Good or Bad

... and it is an object of dislike to you; and it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and allah knows, while you do not know.
Quran, Al-Baqara (2), 216

The waves of the sea took the only survivor of a shipwreck to an uninhabited isle. He was praying to god feverishly to rescue him. Every day he was looking at the horizon in searching savior disappointedly, but every day he was more disappointed than past day. Eventually, he managed to build a small cottage and brought his few possessions which were remainder from ship.
A day, he had gone for searching the food, when he came back, his cottage was burning. The worst event had happened; everything had been lost. He was so sad and angry. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried. He slept near the burned cottage disappointedly.
Early the next time, he was awakened by the horn of a ship that was approaching the beach. It had come to rescue him.
"How did you find out I was here?" Asked the exhausted man from his saviors.
"We saw your smoke signal" they replied.

The Best Guardian

And Allah best knows your enemies and Allah suffices as a guardian and Allah suffices as a helper.
Quran, Annesa (4), 45

Surely the most important news of the past days had been related to Gaze events. Maybe at the begining every one thought that Israel would win the war,but we all saw that the people of Gaze resisted courageously for 23 days, and Israel was not able to enter the city; the only thing it could do was to bombard the city from the sky, the earth and the sea, which caused the death of many civilians specially children, but in fact what was the reason that the people of Gaze could cripple the most well equipped army of the Middle East behind the city gates although they had no weapons?The answer of the question lies in the mentioned ayah: "And Allah best knows your enemies and Allah suffices as a guardian and Allah suffices as a helper."

God's Remembrance

Those who believe and whose hearts are set at rest by the remembrance of Allah; now surely by Allah's remembrance are the hearts set at rest.
Quran, Al-Rad (13), 28

All of us have had solitary sense and lonely times, inability and infirmity sense. These senses have caused by losing or failing or other facts. What do you do when you face to them?
We are asking help from our parent or grandfather and grandmother or our favorite teacher. Because we believed that they were more aware and stronger than us. But they will die as other everybody or will leave us for other facts.
What should we do to gain a victory over these difficulties and what should be done for problems and difficulties which they can't tolerate either.
Shouldn't really we find a bigger power? Who is that? Can any being but god tranquilize our painful hearts?
Today human being clears the problem rather than solving it and referring to god as an endless power. Today human goes for narcotics, alcoholic drinks and consequently suicide when facing difficulties which find themselves unable to deal with. But, are they the right choices?
Surely by Allah's remembrance are the hearts set at rest.

Benefits of Fasting

O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil).
Quran, Al-Baqara, 183

Muslims fast for one month when Ramadan arrives. They restrain eating, drinking and some other actions from sunrise until evening.
Fasting has many benefits for people and the society. Some of wich are mentioned here.
- Fasting makes us aware of how poor and indigent persons live.
- We are usually oblivious about some things that are always with us, but when we lose them we will be aware of their importance.
- By fasting we will know the value of water and foods that we think are cheap.
- Fasting burns the body's extra fat and surplus substance that have been saved in body. It improves our health.
- We learn patience and resisting life difficulties by tolerating starvation and thirst.
- Fasting improves health and also healing or prevents diseases.
- Some diseases that fasting is operative on them: blood pressure, overweight, MS, heart disease and so on.

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Ramadhan, holy month

Relief after difficulty

After every difficulty there is relief.
Quran, Al-Nashrah, 5
Allah brings about ease after difficulty.
Quran, At-Talaq, 7

Sometimes life be hard on us. Difficulty is a part of life. All of us have or will have a few difficulties and disasters at different stages of life. Sometimes they are negligible and sometimes intolerable. They strengthen us as fire changes iron to hard steel.
The important point is that pressure must be resisted to achieve success, because after every difficulty there is relief.