to go to the Pharoah. With such a great task ahead, Musa doesn't question Allah, or say to Allah I am not the right person for the job ! He first asks Allah to uplift his heart, make his task easy and remove the impediment from his speech - which are all his personal resources. Then he asks Allah for external help too - to send His brother with him so he can help him and so they can Glorify and thank Allah often.  The key here wasn't just accomplishing the mission of going to the Pharoah but of also remembering and glorifying Allah often.

We can learn from this that when we have a difficult task ahead of us we can also make the dua prophet Musa made asking Allah for internal help and also ask for the external help we need. 

If you find yourself with a difficult task ahead, trust Allah can provide the tools you need to achieve it with His will or make a way out for you.  Ask of Him what you need. 

He's always been and always will watch over us, like he did with Prophet Musa.

SUBHANALLAH.......going through these verses,what i thought is.....how much blessed we all are to have companions to share and discuss our islamic thoughts. Those people can be from our own family or outside family (that can be from different countries and culture as well). Still we share a special bond with them. Support from those people come to us in different ways at apt timing enlightening us, strengthening us emotionally,morally,and in faith.....we are truely blessed to have someone who can help us in the remembrance of Allah in every situation that we go through in our journey. ALLAH,the bestower of bounties has gifted us with those people even without asking him......ALHAMDULILLAH for everything.
         May Allah accept our repentance and help us all in attaining his utmost pleasure.May Allah gather us all among his favourite slaves.May Allah allow us in helping others and being leaders in kindness, compassion and empathy, Aameen.

Alhamdulillah! Thank you for pointing out this great blessing! I hope we never take it for granted! And Aameen to all your duas

The next time you recite Surah Al Taha in your Salah especially, or outside of it. Imagine yourself to be Musa ( Alayhi Assalaam) and replace your life story with his life story, 
Outside of Salah pretend to have that conversation and reflect and see how your Lord Has favored you and chosen you, and shaped you for who you are and then take on life with in mind.
I speak to myself with this reflection. May Allah Grant Wisdom to appreciate His favors upon us.

قال ربّ اشرح لي صدري'
هنا قال: ربِّ.... 
النداء الذي لا يحتاج ترجمانًا،
ولم يقل: يا الله.... يا خالقي... 
بل قال: ربِّي..... 
يا من ربّيتني، وهديتني، وأويتني،
أنا الآن أحتاج أليك أن تشرح قلبي. 
'اشرح لي صدري'
أي اجعل فيه سعةً، يتسع لهمّ الرسالة، ولرهبة فرعون، ولقول الحق دون تلعثم.
فالرسالة لا تبدأ من اللسان..... بل من الصدر.
وإذا ضاق الصدر، خنق اللسان. 
'ويسر لي أمري'
لم يسأل ألا تكون هناك مشقة.... 
بل سأل أن تُيَسَّر،
أن يظل في قلبه يقين، ولو اشتدت الأمور. 
'واحلل عقدة من لساني
يفقهوا قولي'
تأمل..... 
طلب الفصاحة لا للبلاغة،
ولا ليتجمهر الناس حوله،
بل لأجل 'أن يُفهم'،
لأجل أن يصل النور. 

ياله من أدب.... 
النبيّ لا يسأل أن يكون بليغًا، بل أن يكون مُفهومًا. 

'واجعل لي وزيرًا من أهلي
هارون أخي
اشدد به أزري
وأشركه في أمري
كي نسبحك كثيرًا
ونذكرك كثيرًا' 

الله الله.... 
طلب من ربه 'الرفيق'،
من يُسدّد ظهره، ويخفف وحدته.
لكنه لم يقل: 'ليعينني على الناس'،
بل قال: 'كي نسبحك كثيرًا، ونذكرك كثيرًا'
كأنما يريد رفيقًا في الذكر، لا في المشقّة فقط،
وفي التسبيح، لا في الجدال السياسي والديني. 

إنها الرسالة عند أهل الله:
الغاية فيها هي الذكر، لا الغلبة. 

'إنك كنت بنا بصيرًا' 

ختام الدعاء باعترافٍ لا يُرد:
أنت ترى، أنت تعلم، أنت لم تغب عنّا لحظة. 

الرد السماوي: أعذب 'نعم' في التاريخ
'قال قد أوتيت سؤلك يا موسى' 
لا تفصيل، لا تأجيل،
كل ما سألته..... قد أُعطي لك. 

وهنا يتعلّم كل من يدعو:
أنك حين تسكب قلبك بصدق،
فإن الإجابة لا تحتاج ضوضاء.... 
بل تأتيك من وراء سبع سماوات بجملة واحدة:
'قد أوتيت سؤلك.'

ما شاء الله تدبر جميل جدا 

بارك الله فيكم وزادكم علما وحكمة 

Some things that help in dawah deduced from these verses , though there are more to list:

1. Having an expanded chest (being stress free) is best for giving dawah to be able to focus on the listener and not the thing causing you stress.
2. Speaking clearly to be able to beautify the good with your speech, and vilify the evil is an asset for the da3i
3.Having a teammate in dawah can cause for more strength and success in your mission
4. Constantly making dhikr of Allah is your source of strength , and the more difficult the task the more you should remember Allah 

JazakAllah, 
And last but not the least,
Never fear as the Master of the Multiverse is always with the da3i, Who is personally listening and seeing everything. 


Allah describes His book as, 'a Book of perfect consistency and repeated lessons—which causes the skin of those who fear their Lord to tremble.'

Do you ever read a surah and you can sense that another surah is echoed or reflected? For me it is not immediately obvious, but something, maybe a similar phrase or key word will tip me off to a pattern of similarity. It is possible that this similarity is just in my imagination - maybe these threads run through many surahs, but wanted to share some of it here in case there are more reflections on this. 

For example, while reflecting on surah as-sajdah, I wanted to collect some of the other verses that speak about those who turn away from the signs of Allah.

That took me to, among other surahs, surah Taha. And then, I noticed some parallels between the two surahs, though they are not side by side in the Quran or similar in length: Surah Taha is 10 pages long, Sajda is only 3 pages. But words and expressions that are not common in other surahs stood out to me when I placed them side by side:

-Both begin with, after the letters in the first verse, the coming down - tanzeel - of the book
-Both surahs mention the throne of Allah early in the surah (verse 4/5 )
-Both describe consequences for those who are reminded of Allah but turn away
-Both describe the humbling/lowering of the face - Surah Taha 111 - Surah Sajda 12, 15
-Both use the word forgot/ignore and  forgotten/ignored to describe the disbelievers on the day of judgment
-Taha is characterized by long stories of Prophet Musa while Surah Sajda summarizes the story of Prophet Musa in just one verse  
-Both have an almost identical verse: Taha 128 and Sajda 26: Can they not draw a lesson from the many generations We destroyed before them, through whose dwelling places they now walk? There truly are signs in this for anyone with understanding AND Is it not a lesson for them to see how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose homes they now walk? There truly are signs in this - do they not hear? 
-Both of them end the second to last verses with a irrelevant/foolish question asked by the disbelievers: When is the Judgment (Surah Sajda) and Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord? (Surah Taha)
-Both of them end with waiting:
Surah Taha: Say, 'We are all waiting, so you carry on waiting: you will come to learn who has followed the even path, and been rightly guided.'
Surah As-Sajda:  So turn away from them, and wait. They too are waiting.

A stretch? Maybe. My brain hurts a little bit, I can't put my finger on the significance of these parallels, but it makes me feel in awe of the Quran, and a sense that we as Muslims are barely scratching the surface of the wisdom in this book. 

Have you sensed this echo or reflection in other places in the Quran?






Subhanallah ! What a wonderful reflection! Of course Quranul Kareem is from Allah, the exalted ❤️ that's why its contents are so miraculous.

Muslim American Society

How do I know that my failure is because I am doing something wrong or because it is the will of Allah? 

In the 10th-11th years of the prophecy, prophet Mohammad SAAW went through the toughest times of his life. He lost his uncle and his wife. He was isolated for 2-3 years, he got no more protection and no wife to support him and heal his scars. He was at risk and he had to find a place just to at least stay alive in. 
All what he went through SAAW was by the will of Allah, not as a punishment or because he was doing wrong, his relationship with Allah was good so it was a test. A heavy one. 
So i feel like when my relationship is good with Allah, when i extend my efforts to the extreme and nothing is left to be done and i still fail, all i could remind my self is 

‎وَمَا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشْرَىٰ وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ بِهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
Allah only made it a message of hope, and to set your hearts at rest. Victory comes only from Allah. Allah is Mighty and Wise. 

Victory only comes from Allah, so i gotta wait for it with All pleasure and patience. 

On the other hand, on the battle of Uhud,
Archers violate the command of the Prophet SAAW. The archers thought that the polytheists would not return after they saw their flight, and a number of them went down to seek the spoil, and they violated the Prophet’s command not to leave their places, despite the reminder of their Emir, but they insisted on leaving their sites, and Khaled Bin Al-Walid hinted that the gap was, and it was At the time among the polytheists, he wrapped behind the mountain with a squad of Quraish's knights, and killed the remaining archers on the mountain, and the back of the Muslim army was revealed to Khaled, so they surprised them from the back, their ranks were disturbed, and the killing occurred, and the army of polytheists returned and surrounded Muslims from all directions, They began to withdraw from the battlefield, and the victory achieved turned into a great setback. 

So you see there? They did something wrong, they didn’t follow the rules they just followed what they wanted to do most and there was consequences. If i don’t pray for example, don’t practice and don’t do anything and something goes wrong, and i question it.... well of course something is going to go wrong! Like what am I doing to deserve the goodness to be in my life you know? The further you walk away from Allah, the hardest it will become for you to breath. If you walk away further, your chest will get tighter and tighter on you and things will go from bad to worse than ever. 

Have hope in Allah and everything but don’t let that hope destroy you and keep you lying to yourself that if you do nothing Allah will give you whatever you ask for. 

وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَىٰ
who turns away from My remembrance, he shall surely lead a straitened life. And (what is more,) We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.'

How do I know that my failure is because I am doing something wrong or because it is the will of Allah? 


May Allah reward you with goodness for these words. We can do many actions such as striving, doing everything, thinking about it day and night to reach a single result. But what if we do not have the will of God within us while taking these steps?  If there is a result, we should actually be afraid. Because if you do not seek the consent of Allah, you will be following the path of Satan.If God doesn't give you love. Let's see it this way, you made your intention for the sake of Allah, you worked day and night with the help of Allah and there was no result, thank God after years, it was a good thing it didn't happen. The issue is only and only whether events are in accordance with Allah's will or not? What is my intention? What does my ego want? Am I doing it with Allah's permission or am I on the path of Satan? In fact, the accounting of the Self must be done for these. Asceticism, self, knowing one's intentions, Now I say alhamdulillah for whatever is not there. It is good that it was not there because I did not seek the pleasure of Allah.We should pray a lot. Oh God, let me do things that please you. The power comes only from you. If we understand the sovereignty of God over us, everything becomes easier.

Personal Reflection on Surah Taha

'This Surah held up a mirror I wasn’t ready for.'

There’s something uncomfortable about Surah Taha.

Not because it’s hard to understand 
But because it’s hard to face.

I used to read the story of Musa (AS) like a bedtime tale. Familiar, safe.
He stood before Pharaoh. He parted the sea. He made history.

But I never noticed how human he was.

He was afraid.
He hesitated.
He told Allah straight up, 'I can’t do this alone.'
And instead of rebuking him, Allah gave him Harun. Gave him calm. Gave him backup.
And I realized asking for help doesn’t mean you’re weak.
It means you trust Allah enough to admit your limits.

Then there’s Pharaoh. The villain.

But sometimes, I catch traces of him in me.
When I want control.
When I refuse advice.
When I pretend I know better.
When I judge others, but excuse my own behavior.

He thought he was god. I’ve never said that out loud but how many times have I acted like I know best?

That was hard to admit.


The golden calf story hit even harder.

The people saw the sea split. They were saved from death. And yet… they still ended up worshipping a calf.

And I thought: If they can forget Allah after seeing miracles with their own eyes… what’s stopping me from doing the same after my duas get answered?

I’ve seen moments where Allah clearly helped me.
Yet later, I panic. I scroll endlessly. I numb out. I chase distractions.
That calf may be ancient, but I think we’ve all built our own versions of it.

Anything we turn to more than Allah — that’s our calf.
Even if it looks like a goal, a habit, a person, or a screen.



Then came the verse that wouldn’t let me sleep:

'Whoever turns away from My remembrance – for him is a life of hardship.' (20:124)

That line didn’t feel like a threat.
It felt like a diagnosis.

The low days. The heavy heart. The random anxiety.
Not all of it is from life.
Some of it is from forgetting why I’m here.

This life feels hard because I’m trying to live it without the One who gave it to me.
Simple, but brutally honest.


And then the verse that quietly broke me:

'My Lord, why have You raised me blind, while I used to see?'

That shook me.

Because physical blindness is one thing.
But spiritual blindness — where you walk through life chasing the wrong things, ignoring the truth, wasting time — that’s worse.

What if I’ve been spiritually blind and didn’t even know it?

What if I’ve been seeing the world through a lens that leaves Allah out?


But here’s what I love most about Surah Taha:

It doesn’t leave you in guilt.

It doesn’t just expose the problem — it gives you a way out.

'We did not send down this Qur’an to distress you…' (20:2)

This book is not a burden. It’s a light.

And now I’m trying to treat it like one — not a school subject, not a routine checklist, but a manual for how to survive this life with my soul intact.



So what do I take from this Surah?
• I’m allowed to fear — but I’m not allowed to forget Who’s with me.
• I need to stop romanticizing distractions — they might be my personal calf.
• And most of all, I don’t want to wake up in the next life blind… because I ignored what really mattered in this one.

It’s uncomfortable.
But maybe discomfort is where change begins.

#personalreflection 
#quranreflection
#surahTa-ha

Jazak Allah khair for a beautiful reflection. It felt like I had someone vested in my improvement guide me. May Allah bless you and all your readers/commentators unlimited contentment, ease, happiness and protect you from all evil. Ameen.

The Pharaoh is one of the worst people to ever walk this Earth. A disbeliever with the haughtiness and arrogance to enslave, persecute, torture, and commit genocide of an entire nation. Few of mankind will ever approach his level of corruption. Still, Allah sent guidance to him. On top of that, Prophet Musa and Prophet Harun were instructed to approach him with respect, because even a tyrant with a devastating track record may have a change of heart.
In the end, we know the Pharoah never believed and, in fact, only worsened his oppression when confronted with the truth. Prophet Musa (AS) and Prophet Harun (AS) are never recorded cursing him out or insulting him though -- they only ever spoke truth to him in a dignified manner, per Allah's orders.
Allah had a plan -- Allah knew the Pharoah would not believe, but Pharoah needed a fair chance. More importantly, perhaps, Prophet Musa (AS) and Prophet Harun (AS) were sent to guide the entire civilization in Egypt and the Bani Isra'eel, not just this one individual. Because of their tactful and poised engagement with the Pharoah, an entire generation of believers was raised from among both civilizations, which included the very magicians and sorcerors the Pharoah had relied upon to legitimize his authority. If the brothers (AS) had approached the Pharaoh with disdain, or even if they had matched the same harshness of the Pharoah (it's only fair, right? The Pharoah was harsh first...), it is likely no one would have considered the message at all.
This is a reminder for us. We demonstrate Islam in our words and actions every time we interact with anyone, including and especially our adversaries. Allah alone knows who is watching us and who will be guided to Islam -- or turned away -- because of our character. Treat every individual with respect, and know that failing to do so only reflects badly on you and not on the one about whom you speak. Recall from the examples of our beloved messengers and prophets like Musa (AS) and his brother (AS) that this will never diminish the truth. We can and must forbid evil, even as we maintain the dignity of our own tongues.
#GoodCharacter#Dignity#ReflectingInCrisis