2As

bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

assalamualaikum wrb,

alhamdulillah, all praises belong to Allah, ar Rahman ar Raheem...greetings and salutations upon Rasulullah SAW...

as promised, this is the last of the iRamadan series at least this year hehe insyaAllah. anyway so how's Ramadan been for all of you? it's been going by pretty quickly eh, may Allah guide us to accomplish mission taqwa ameen :D

as we are approaching its end, insyaAllah, we should try to evaluate our progress, and reflect upon our ups and downs thus far, and really be honest with ourselves who do we want to be as Ramadan leaves us and Syawal welcomes us. and I know for myself, it's definitely hard to keep the version of you in Ramadan, as in the other 11 months.

not long ago, i asked for some advice on how to keep firm and steadfast in this deen.. and this wise man (whom we met randomly at a park during our picnic last July! subhanAllah!) said to engage in two things.. which are astaghfirullah and alhamdulillah. 2As. (may Allah reward him with an abundance of good and have mercy on him and his family and give them all jannatul firdaus ameen, he was an amazing man subhanAllah.)

 life is not infinite, and we really don't know what is ahead of us, yet we keep ourselves occupied with things that are as if life is infinite and not be bothered about what we are going to proceed in the next life. it's really simple advice and pretty practical as well... the next time we complain about something, remember that however 'unfortunate' your situation is, gratefulness to Allah is ALWAYS due. 

 and I really speak to myself before anyone else, but we really gotta tone down the complaining and start focusing on what we have. Allah really knows best what we are capable and have we ever not wondered that the reason why we don't have the things that we oh so desire is because Allah knows we are not capable to own them? the more that we have, the more that we need to answer on the Day of Judgment.. so what is it really that we're complaining about? 

and yeah come what may, highly likely we're going to fall somewhere along the lines in this journey and that's OK. always remember to keep begging for forgiveness and be thankful at everything that Allah has given us and NOT given us... we will find and gather the strength to pick ourselves up to carry forward until.. hopefully... jannah ;) may Allah grant us with our loved ones jannatul firdaus ameen. 

may Allah forgive all our sins, purify our intentions, accept all our good deeds in this blessed month, may Allah give us more opportunities to meet Ramadan in the future, may Allah increase us in beneficial knowledge and good character, may Allah grant us taqwa from Ramadan and the time ahead to come, may Allah have mercy on our parents and families, may Allah guide us all to the straight path til the end, may Allah resurrect us with the prophets and righteous ones ameen. 

please forgive me for anything i have done to err you, in any way shape or form.. please make doa for me and my family, may Allah protect me from evil intentions and may He accept this from me ameen. 

wassalam