Goodbye

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah

Israfil, it will be very sad not to see u here any more.

I have seen you grow in faith, in understanding and improve greatly in dealing with people. All in all your stay was being appreciated (as I figure) and you were as well gaining from here, if am not wrong.

I dont know what exactly you wanted me to see that I am missing. You shld have told me there were PMs bothering you, but u asked a very general advice, after a general review, so I combined both in a very subtle way on a particular thread that you had related, thinking u would read the underlying message.

I am sorry you were still waiting for a response which I have not sent.

Remember that our first duty is towards ourselves, and then towards our family, friends and then towards the society. So infact we start building from within. When we start the process from this direction, it is not necessary to bother too much if we are misunderstood, or not understood.

Actually it is the ego we feed and pamper, when we are uncomfortable by the opinion of people. It is our ego that desires to receive love and approval of others, our soul is satisfied in discharging the good and waiting a reward from Allah.

All peace is in moving towards Allah. A knowledgeable person has said, we have to take only two steps towards Allah. "One is away from the self, and the other away from His creation." If we undertand fully the wisdome behind this, we will not worry much about others.

In whatever u choose, I wish you the good of this world and the good of next world, insha allah. Ameen.

Maa salaama,

Nausheen

Assalaamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu

Israfil

I do not want you to go either, Israfil.

Remember the reply you posted, to my first post?

Only Allah (SWT) knows who much you helped me, & I feel very much indebted to you.

I am not privy to what has gone on, but I can share somewhat in your grief. My family, & people whom I used to call friends, resorted to hurling abuse at me, for embracing Islam (& for the subsequent changes they observed in me).

It does hurt sometimes, especially when it comes from my family, however I realised that their actions, were not directed at me (I was trying my best to follow Allah�s Law - Islam, so they were in fact complaining to/at Allah [SWT]). Hence their uneasiness (& subsequent outburst) toward the path I was following; became a source for me to observe their delusions, so that I might be able to help them overcome - ignorance.

As embracing Islam has to be a personal choice, I don�t know if they will ever revert, however that will not stop me from trying. Insha Allah.

Please return, even if you fancy a break for a while, nothing wrong in that.

Wasalaam

nadir