Ideas to change your life

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ   كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ  وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ  فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ  وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ Kullu nafsin zaaa’iqatul mawt; wa innamaa tuwaffawna ujoorakum Yawmal Qiyaamah; faman zuhziha ‘anin Naari wa udkhilal Jannata faqad faaz; wa mal hayaatud dunyaaa illaa mataa’ul ghuroor. Al-Imran 3:185 — Every soul will taste death. And you will only receive your full reward on the Day of Judgment. Whoever is spared from the Fire and admitted into Paradise has indeed triumphed, whereas the life of this world is no more than the delusion of enjoyment. ( Quran.com ) There is an old story, known in many traditions, of a man who was walking through the wilderness. Perhaps he was travelling. Perhaps he was searching for something. Perhaps, like most of us, he was simply passing through life without fully knowing how...

    بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَلَا تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ أَمۡوَٰلَكُم بَيۡنَكُم بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ وَتُدۡلُواْ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلۡحُكَّامِ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ فَرِيقٗا مِّنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ Wa laa ta’kulooo amwaalakum bainakum bil-baatili wa tudloo bihaa ilal hukkaami lita’kuloo fareeqam min amwaalin naasi bil-ithmi wa antum ta’lamoon. Al-Baqarah 2:188 — Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly, nor bring it before the authorities in order to consume a portion of people’s wealth sinfully while you know. In the old books of adab there is a small story preserved by Ibn ʿĀṣim , but like many small stories it contains a large mirror. A man stood one day near a cook. The pot was boiling, and the smell of the food filled the air. Perhaps it was meat. Perhaps it was stew. Perhaps it was one of those simple dishes whose fragrance reaches the hungry before the food itself ever does. The man had only bread with him. Dry bread is not easy to eat when the sto...