Being Positive…
“O’Allah you are my Creator, my Lord , and my Master, help me defend the truth, Oh Allah you help me answer, keep my thoughts positive.Aameen, May you and I be positive that Allah hears our duas. Aameen
ps..to my life companion, my husband May Allah reunite us reallly soon .Aameen thuma Aameen.
When you distill it down to its very basics, living a positive life with a positive attitude essentially winds up with this, and seriously, we all need to be positive, Inshallah:
1) A respect for people and their contributions, especially yours.
2) A belief that things happen for a reason, and that reason serves you, whatever it is.- predestination-essential in Islam
3) A conviction that no matter how good or how bad things may be, they’re going to get better — and you can help make them become so-hope.
4) Knowledge that positive people are the ones who make the difference in life — how many cynics do you know who have ever done anything worthwhile?
5) A dedication to live a positive life, no matter what.-trust Allah
6) An understanding that good things happen — repeatedly — to those people who are looking out for them.-Hope again
7) A commitment to form and foster positive habits, and decrease negative ones.-also essential in Islam
A Positive Outlook
Most people will agree that having a strong self-esteem and a positive outlook on life is conducive to achieving happiness and success. Unique among the religions of the world, Islam’s view of both the nature of the human being and the purpose of life are extremely positive. Islam’s view of the nature of the human being is balanced. On the one hand they are not viewed as being inherently evil, but on the other they are not considered to be perfect – nor are they expected to be so. According to the teachings of Islam, every human being, man or woman, is born with a clean slate and is equally capable of both good and evil. Since Allah has bestowed limited free-will on human beings, they will ultimately be held responsible for their actions. Believing that “salvation” is based on “faith alone” reduces human life to a near meaningless and fatalistic existence. The teachings of Islam make it clear that human beings, since their nature is basically good, are capable of positive action in this life, and that the best way to achieve a balanced, happy and fulfilled life is complete submission to Almighty Allah. Certainly, no person can completely submit to Allah by simply wanting to do so, but by first realizing that none has a right to be worshipped and obeyed except for Almighty, Allah and then making a reasonable effort to follow ‘ Allah s commands, all human beings can fulfill their reason for existence – which is to worship Allah alone. . The Qur’an tells us that “man was created weak” and thus falls into sin often. On the other hand, man is not to think of himself as so evil and corrupt so as to despair of ‘ Allah s mercy. As a recourse to this, and since Islam condemns self-righteousness, a pious life can only be lived by trusting in Allah — since there is no power or strength except through Allah .As such, spiritual felicity is achieved by a combination of both faith and action. As such, the most righteous person is not one who thinks that repentance is unnecessary, but the one who admits and realizes his mistakes – and then repents. According to the word of Almighty Allah as revealed in the Qur’an, mankind is ‘ Allah s trustee on earth; and as such the life of this world is a test, not a punishment. Even before Allah created the first man, He knew that he would sin, however Allah created man in spite of this. According to the Qur’an, Allah has bestowed on human beings a great trust and given them dignity. It is only by worshipping Almighty Allah, directly and without intermediaries, that a human being can fulfill their true innate nature and purpose of existence. In short, Islam is realistic. It portrays human beings just as they are and the life of the world just as it is. Since the outlook of Islam is divinely revealed is not based on wishful or negative thinking, but simply on reality. Islam also has a positive view of mankind in general, since it teaches that the best person in the sight of Allah is the one who is most Allah -conscious. In this way the truth of Islam and the universality of Allah’s message transcends all of the barriers of race, nationality, ethnic group and economic status.
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