Salam,
I’m still in Morocco and do not want to go home. I’m missing it already. I’m missing my family, the athan that announces each prayer so beautifully, the markets, the food, the mixes of extremes and my family.
If anything this trip has made me realize how lonely our life in Canada is. All of my relatives live here, in Morocco while we (my direct family and I) live in Canada so we are quite separated and therefore only get to see each other every few years, but Alhmaduillah for Allah is so kind with blessing us with even those meetings.
But being positive is important, so I’ll make the most of these last weeks and I’ll make the most of my return insha’Allah!
Before I came to Morocco I started wearing hijab (Alhamduillah), so that I would have a chance to get used to it. Honestly? I love it! I’ve wanted to wear it for a long time, and I finally took the plunge. Lots of people may wonder why I hadn’t done so sooner. Well, for me it was definitely a challenge that I had to overcome. I was too weak and worried about others and what others would think when really I should have worried only of what Allah s.w.t thinks.
I love Allah very much, and I want to make Him happy. Insha’Allah, I pray that I do, or that I can strive too.
This trip has made me realize a few things, like how much I still have to learn. Honestly, I should have no time for TV or petty books when there is a whole world of knowledge to unlock and discover. Islamic studies, general studies, everything!
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about how Muslims worry to much about getting other degrees and what not, when they should be worrying about expanding their knowledge of Islam. True? False?
I say, the answer lies somewhere in between. Everything we do is a form of worship IF we do it with the right intentions. I mean, learning about the components of the human anatomy and how things work is a form of worship in ways. I mean, Subhana’Allah, just look how wonderful and intricate Allah’s s.w.t creations are! Subhanan’Allah! He is truly magnificent.
Learning about the planets, the universe, agriculture, history, and just everything else is a way of learning and appreciating Allah and His gifts and Greatness!
Like for example, there is a doctor in Saudia (don’t quote me on where he’s from but I think he’s from somewhere in the emirates) who discovered a way of healing glaucoma. He was studying Surrah Yusuf profusely because he thought that it was interesting how when Yacoub (aleyhi salam) was blind in his old age, Yusuf (aleyhi salam) took the shirt from his sweaty body and told his brother to put it on Yacoub’s face and when he did, his sight returned, so the doctor thought that this must mean something.
So the doctor after reading that Ayat went to research the effectiveness of sweat on the eyes, what he discovered was that it could cure glaucoma. Subhana’Allah! Look, how the answers are given to us. (That’s a shortened version of the story, forgive it’s briefness.)
However, this doctor would not have been able to come up with this unless he first had knowledge of the human body, and science. Right? I mean, Allah s.w.t give us this wonderful book that is so full of answers but the only way to accurately take from them is if we also have knowledge of the world He has created around us.
Everything in the end comes down to intentions. So, if you’re doing something solely for material gain and life in this world then yes you’re definitely in the wrong BUT if your intentions are pure because you want to truly please Allah s.w.t then the best of luck.
In other news…
I got the six week internship at the hospital! Alhamduillah, for truly this could not have been done without Allah s.w.t allowing it to happen.
Take care and insha’Allah I’ll update again with pictures when I probably come back.
~Pink Gerbera~
P.S. If I haven’t e-mailed you, I apologize, in all honesty I’m a horrible correspondent. Astighfurillah.
I’m still in Morocco and do not want to go home. I’m missing it already. I’m missing my family, the athan that announces each prayer so beautifully, the markets, the food, the mixes of extremes and my family.
If anything this trip has made me realize how lonely our life in Canada is. All of my relatives live here, in Morocco while we (my direct family and I) live in Canada so we are quite separated and therefore only get to see each other every few years, but Alhmaduillah for Allah is so kind with blessing us with even those meetings.
But being positive is important, so I’ll make the most of these last weeks and I’ll make the most of my return insha’Allah!
Before I came to Morocco I started wearing hijab (Alhamduillah), so that I would have a chance to get used to it. Honestly? I love it! I’ve wanted to wear it for a long time, and I finally took the plunge. Lots of people may wonder why I hadn’t done so sooner. Well, for me it was definitely a challenge that I had to overcome. I was too weak and worried about others and what others would think when really I should have worried only of what Allah s.w.t thinks.
I love Allah very much, and I want to make Him happy. Insha’Allah, I pray that I do, or that I can strive too.
This trip has made me realize a few things, like how much I still have to learn. Honestly, I should have no time for TV or petty books when there is a whole world of knowledge to unlock and discover. Islamic studies, general studies, everything!
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about how Muslims worry to much about getting other degrees and what not, when they should be worrying about expanding their knowledge of Islam. True? False?
I say, the answer lies somewhere in between. Everything we do is a form of worship IF we do it with the right intentions. I mean, learning about the components of the human anatomy and how things work is a form of worship in ways. I mean, Subhana’Allah, just look how wonderful and intricate Allah’s s.w.t creations are! Subhanan’Allah! He is truly magnificent.
Learning about the planets, the universe, agriculture, history, and just everything else is a way of learning and appreciating Allah and His gifts and Greatness!
Like for example, there is a doctor in Saudia (don’t quote me on where he’s from but I think he’s from somewhere in the emirates) who discovered a way of healing glaucoma. He was studying Surrah Yusuf profusely because he thought that it was interesting how when Yacoub (aleyhi salam) was blind in his old age, Yusuf (aleyhi salam) took the shirt from his sweaty body and told his brother to put it on Yacoub’s face and when he did, his sight returned, so the doctor thought that this must mean something.
So the doctor after reading that Ayat went to research the effectiveness of sweat on the eyes, what he discovered was that it could cure glaucoma. Subhana’Allah! Look, how the answers are given to us. (That’s a shortened version of the story, forgive it’s briefness.)
However, this doctor would not have been able to come up with this unless he first had knowledge of the human body, and science. Right? I mean, Allah s.w.t give us this wonderful book that is so full of answers but the only way to accurately take from them is if we also have knowledge of the world He has created around us.
Everything in the end comes down to intentions. So, if you’re doing something solely for material gain and life in this world then yes you’re definitely in the wrong BUT if your intentions are pure because you want to truly please Allah s.w.t then the best of luck.
In other news…
I got the six week internship at the hospital! Alhamduillah, for truly this could not have been done without Allah s.w.t allowing it to happen.
Take care and insha’Allah I’ll update again with pictures when I probably come back.
~Pink Gerbera~
P.S. If I haven’t e-mailed you, I apologize, in all honesty I’m a horrible correspondent. Astighfurillah.
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