Recently I heard a Reflection on this ayah by Dr.Nasser Karimian. In it he said one of the benefits that you could derive from this ayah is by looking at what is not being said in it, i.e, Dawood(AS) was favored with kingdom, fame and popularity among his people, he was also beautiful, he had material possessions at the maximum but what Allah mentioned as the unique special defining favour was that of the holy book(Psalms). Allah didn't care to mention about any of his material wealth. For me personally when I tried to achieve success and accomplishment in the eyes of the others which was based mainly around the material possessions I did fail multiple times. What gives me hope is this
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Amir Khan
Jazaak Allah khair, brother Javed. Masha Allah you seem to have made a real shift in thinking and focus, for the better, as we would all do in contemplating and acting accordingly, in devotion to our Sustainer, our Cherisher, rather than seeking the approval of our fellow-beings with the ephemeral. Allah Most High knows best.
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BEING GRATEFUL EVEN IN AN ADVERSITY : A TIMELESS ADVICE FROM MOOSA(AS) When I saw the videos on what's happening in Palestine, in one of them an owner of a bookshop which was destroyed was interviewed. He did stay up late night, spent time away from his family working to build his dream of having his own bookshop. After having his dream being destroyed within a matter of seconds and being around its rubble and he describing his loss to the interviewer the very next thing he says is الحمد لله على كل حال(All Praise and thanks are only for allah in all circumstances), he was grateful eventhough being struck by an adversity. The guy is a Palestinian and a lot of Palestinians are ethnically the
...Salwa Nazir
Subhan Allah, this is such an important reminder. The Palestinian people are at their lowest, yet they are thankful all the time, for everything. Jazakallahu Khairan for this beautiful reflection
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