Its Ramadan. A month of blessings. A month where Allah hears us and our prayers and accepts them. We are humans. We have to ask for constant forgiveness. What better time than this month ?
The earthquake in Pakistan has left me speechless. I am hurting. I feel heavy in my heart. I will pray. Constantly. I will say “Astaghfaar” constantly. But I am still hurting because of the people that were affected. Humans. Old and Young. I cannot help myself but constantly run to the tv at every hour to hear the news on GEO and CNN. Its my country. They are my people. This is my pain. This is our fate.
May Allah help us heal. May Allah help us be a support for those that need us most. I find myself constantly thinking of questions. “Why us Allah ?” But then I look at us as muslims. What are we doing wrong ? I repent and ask for forgiveness.
My only answer to my questions in my head…until we become one and unify as humans and as muslims, there is no other solution. God gave us the best and most perfect human to guide us. Prophet Muhammad (SAW). He was the ideal prophet with the most ideal teachings. Let us learn from his teachings, from his devotion to Islam. Let us learn to better ourselves as individuals for our Allah. Our only Allah. The one we turn to in time of happiness and sadness.
May Allah help us during these tragic times. Forgive us our sins. Always.
Astagfaar…Astagfaar…Astagfaar
I myself am very depressed after this. keep getting tears in my eyes.
I talked to my family in Pakistan and just couldn't control myself. Just
finding out that they were ok made me cry. At this moment while writing this
I can't hold back the tears.
Just thinking about all those people who were either injured or have family members
injured/dead, breaks u down. There is so much more I want to say, but can't find
the proper words to express how I have been feeling since last nite.
I too am feeling depressed, even guilty for “bad” stuff i’ve done…can’t watch the news without tears falling down my face…i think in the last few hours, it’s really hit me how immense of a tragedy this is and even though i have never lived in Pakistan it is still very close to my heart and i love the people there very much. It was where my parents were born, raised and married, it’s there where my family’s roots are…their hard work, their memories and it’s all a part of me, it’s in my blood. I think i’m feeling more and more afraid of “life” in general ever since London was bombed, which i consider my home where i grew up. Then last month when we evacuated Houston to escape from Rita…and now this, the worst i think i have heard of in my lifetime (as well as 11th Sept.)…I’m scared of the fact that the Day of Judgement is nearing and i can’t ignore the signs…I want to try to better myself, to pray and ask for forgiveness for myself and for the people i love…i can’t even put wot i feel into words, i’m just sort of frozen and worried about all this destruction happening in the world…the pictures of the wounded and dead, the innocent the sick…they r just stuck in my head…
I think all we can do is pray, and change anything we r doing wrong…and help anyone who is being affected by this in anyway we can…even ppl who r not there rite now but who r hurting, like our parents…who have to look at our country’s tragedy from afar and feel helpless sitting overseas…
My sympathy to all victims, everyone is in my prayers...stay safe...:flower1:
Why NOT us?
Disaster means we are doing something wrong?? … is that what u r trying to say…?
so ‘Unity’ will save us from disasters
Thing is ‘we are Born to Cease’… Excuse of Our ‘Departure’ could be Any
Allah Never promised of our comfy ‘End’ anyways… did HE… ?
My country has been affected. I feel it to its depth. I don't think I can find words to express myself either. I keep watching news without uttering any word. I just couldn't believe it the first time that it was 7.6. Buildings just collapsed, people still under them, trying to find their way out. Imagine how many of them would be sole supporters of their families. It's so hurting. Effects are devastating and death tolls just keep on rising. I just keep wondering when will all come to halt? It's chaos everywhere and that too, a weeping chaos. People just can't do anything except praying; praying to Allah to grant them enough courage to take it courageously. The ones saved from this disaster are helping the injured and pulling out those who are still alive.
"May Allah help us heal. May Allah help us be a support for those that need us most. as Diva4U said and may Allah grant patience to the families of those who are affected. Allah, please make it easy for them and let us help them in any way possible to cope with this disaster. Ameen
The images and videos all over internet and on television news are horrible and depressing. Unbelievable it's real.
Here we are, sitting, eating, drinking, just living in peace while they have to sleep outside, if they do get any sleep at all under these circumstances! And they lack of even normal medical care and food and blankets, just the main necesary tings for any human being.
It's always terrible when you see people suffer because of natural disasters or wars, but when it effects your own wattan somehow it haunts you, I guess it comes closer.
And when someone you know or someone in your own family is among the thousands of victims, it comes even more close.
This evening my Mom and I went to my maamie's, not for iftarie, but for afsos unfortunately. She found out today that her brothers daughter, who had been missing since the earthquake, was deceased. She was in Muzafarabad university and just in her twenties. They couldn't find her, my maamie's family is in Jamalpur which is very close to our families homes in Kotli (A.K.) The roads were blocked and reaching Muzafarabad was difficult, as I heard from my maamie. Only this morning they knew for sure what my cousins faith was.
I never knew her, just met her once when I visited Pakistan for the first time. I vagely remember her and her sister. It is sad for her family and it's sad for the families of all the victims.
May Allah give all the victims and their families sabr and peace, aamien!
im feeling selfish. watching books and stationery of young school girls found under the rubble and an old man stare helplessly at a house turned to rubble.
I was watching BBC news today and I just cried and cried. I have been bottling up the feelings for the last 2 days and today, I couldn't hold them back. I am in so much pain knowing that Pakistan is under so much despair. Everytime I cook or look at food, I feel sick to my stomach. Knowing there are people out there who have been crushed and had no water or food for 3 days. I feel like I can't eat even.
May Allah continue to give the poor support and help them with the emotions when they find their dead. Ameen.
While I was reading Sadya's post
I received a phone call from someone I know.
His wife's sisters' nand's family was in muzafarbad. They are no more.
I had never met this family but had seen them in a wedding video.
Aur aagay kia bolon.....
I don't think anyone's gonna be healed very soon.
Its really too hard to watch the news. It feels like you can't watch it and you can't change the channel either. I was feeling very depressed with all that has happened. That was the time a sis of mine called and urged me to do somethng practical that can help the victims.From the next day onwards I've started raising money,supplies and medicines for the victims adn though nothing can make the pain go away, the depression is no more there.
So I strongly urge each and everyone of you not just sit around and feel bad about it but do something practical. We need each and everything here!
^ agreed, every bit helps, there are groups taking med supplies to pak from here, from almost every city, ppl collecting suppliers, funds what nots...join in, do something, anything, the few dollars you send me save somone's life..
I watched a report on the news that through this devastating Earthquake, Pakistan have lost a generation. A generation…
Very sad event indeed. May Allah bless those people who lost their lives. Ameen
There have been Hurricanes in America and Tsumani in Central, South Asia. I think the whole world has gone through its own national disaster and if we share something - it might be a tragedy.
This event will shape us. We don’t have the resources like America who can just sign a $50-$100 Bill aid in no time. We have to ask for assistance. From this earthquake there have been so many injuries that need special attention and medical help but we have very few of them in our country.
If there was a time to ask for Allah’s help it is this. The Holy Month of Ramadan, many of us may not be the puriest of pure but I belive if we can just sincerely pray in our heart to ease the pain of the people who have been affected - we can ease our pain too.
I've been saying it on all the forums...feeling sad is doing no good for those people. They don't need your feelings. They need your medicines that can save their lives, they need your tents to live in, they need your clothes to wear, and the food to survive. Everyone is saying that he / she is feeling bad. It doesn't help.
Just take an hour or t wo of your time and in that collect some donations and send it to people here. That would help...
Even one person can make a difference ...
that person could be you !!
