A post from the heart-Hijaab

This is a post by one of my readers. Please read on...It is a post from the heart for all Muslim sisters...

Assalaamu ‘Alaikum waRahmatu(A)llaahi waBarakaatuh

I salute my mother, my female family members,and all my sisters in Islam who arefighting a heroic spiritual struggle against Shaytaan(Satan) by adhering to the Ahkaam(Commandments) of Allaah and Rasool sall Allaahu ‘alaihi wasallam. All your brothers in Islam are proud of you.

You are travelling the path of Maryam ‘alaihas salaam(Mary,Peace be upon Her), Faatimah radiyAllaahu ‘anhaa(May Allaah be pleased with Her) who is the Sayyidah(Leader) of women in Jannah, ‘Aaishah radiyAllaahu ‘anhaa,Raabi’ah ‘Adawiyyah Basariyyah rahimahAllaah(May Allaah bestow Mercy upon Her).

Jannah is surrounded by Makaarih(Things that are (normally) undesirable(but great);Things that are not unanimously liked by everyone unlike material desires) and Jahannam is surrounded by Shahawaat(Desires and Lusts).

Never compromise on Jannah.A single moment of Jannah is enough to forget all the pains of Dunyaa, while a single moment of Jahannam is enough to forget all the joys of Dunyaa.

Dunyaa is a drop, Aakhirah is an ocean.Dunyaa is ehpemeral(Faanee),Aakhirah is eternal(Baaqee).Aathiroo maa yabqaa ‘alaa maa yafnaa.Give preference to what is eternal to what is transient,temporary and ephemeral.

May Allaah give Hidaayah(Guidance to Allaah) through you to the children of Ummah of Muhammad sall Allaahu ‘alaihi wasallam. Jannah lies beneath your feet as mothers.You take along with you your fathers to Jannah as daughters.You inspire your brothers and husbands to Taqwaa (Abstaining from and abandoning sins and disobedience of Allaah and Rasool sall Allaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) as sisters and wives respectively.

Reverence for sisters like you cannot be expressed by finite words.

Oceans of ink are small to articulate your spiritual greatness.May Allaah give you allIstiqaamah(Perseverance upon the Path to Jannah).Keep doing Da’wah ilAllaah everyday like Nooh ‘alaihis salaam(Noah,Peace be upon Him) who kept doing Da’wah ilAllaah constantly ,day and night, for 950 consecutive years. Results don’t matter. It is Allaah who softens the hearts.

The following website helped me in translating Makaarih.I reached the website by googling “jannah makaarih”.http://fearthedunya.wordpress.com/why-fear-the-dunya/