Be Patient: Key to happiness and success

This is another story which happened in the States. A man came out of
his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his
three-year-old son was happily picked stone and scratched lines on the
side of the truck. In his anger, the man ran to his son, knocked him
away. And took the little boy's hands and hit it many times as
punishment, not realizing he was using a wrench. When the father
calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.
Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he
finally had to amputate the fingers from both the little boy's hands.
When the boy woke up from the surgery and saw his bandaged stubs, he
innocently said, "Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked,
"But when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father was so hurt.
He went back to truck and kicked it a lot of times. Sitting back he
looked at the scratches, little boy wrote "I LOVE YOU DAD." Later then
committed suicide.
Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or you
wish to take revenge. Think first before you lose your patience with
someone you love. Trucks can be repaired. Broken bones and hurt
feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference
between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is
greater than revenge.
People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes, because we
human beings are not perfect. But the actions we take while in a rage
will haunt us forever.
It takes 72 muscles to frown - only 14 to smile! So keep smiling,
After all, we only live once.
In the word SMILE:
*.S stands for Sets you free
*.M stands for Makes you special
*.I stands for Increases your face value
*.L stands for Lifts up your spirits
*.E stands for Erases all your tensions
A Smile makes us look younger, while Prayers make us feel stronger.
Think about how special a smile is. It costs nothing, but has the
power to enrich all, who receive it.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a
caring, sharing person inside.
Even a smile or a kind word is considered charity.
Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better One. So, Live
like a Candle, which burns itself but give lights to others.

Personal Perception: Key to happiness and success

Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be
another man's poison.
Once Luqman (as), The Wise said to his son, "Oh son! Do not tie your
heart in seeking the pleasure of people. You are not likely to
succeed. Do not pay attention to what people say. Instead tell
yourself always to seek the pleasure of Allah (SWT)."
Luqman (as), The Wise wanted this lesson to be always remembered and
never to be forgotten. He thought of a way. So, he then told his son
to ride a donkey and the son obeyed. The father followed behind on
foot. They traveled in this way for some distance.
After some distance they came across a group of people. Seeing the son
on the donkey, one of them said, "What an impolite and bad boy. The
old father is walking on foot. The young son is comfortably riding on
the donkey. This is no manner to show respect to one's father."
Father and son heard this. The son came down from the donkey. Luqman
(as), The Wise rode on the donkey.
After some distance they came across another group of people. On
seeing the father riding the donkey, the elder of the group said, "Oh
you old man! This is not the way to bring up a son. You make him walk
in the hot sun, while you sit comfortably on the donkey."
Luqman (as), The Wise paid attention to what the people said. He came
down from the donkey. Both father and son walked on foot. The donkey
walked in front. They went a little further.
People seeing them, said, "How foolish you are? You walk behind a
donkey. Why don't you ride it?"
Luqman (as), The Wise and his son once again accepted what the people
said. They both rode the donkey and went further. They came across a
river. There was a bridge to be crossed. Some people were sitting
there. They saw Luqman (as), The Wise and his son riding the donkey.
One of them said, "It is very unkind and cruel of you two to ride on
the poor donkey. The little animal can hardly take all your burden."
So taking this advice Luqman (as), The Wise and his son dismounted
from the donkey. They traveled a little distance further. Looking very
lovingly Luqman (as), The Wise said to his son, "You have heard and
seen what the people said. It must have assured you, by now, that
whatever you do or whichever way you move, one is not able to please
the people of the world." You can never have everyone praise you, nor
will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and
never will be in the future.
Luqman (as), The Wise pointed at the flowing river and added, "A
person can build a wall across the river. It will stop the flow of the
water. But it is not possible to shut the mouth of the people from
criticism."
Very clearly, similar is the case in our world today. The tongue has
no bone. It can speak even without thought. There are as many opinions
as there are people in the world. It is very bad to find fault with
the other person, especially when he is doing something good. A person
can feel very hurt when he listens to all the tongues that talk loose.
To avoid getting hurt by loose talk, a person can train himself. He
can discipline himself to think. By thinking he can know what is wrong
and void. When a person is sure that what he is doing will please his
Master, Allah (SWT) the Almighty, then he must never worry what others
speak. Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if your conscience
is clear.
"We must do what we conceive to be the right thing and not bother our
heads or burden our souls with whether we will be successful. Because
if we don't do the right thing, we will be doing the wrong thing and
we will just be a part of the disease and not a part of the cure."

The Myth of the Evolution of Fish with Lungs

Evolutionists resort to evolutionist tales regarding fish with
lungs and maintain that these fish were the first vertebrates to
move from water to dry land. However, the idea of the passage from
water to dry land and the role assumed to have been played in this
scenario by fish with lungs stem solely from blind devotion to the
theory of evolution. Evolutionists are unable to produce any
concrete evidence to support their claims. This can clearly be seen
from Darwinist writings. One sees tales about how fish supposedly
developed lungs in order to be able to make use of the oxygen in the
air and how their fins turned into feet to enable them to walk on
land. But these people are unable to produce any fossil evidence
for their claims. The reason for this is clear: such a passage is
entirely imaginary and there is no scientific evidence to support
it.
On the contrary, the scientific evidence refutes these Darwinist
tales. The weakness of the evolutionary myths about fish with lungs
is a fact explicitly and frequently brought up even in evolutionist
literature.
Fish with lungs are able to breathe air and to survive in dry
periods thanks to an astonishing metabolic arrangement and system.
These fish, which have to rise to the surface approximately every 20
minutes, bury themselves inside a cocoon made of mud in dry seasons
when the waters retract and enter into a kind of summer sleep,
known as aestivation. This time, when their metabolisms slow down
enormously, will last for months, or sometimes even for years,
until the rains begin again.
Some evolutionists claim that these creatures are left over from this
so called period, living transitional forms. According to this
entirely imaginary evolutionist fantasy, the fish in question were
imprisoned in very small bodies of water caused by a drought in the
Devonian Period, some 300 million years ago, and learned how to
walk from one pool to another. Some evolutionists regard these fish
as the supposed ancestors of amphibians (and quadrupeds).
There are enormous difference, in terms of skeletons and organs,
between amphibians and the fish with lungs alleged to be their
ancestors. In a paper published in the Journal of Molecular
Evolution the researchers C. Marshall and H. P. Schultz wrote
that,"Morphological analysis of the "living fossils," the coelacanth
and lungfish, has only lead to confusion regarding possible evolution
of tetrapods." (Marshall C. and Schultze HP. Journal of Molecular
Evolution 35 (2): 93-101, 1992.)
A paper in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society admitted the
dilemma facing the supposed evolutionary origins of fish with lungs
– portrayed as resting on very sure foundations:
"… the lungfishes, like every other major group of fishes that I know,
have their origins firmly based innothing." (Quoted in W. R. Bird, The
Origin of Species Revisited [Nashville: Regency, 1991; originally
published by Philosophical Library, 1987],
1:62-63)
In his book "Evolution: A Theory in Crisis,"the molecular biologist
Michael Denton wrote thatevolutionists described fish with lungs as a
transitional form between fish and amphibians, but said that the
individual characteristics of fish with lungs"in no way represent a
realistic passage between the two." ("Evolution: A Theory in Crisis",
Michael Denton, Adler and Adler: Bethesda, Maryland, 3rd ed. 1986,
p. 109)
The fossil record also deals a heavy blow to evolutionist scenarios
regarding fish with lungs. These have remained unchanged for
hundreds of millions of years and fossils belonging to these
creatures are identical to specimens living today. Not a single
fossil exists to justify the claim that the lungs in this fish
developed gradually. This shows that fish with lungs are rather
evidence against evolution, not for it . It is clear in the light of
the above facts that the idea that fish with lungs represent an
evolutionary phase is simply a fantasy.
What evolutionists are doing is to try to spread a scenario about
fish with lungs as if they were the scientific truth and to ignore
the objections to that scenario that can easily be found in the
scientific literature. This is a blind endeavor to spread Darwinist
propaganda with unscientific myths.
Like all living things, fish with lungs exhibited sublime
complexities far beyond the reach of even the most advanced
technologies. And like all living things they are proof of a flawless
Creation. The idea that fish one day moved from the water to dry
land and developed lungs and feet with the help of blind chance is a
myth. The truth is that Almighty Allah has perfectly created these
animals.

Beauties of the Paradise Which are Missed In The Life of This World

Allah created a sense for beauty in the souls of humans. However,
this disclosure and the development of aesthetic understanding is
directly related to faith and occasion of his mind won by his faith.
Maturation of a person's faith and his or her longing for paradise,
increases the pleasure one gets from the beauties by the will of
Allah.
Allah has informed us about the beauty and the aesthetic
understanding of the environment in heaven which is promised to
sincere believers in the Qur'an. As the verses inform us, Almighty
Allah equipped paradise with blessings which the human soul is loves
and is mostly affected by. Allah created people in "beautiful
appearance", in an instinct to enjoy all kinds of beauty, aesthetics
and art.
A believer takes great pleasure when he sees similar environments in
paradise as places in this world and gives thanks to Allah for these
blessings.
The human spirit takes indescribable pleasure from the beauties of
the nature, numerous different types of flowers, unique view of
green leaves, and landscapes. Natural beauty and the greenery of
lands are the wonderful blessings of paradise. It is antoher beauty
that it is placed nearby the mansions and shadows, inside gardens
and springs. Here are some other characteristics of paradise from
information in the Quran:
Paradise has a pleasant climate which is informed by another
verse"... neither burning sun nor bitter cold... " (Surat al-Insan,
13) that never discomforts people. Heat that makes people sweat
or swelter doesn't belongs to there. Allah will place the
believers"into cool, refreshing shade." in the paradise. (Surat
an-Nisa', 57)
"Refreshing shade" expression in this verse signs that all media and
conditions in paradise would be willed by people and would make
people comfortable and be prepared to comfort people, provide a real
sense of satisfaction for the human soul. Everything and every
place in paradise would be "after one's own heart" for a Muslim.
One of the natural beauties that Allah mostly gave news in the
verses related to paradise is the"outpouring water"(s) (Surat
al-Waqi'a, 31) Human spirit takes great pleasure from water,
especially flowing water. A lake, stream, waterfall or a river
falling through the forest gives great pleasure to people. Images
and sounds of flowing water give peace and comfort to the human
heart. Images and sounds of water falling from high above gives
pleasure to the soul. Aim of the palaces, mansions or ponds which
are made in the gardens of the mansions, pools and fountains or the
natural rivers all comes from this aesthetic longing.
Another beauty that awakes beautiful feelings in the human soul are
sounds. Reason why the music has a very important place in every era
is the deep effect that makes in the human soul. The human soul
takes great enthusiasm, excitement and pleasure from beautiful human
voices, as well as a ripple of flowing water.
Beautiful morality gives the most pleasure to human spirit. Morals
of the Qur'an is the synthesis of all of the beautiful features
which Allah informs that He is pleased with. These lofty morals
include such things as sacrifice, being considerate, ccompassion,
loyalty, honesty, justice, loving, beautiful candor, docility,
peace, brotherhood, tolerance, and understanding.
For example, people love and respect a person who gives his or her
meal to poor people although he is himself in need. Similarly
honesty is one of the occasions that directs the spirit to positive
feelings. Because people feel love and intimacy for the people who
are honest and have beautiful morals. Allah created the human soul
to have love and affection for beautiful morals.
Single responsibility of a person for all of the beauties that Allah
gives him as appealing to the human spirit is properly giving
thanks to Allah and to live a life which Allah is pleased with. The
beautiful results which believers take on the day of judgement and
the punishment which unbelievers will face is informed in a verse
as:
What is the Garden promised to those who guard against evil like? It
has rivers flowing under it and its foodstuffs and cool shade never
fail. That is the final fate of those who guard against evil. But the
final fate of the disbelievers is the Fire." (Surat ar-Rad, 35)