A comprehensive look into the aspects of psychology that are obviously intertwined by the teachings of Islam, but which are easily overlooked by many people. This blog's purpose is to point out the undoubted connection the study of the human brain, mind, soul, and their envrionments have with the teaching of the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah (actions and sayings) of the beloved prophet Muhammed (May God's Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him).

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Ramadhan Mubarak!!

Assalam wa alaikum wa rehmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

From the bottom of my heart, I would like to wish everyone the most sincere wishings of congradulations on the coming Ramadhan...the holy month of Muslims. I say congradulations because it is definitely a blessing that all of us, whether Muslim or not, have made it this far in life. God can take any of our lives at any time, at any place. This is the month where we constantly, thank God for His showering of blessings upon us.

With the coming of Ramadhan comes many things, things that we all at one point or another have over looked. Most of us know Ramadhan as a time where the Qur'an was revealed to prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Yes, it definitely is the month in which the Qur'an was revealed. However, it is far much more than that. It is a time where we suppress our desires to please Allah (Swt). Keep in mind, all of this is just to please Allah. If you are fasting to lose weight or something like that, you have defeated the purpose. The point is to submit yourself. (Islam literally means to submit to the will of God[It does also mean peace as well]). One of the main purposes of the holy month is to return to Allah, to return spiritually to the one who created. I don't mean that during this month everyone dies and comes back literally, but this month is an essential part of the ongoing struggle which we all call life. What Ramadhan is for is to put an end to all of our addictions.
One of the points that I would like to make is that everyone has their own addiction. See the thing is when people hear the word addiction, it is almost always affiliated with narcotics, which is not the case at all. People have addictions to things besides drugs. The truth of the matter is that different people have tendencies towards different things. For some people it is women, while for other people it is gambling, for others it is the Internet. No matter what it is, the addiction becomes something that takes them away from God. That is exactly the point where man becomes at loss. One of my objectives of this blog is to help people understand that everyone has their shortcomings, no matter how big or small the shortcoming is.
The best thing that we can do is to pray to Allah (Swt) and to hope that he forgives us for all of our sins. We should all pray that He forgives all of An-Nas (Mankind) for all of our wrongdoings and sins. Thank you and please keep me in your supplication (God-Willing).

May God's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you,

Fouzan Ahmed Kaiser