{"id":1531,"date":"2021-04-08T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T08:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/ramadan-ready-for-the-blessings\/"},"modified":"2021-04-08T11:17:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T08:17:52","slug":"ramadan-ready-for-the-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/ramadan-ready-for-the-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan: Ready for the Blessings?"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Shazia Ahmad <\/b><\/pre>\n
Every person in this world has a life that\u2019s an epic story, full of joys and sadnesses, challenges<\/a> and opportunities, and \u2018defining moments\u2019; moments in which a person comes to a realization, a deep awareness about themselves, and decides to change something inside.\u00a0 Such moments are when a person makes an intense resolve from their heart; they make a commitment, an oath to themselves, and \u2018turn a new leaf\u2019, and their life becomes very different than it was before, by God\u2019s leave. How can apply this on on Ramadan?<\/p>\n
We find that Allah, the Most High, gives us ample opportunities in our lives for these moments \u2013 these chances to turn to a fresh page and a fresh start. Ramadan is one of them, and perhaps even the best of them.<\/p>\n
It is a time for us to sit with our own selves and ask, \u2018How long will you be happy with dry eyes and heart-less prayers? Why \u2013 when you think about reading the Qur\u2019an \u2013 is the cover of that Book so heavy, as if it\u2019s cover weighs a thousand pounds or more? How long will you keep convincing yourself that the sins you commit have no effect and don\u2019t touch your heart, when it\u2019s been so long since you\u2019ve felt His Nearness?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ramadan is here, brothers and sisters, and it\u2019s telling us: make this your defining moment. Isn\u2019t it time? Hasn\u2019t Allah, the Exalted, said: \u201cHas not the time come for the hearts of the believers to submit and humble themselves?\u201d<\/b>. (Al-Hadid<\/a> 57:16)<\/p>\n
Make this the month that we come back to Allah, no matter how far we\u2019ve gone, and how distant we are from His company and nearness. A poet said, \u2018Come wanderer, O lover of leaving\u2026 Ours is not a caravan of despair\u2019.<\/p>\n
No matter how far we are from Him, and how long we\u2019ve been away, know that Allah giving us life to witness this Ramadan is a sign that He has left the door open for us to turn back to Him. Your sins are great, and mistakes and weaknesses are many, you may say, but His mercy, compassion and loving grace to His servants are far greater and far more vast. Ours is not a caravan of despair, or of giving up; ours is a caravan of loving mercy and continuously turning back to Him.<\/p>\n
This is the month in which we can strive to overcome the weights our nafs<\/i> (human self) put down on us, that make going to the masjid<\/em><\/a> so heavy and difficult, that make opening the Qur\u2019an<\/a> and reading it an impossible task, that make prayer so burdensome.<\/p>\n
This is the month in which we can bring life to these acts, and in which Allah facilitates and makes them easy for us to help us taste their sweetness.<\/p>\n
A poet said, in a loving welcome of Ramadan,<\/p>\n
Peace be upon you,<\/p>\n
O month of fasting<\/p>\n
Month of night vigil<\/p>\n
Month of Qur\u2019an<\/p>\n
Month of forgiveness<\/p>\n
Month of security<\/p>\n
Month of glowing lanterns<\/p>\n
Month of sleepless eyes<\/p>\n
Month of scented pulpits<\/p>\n
Month of burning hearts<\/p>\n
We welcome you O blessed month, month of opportunity, redemption and hope.<\/p>\n
May you be the means for our lives to change, our faith to be rekindled and our hearts illumined in His nearness. Ameen.<\/p>\n
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Source: <\/i>suhaibwebb.com.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n
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When was the last time you really felt the nearness of God? Even with a mountain of sins, mistakes, Ramadan is here! Get ready, the very  time to make a complete change has come. How?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[341,2],"tags":[1112,1113,1244,1114,1115,1117,1120,1264,167,244,1091,1125,1265,1127,1129,1131,1074,1139,1140,1019,1142,1144,1094,1085,1168,1148,6581,1150,1151,2103,1153,784,1156,6582,1157,200],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acts-of-worship","category-new-muslims","tag-act-of-worship","tag-advices-for-ramadan","tag-best-ramadan","tag-blessed-month-of-ramadan","tag-blessings-of-ramadan","tag-devils-are-chained","tag-doors-of-the-hell-fire","tag-fasting-in-shariah","tag-featured","tag-five-pillars-of-islam","tag-fourth-pillar-of-islam","tag-gates-of-paradise","tag-get-ready-for-ramadan","tag-gods-mercy","tag-gradualism","tag-how-to-fast","tag-how-to-prepare-for-ramadan","tag-obeying-allah","tag-objectives-of-fasting","tag-obligatory-fasting","tag-plans-for-ramadan","tag-practice-islam","tag-ramadan","tag-ramadan-for-new-muslims","tag-ramadan-in-quran","tag-real-meaning-of-fasting","tag-reap-benefits-of-ramadan","tag-repentance-to-allah","tag-reward-for-fasting","tag-suhaib-webb","tag-syiam","tag-true-teachings-of-islam","tag-understanding-islam","tag-virtue-of-fasting","tag-wisdom-behind-fasting","tag-ibadah"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ramadan..-Ready-for-the-Blessings.jpg?fit=602%2C415&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ZvKT-oH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}