.:: Stairway to Heaven ::.: August 2006

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Flying Without Wings

Assalam Alikom wa rahmat ALLAH
Peace and blessing be upon you

Hello Everybody

Today, I'd a meeting with Myself to seek for some answers about some questions. Well, Me + Myself, but Erine is not involved in such post [:P] Anyway, here's the short dialogue.

- Me: Can we fly without wings?
-- Myself: Hmm. I guess we can if we want!
- Me: How?
-- Myself: Well, it's all about imagination + inspiration.

As all of us know, life is hard and requires us to make continues effort in order to reach goals we need, either on the short run or on the long run. However Subhaan ALLAH, I always wonder, why people are tiding themselves to Earth in a way that causes troubles for them!

I totally understand that people are different in everything. I also might say that every person who was found on this planet since dawn of history is a unique character, inspite of being good or bad person.

I'm talking about how unique we are, and that's why ALLAH (swt) - GOD - created Man; i.e. to use his mind for the purpose of Urbanising Earth in order to gain reward from HIM (swt)

On the other hand, because many people do not understand that everyone is unique, and everyone can be unique; they spent their efforts in destroying not in building + creating. Well that's their own problem for sure, because everyone can be useful in case he/she discovered the power inside.

Why did I choose to fly?
Well, flying itself has two destinations. From + To. Let us see exactly what happened in the two phases.

1. Take off: Simply a bird flies from the early morning till the end of the day, looking for the daily food for himself + his family. Man also is called to fly higher and higher, not only for the food but also for a clear vision.

As you know, in Architecture + Urbanization (A+U), there's a perspective called "Bird's Eye Perspective" which allow the viewer to look at the place within the context around, which is something pretty close to what you do via Google Earth. Anyway, this help you to see better, and therefore understand better.

2. Landing: On the other hand, bird returns back home at the end of day to feed his family. Man also should return back to the normal view in order to take an action plan for solving problems on the ground, which he saw better within the higher level.

Simply I say, then, it's not about the flying itself, it's about the purpose.

The problem that people forget that ALLAH (swt) had gifted us with minds in order to use in the right way, and not to use it in a strange way, or sometimes do not use at all. Yes, I totally understand that people are not equall, however, why people are being tided to the ground? It's not only about minds; it's also about souls.

Simply, as body needs nutrition via food + drink + exercises, mind needs nutrition via using them in situations + developing them via reading. Of course, soul need nutrition via being in contact with the Creator, ALLAH (swt) / GOD

I want to highlight on this point because soul is the key for everything; you know, ascending process is always harder than descending one. That's why I think Man should make more effort to ascend higher to get reward from ALLAH (swt), while it's very easy to take the short-cut, i.e to descend.

Guys: ALLAH (swt) is the greatest. HE (swt) had gifted us, and dose not wants anything from us except worshiping from the wide perspective of personal worshiping + applying your role in your community. It's a parallel path Man should walkthrough in case

Finally,
As much as I'm flying without wings in the sky
I always return back to the ground as my original state
A Cat without a hat. However I do have 9 souls / 7 souls according to the Arab world.

You know what? "Abu Horaira" was one of the famous companions of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) whom was nominated as No.1 in writing down/documenting Hadith of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). Do you know what his name means? It means "Father of the Cats" because he loved cats so much and used to bring his own cat with him everywhere. How cute :)

Well, I can not pretend I'm Abou Horirah from the scholar point of view because the comparision means that I'm ZERO, however I'm trying to be at least from the Cat's point of view.

Well, not all people love cats, however I want to say Man should fly into the sky for a better view, and when he returns back to Earth, he should find the best way to fulfill the goals. In all things, ALAH (swt) must be the companion and the sustainer for people, in case they want real reward in everything + judgment day.

Wallahi - I swear - words can not express feelings of being so close to ALLAH (swt).

Why people do not spread there wings away and fly to ALLAH (swt)?

O' People! I wish if I could tell you how great ALLAH/GOD is

Salam,
Hicham

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Touched by an Angle

Assalam Alikom wa rahmat ALLAH
Peace and blessing be upon you

Hello Everybody

Have you ever been touched by an angle? Hmm. I think I did :)

Okay, away from problems - either personal or global - I want to take you with me to this special journey. What I'm going to tell you in this post had happened to me couple of day ago. Before starting, I kindly want you to read it carefully; try to disconnect from anything/everything you are think about now - whatever it is - in order to get all the values I found from this story.

Disconnected? Well, re-connect with me [*smile*]
Ready, Steady and GO. [*wink*]

The story

Once upon a day, not far from today, I was returning back home from my work as I do every day. Well, my work is located outside my city, therefore, I used to travel every morning and went back home every night via public transportation.

As the distance is somehow long between my home + my work, so during this daily trip, I used to listen to the "good-bye" Sun whispers her younger sister Earth with, before leaving the space for their middle brother, the moon, in order to say his own "hello"

While I was sitting listening to these whispers, thinking about many things as usual, I saw something which makes me stop what I was doing on the short run, and made me think twice in many things on the long run, later after this situation end.

What happed?
I saw two couples, man + woman, who were trying to catch the bus. Something normal and happens every day everywhere, however the 1st abnormal thing that both of them were handicapped.

The two couples were trying to catch the bus I was in, but the driver didn't stop for them. The man didn't feel any kind of depression, and he started shouting to make people notice. We noticed what happened, and told the driver to stop for this family.

The couples got into the bus. They were moving very very very slowly. Meanwhile, after they site down near by me, I discovered that the man is deaf + dumb while his wife was blind.

Ya Rabbi, both? Yes! By the way, they are youth and not old, and I think they are at the late 20th or maximum the 1st quarter of 30th.

In fact, this was not the situation which made me stop + think. The two couples were not alone; they had their own baby, a girl who is not more than 2 years old. This little angle was the real reason to suspend everything I was thinking about and to start looking at her.

What about her? She was one of the prettiest babies I saw in my life. As we say in Arabic, she was "Amaar" which means very pretty like the Moon. Kindly note I do not use this expression to describe women with. Only with babies [:P].

This little angle was something great; not only as a white babe + blue eyes + light brown medium hair but also because of her smile which was marvelous.

I start looking at her, and smiling to her and then waving "bye-bye" for her. Ahm Ahm, hey I do this because she's a baby not a lady. Shall I? [:P]

Anyway, you can not imagine how happy this little angle was; I saw joy + happiness swimming within the ocean of her blue eyes and spreading its drops for only who notice. O' People! How great to see a pure smile on the faces of little babies, because they do not want anything from you.

Subhaan ALLAH! The male + female + the babe were handicapped. Yes, I didn't make typo mistakes as usual; as after few minutes from send/receive "bye-bye" between us, I discovered that the babe can not walk properly. However, her soul was something great, macha'ALLAH

Wallahi - I swear in Arabic - even if it is very clear that they are poor and for sure they have own problems, this family seems to be very happy.

Just look at them while they were leaving the bus to their destination; the man was holding his wife's hands to guide her in order to descend the steps and keep on making voices as if he was telling her to take care. In the same time, the wife keeps on saying "I'm okay! Do not worry; you watch your steps", while holding their baby on her shoulder while descending the steps of the bus.

Wallahi again, I'm not overwhelming if I said they were one of the happiest families I met since a long time ago.

Subbhan ALLAH.

O' ALLAH! You've created man from nothing, while Man keeps on complaining from nothing real in the matter of fact

Poor Human! You keep looking for happiness here and there, and forgets that happiness is very very very close!

Poor Human! You keep on complaining from stupid things, while people who really suffers are thanking the Creator for what they have!

O' Miserable creature! Who didn't discover the light within the dark, yet!

O' ALLAH! YOU (swt) are the Master of this Universe.
I wish I could thank HIM (swt) for the unlimited good things HE (swt) gave to me. However, I'm just human; therefore I'm tying to do my best to thank HIM (swt).

ALLAH (swt) know better, and know my intentions, so I wish that HE (swt) forgive me, and give me the strength and the power to thank HIM (swt) via Acts and Words.

O' People! I wish if I could tell you how great ALLAH/GOD is