got this message a few days ago.
"Hi Nizar, just want to thank you for all your help to rehabilitate my mother and lending her a listening ear. She got a stroke and passed away 10 days ago. You gave her much joy in being able to stand, and listening to her grievances, she enjoyed your visits very much. God has been gracious, she slipped into unconsciousness very fast, but we all miss her a lot. Thank you very much in lifting up her spirits."
one sometimes fails to realise the value of one's work, especially when caught up in the humdrums of life.
but i know why i do what i do.
"Hi Nizar, just want to thank you for all your help to rehabilitate my mother and lending her a listening ear. She got a stroke and passed away 10 days ago. You gave her much joy in being able to stand, and listening to her grievances, she enjoyed your visits very much. God has been gracious, she slipped into unconsciousness very fast, but we all miss her a lot. Thank you very much in lifting up her spirits."
one sometimes fails to realise the value of one's work, especially when caught up in the humdrums of life.
but i know why i do what i do.
2 comments:
this is the reason why you do what you do and other people don't.
it is a cause that you find yourself in, and you believe in this. even islamically, this is such an important thing to do, as i have said in classes ad nauseam; establish your "rope with mankind" - cos being a muslim is not just about worship really. get out of that mindset that prevents and confused so many muslim from being true to our existence (and i am not even talking about the self), and perhaps, even to god. don't get trapped in the illusion that you are good to god via your worship - He does not need that. you need to be good to His creations to truly know Him and to reach Him,
the difference you made to a life is so much more valuable to Him than the nights of worship you spent. i am of course, not devaluing the worth of the other.
one is personal and private, but the other is public. you live in this world, and need to do good things required of this world - don't forget that! otherwise, He does not need to put us here on earth.
sometimes, others may not be supportive of you and what you do. but this is exactly what He means by Faith. it is not what they speak about on the pulpits.
i am happy for you, and will continue to pray for your well-being :)
thank you for this new perspective that i can mull over now... and for your kind concern...
your comments brought "rain to the windows of the soul".
be well Ustaz!
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