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Simple Truth
07-07-07, 07:28 PM
The Room

Well here I am. Alive and well, by the grace of God. Thinking to myself. Looking at myself. I see myself amidst much confusion and helplessness.

I’m trapped in a room. Just a worthless room. But wait, I must not forget, I’m locked in. What keeps me from freedom I ponder to myself? Yes, that’s it...that massive metal, half a metre thick and rather terrifying door!! But you see that frightening door is the only way out.

The strange and partly laughable thing about the whole issue though, is that, you see, this door has a big lock to it...and well, I sort of have its key. Yes that’s right, with me is the blessed key to freedom.

Now any sane person would say to me, use your key and get out!! I’d like to say to them that that is indeed a very wise way to go about the problem and that they are very correct to bring about such a simple solution. Yet no, that is not the reality of how things would turn out. The reality shows a me crying out for help, screaming my hard-working lungs out. That’s all good, except that not another soul is able to hear me, which really makes all that effort, in the end, of no value. Why? Because you see the four walls to this room are sound proof and not a wave of sound would dare pass through that humungous door. Only when the door be opened, even to the slightest angle, can much sound pass through. Only then.

Now let me explain it all. The key that ought to be used to release the lock is nothing but the blessed truth. The lock, fear and the force put forth to open the door, commitment and love. Finally, the door I feel is a barrier, whether it be one of communication or anything else that can be classified to be in the way of achieving a certain goal.

I’m not sure if this has any sense to it. But I’m really starting to believe that this is really where I am. This is where I have chosen to place myself...in a locked room with its key. Haha..its almost unbelievable when I think about it. Unbelievably the sad reality. :'(

guidance
10-07-07, 02:55 PM
:as:

It sure is the sad realty with so many, dear sister in Islam.

But with Islam.. there's no chance for despair..not chance for loss of hope... no chance for failure.

Ths poem, Shackled (http://www.sydneymuslimyouth.com/smyforum/viewtopic.php?t=3538) ends The Room insha Allah :)

Fee amanilah

:wa:

Expired
12-07-07, 08:44 PM
:as:

I have read this a couple of times and honestly while reading your words I felt inside that room.

Maybe it is the fear of what is outside that room that keeps you locked in ?

The fear of the unknown, the future, the life ahead of you...

But sister like Sister guidance has said...

But with Islam.. there's no chance for despair..not chance for loss of hope... no chance for failure.

Ponders a little more...

:wa:

Simple Truth
12-07-07, 10:54 PM
Assalamu Alaikum..
Yeah i guess you guys are right. Im not necessarily in despair, but i felt that if i wanted to change, i ought to realise the reality I have either placed myself in or have ended up in...somehow, out of a lack of commitment and understanding.
Insha Allah all of us that have found ourselves trapped in this miserable room, will come out and those who have, by the grace of God managed to escape the room, I pray that there will never come a time, when they find themselves back in there. :) :)
ooh and i really enjoyed reading that poem, it seriously lightened me up.:);)

Expired
13-07-07, 12:39 PM
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i felt that if i wanted to change, i ought to realise the reality I have either placed myself in or have ended up in...

Thats the starting point.

You cant change what you dont acknowlegde..

To get out you need faith & hope and to stay out you need faith & hope.

I know it sounds like a cop out but honestly sister as someone who has found themselves in that room, and has gotten out thats the best advice I can give... To always in every little thing you do look for the blessing of it, look for the good and focus only on the good.

Its a hard path to travel but there is a light sliding in thru the door.. have the courage to come out and feel the warmth of the sun on your face and to enjoy it.

And it might not be at all times u feel as though you are locked in the room, but the times u do is the time u need to strive just that little bit harder.. giving up is easy....

not to giving up is the challenge & inshallah the victory.

:wa:

Simple Truth
13-07-07, 06:10 PM
To get out you need faith & hope and to stay out you need faith & hope.


Jazakallahu Khairan for the advice sister. Hehe..now you got me pondering! Aah SubhanAllah, sometimes I just stop for a minute, and look at everything around me, like the simplest of things and then realise how much blessings we have been given...I think we should do that some more, then maybe we'll appreciate everything more and understand things better. Oh well. Insha Allah, it's only a matter of time till we come out strong! :D:D:D

Expired
13-07-07, 08:53 PM
:as:

sometimes I just stop for a minute, and look at everything around me, like the simplest of things and then realise how much blessings we have been given...

Its times like this that we can really sit back and look at our own problems... U know like when you are talking to someone and they talk about things they are going through and you realise that really your problem is not as bad as what you originally thought.. comparing it to others that is.

And also when we look for things for eg.... we turn on the switch and we have light, we open the tap and we have clean running water.. the little things in life that so often go unnoticed and unappreciated.

All these things really do make you realise that we are indeed blessed.

Sister one other thing I want u to remember is that every trial we go through is a test and if we are patient through these tests then we are the winners.

Allah (swt) has told us to say when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return":- (2:156)

And also in a hadith of Prophet Muhammed :saws: we are reminded that "Whatever trouble, illness, anxiety, grief, pain or sorrow afflicts a Muslim, even if it is a prickling of a thorn, Allah removes some of his sins for that. (Bukhari/Muslim)

If we are patient, humble, sincere and turn to Allah (SWT) then we can expect our reward with Allah (SWT) -and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-fearing. (2:177).

I ask Allah (SWT) the most High, the All-Powerful, to teach us that which will benefit us, and to benefit us by that which we learn. May Allah (SWT) grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad :saws: and his family and companions...

:wa: