While we go about living our daily lives, many times we find ourselves at a loss of hope because of our sins. A lot of times this is because we decide to live our lives in a state of “Carpe Diem,” which in Latin means “live in the moment.” We find ourselves being halfhearted and insincere when we want to repent. We begin to lose faith in Allāh and His decree because we think “I’m in too deep to get out.” We then gradually start slacking in our good deeds. Finally, we start thinking that we have reached a point of no return and cannot possibly receive guidance from Allah because of our sins.
Long story short, I had developed a desire to understand the Qur’an a few years ago and since then wanted to take some time off to study Arabic. I heard about the Dream program in 2008 and had intended to go when it was announced. Last year I was blessed by Allah to move to Dallas for a year and attend Bayyinah’s 10 month Dream program.
Instead of being du’aat, ameers, ameerahs, MSA presidents, and coordinators, learn to be good friends with the middle-men youth. Take them out to eat randomly and buy them a slice of pizza, take them to the mall if they need a ride, etc. Simply, be really chill with them. That’s the first thing before anything. As John Maxwell says, “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
An Update on Dr. Ibrahim Dremali’s situation.
The word “اÙÙ„Ø/ÙŠÙÙ„Ø/Ø¥Ùلاؔ means “attaining success after putting in much hard work and strain.” Allah uses the same word in the first verse of Surah Mu’minoon when he refers to attaining khushoo’ in the prayer, ie. it entails that you need to work extra hard to attain concentration.
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