Love of the Beloved of Allah, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) Mercy for the multiverse.

Beautiful tale of the Love of the Beloved of God, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), The Mercy for the universe and Multiverse, How the Prophetic Companions (Sihabah) loved him.

A companion came to meet the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and said: " Oh Prophet of Allah! By God! You are dearer to me than my own life. You are dearer to me than my own family. And you're dearer to me than my children. Whenever I am at home and do not see you, it becomes difficult for me to endure, so I come to see you. Whenever I think of the time when you and I will pass away, It disturbs me that You will be among the Prophets in higher abodes in jannah and even if I enter jannah, I will not be able to see you."
The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) did not immediately reply him and soon this Ayah was revealed:
(Nisa:69) "وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ ۚ وَحَسُنَ أُولَٰئِكَ رَفِيقًا
69. اور جو کوئی اللہ اور رسول(صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم) کی اطاعت کرے تو یہی لوگ (روزِ قیامت) ان (ہستیوں) کے ساتھ ہوں گے جن پر اللہ نے (خاص) انعام فرمایا ہے جو کہ انبیاء، صدیقین، شہداءاور صالحین ہیں، اور یہ بہت اچھے ساتھی ہیں

And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) are the people who will be in the company of those (spiritual dignitaries on the Last Day) whom Allah has blessed with His (special) favour: the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and the most pious. And how excellent these companions are!

(Tabrani: Mu'jam-ul-Aosat
Haissami: Majma'uz-Zavaid 7:7
Qazi Ayaz: As-Shifa 2:566
Mullah Ali Qari: Sharh-ush-Shifa, 2:39,40)

The Sufi gratitude

Whatever happens in your life, no matter how

troubling things might seem, do not enter the

neighbourhood of despair. Even when all doors

remain closed, God will open up a new path only for

you. Be thankful!It is easy to be thankful when all is

well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has

been given but also for all that he has been denied.

(Forty Rules of Love: Elif Shafak)

Playing your instrument..

"Your Destiny is the level where you will play your time. You might not change your instrument, but how well to play is entirely in your hands."
(Elif Shafak, Forty Rules of Love)

Misleading Myth about education!

One of the most dangerous and misleading myths that still endures in the field of education is the idea that tests used to measure and compare students to one another are scientifically objective. They are not, in my opinion, absolutely not. 

Young people are not inert rocks or chemicals in a test tube, and they are not machines. They are curious, creative and continuously changing living beings. As such, the use of high-stakes testing to sort and compare children with one another can be very misleading and potentially destructive. 

That doesn't mean that assessments play no role in education, they most definitely do. What experienced teachers understand is that whenever you provide a child with an assessment on their abilities you must be very careful about it. 

Well designed assessments are given to help students become aware of their weaknesses, so that they can improve in those areas. 

This is how the best teachers and coaches motivate and inspire their students. They are constantly giving the learner feedback on little details of their progress, with the shared goal of helping them improve their skills and abilities, to master what they are learning. 

Assessment of learning is key, but the subjective component is always in the forefront of the teacher's mind. Feedback given in this way promotes growth, motivation and greater learning. It is a key component of the student/teacher relationship, grounded in trust, respect and an awareness of the learner's potential.

The care, flexibility and personal support the teacher demonstrates is a crucial component of the process. This is why teaching is more an art form then a science, as is also true of learning. 

Every child is different, with different strengths, weaknesses, motivations, learning styles and interests. If you use standardized test results to compare them to one another the effect is to decrease motivation for those who fall into the bottom of your assessment basket. 

The result is that schooling becomes "miseducative" for far too many children, as John Dewey described it.

~Christopher
The Art of Learning

Muhammad (S.A.W), The Perfection Of Character

The personality of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) is the best example for us in every aspect and dimension. So when you study the Seerah of the Prophet(S.A.W.) you get a complete picture of perfection of human character. His beautiful character, social life, bravery and courage, patience and perseverance, truthfulness and trustworthiness, thought and vision, justice and jurisprudence, benevolence, and mercy paint the picture of an ideal human being. 

The student of Seerah will see the Prophet (S.A.W) as the great leader , flawless thinker and administrator, a great judge and provider of justice, unmatchable law-giver and legislator, exemplary leader of war, the most trustworthy businessman, a perfect citizen, the best husband and head of the family, a successful head of the state and thus a perfect human being in every possible way.

(Muqaddima Seerat-ur-Rasool (S.A.W) by Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri)

When you Spoke the truth, they hated you!

It was always like this. When you spoke the truth,

they hated you. The more you talked about love, the

more they hated you.

(Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak)

How we see God is our reflection..

A quote from Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

Beautiful words describing the character of a Sufi..

A Muslim's connection with his Beloved Prophet (S.A.W)

If we compare the times' before and after the Prophet hood Of Muhammad (S.AW.), humanity entered into a completely new era. The humanity entered a new era of awareness, Culture and refinement that was never seen before.

The worst conspiracy against Muslims was to weaken their connection with the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. because this very connection was the driving force of the Muslim community and source of unity among them.  At a very personal level as well as at the social and national level, love and connection with the Prophet (S.A.W) is the lifeline of Muslims.

Who  Faaqa kash ke maut se darta nahiin zara

Rooh-e-Muhammad us ke badan se nikal do

This was the strategy to weaken muslims.

Man fears to confront...

Then again, that was how she was. She

never confronted the death of anything, be it a habit, a

phase, or a marriage, even when the end stood right in

front of her, plain and inevitable.

(Forty Rules of love (Elif Shafak)

That's what we are like manyatimes in our life. We don't confront things that we are sure going to come. Some call it hope but more than hope it is non-acceptance. Hope is when we know that we'll survive the storm, not expecting it not to come!

All they think about is food and water (Paulo Coelho-The Alchemist)

Fuel for thought!

Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need. First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door. Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door. Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind. Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

Context Matters!

you should train yourself to view intellect — and any other aspect of your personal skill set — as a muscle that grows with effort and atrophies with neglect. When you accept that the answers to “Who am I?” should be written in pencil and not pen, threats become opportunities and failures transform into life lessons.

It’s refreshing to realize that that you’re not a finished product — that who you are in the here and now may not be the same person you’ll be in the then and there.

(Sam Sommers-In his fascinating book Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World, psychology professor and researcher)

"A child called it" by Dave Pelzer

About

David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly,
fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and
somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to
as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she
inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy
being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the
contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned
over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he
had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it
was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert
schoolteacher saved David.

Quotes

"One day before he left for work, I received a dreadful shock.
After he said goodbye to Ron and Stan, he knelt down, held my
shoulders tightly and told me to be a “good boy”. Mother stood
behind him with her arms folded across her chest, and a grim
smile on her face. I looked into my father’s eyes and knew right
then that I was a “bad boy”."

"Even in its darkest passages, the heart is
unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is
more meaningful that the human spirit prevails."

"I believe it is important for people to know that no matter
what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press
on to a brighter world. It is perhaps a paradox that without the abuse of my past, I might not be what I am today. Because of
the darkness in my childhood, I have a deep appreciation for
life. I was fortunate enough to turn tragedy into triumph. This is
my story."