MAM: Memoirs of an Aspiring Muslim

Allah SWT is the only perfect source of comfort and peace I know.

How do I actually attain Firdaus?

I cannot just listen to whatever anyone tells me about Islam - even if I trust the source. I have to look into the references myself as well.

I pray, go to Jumuah, and so on, but I want to raise my deen beyond just the obligatory... .

Are our destinies as Muslims already determined?

I keep making the same duaa but when will it be answered?

It's easier for me to sacrifice this dunya when I picture what I want my Hereafter to look like.

I think I'm beginning to understand Qadr a bit more.... .

My success as a Manga artist is fully dependent on Allah opening the door to my success. And success in the Hereafter is far greater than anything I could achieve here. It is my task then, to make Allah's pleasure my number one priority NOT my success as a mangaka . Have a blessed Ramadan 2019 In Shaa Allah!

Who opened the door to that achievement?

I would not have acquired these things without difficulty Alhamdulillah (Thank God)

Please hold on. If you are patient and maintain your faith, God willing, Allah will come to help you someday - maybe months or years from now, but hold on, do the right thing.

I had no idea before today HOW I could possibly love Prophet Muhammad PBUH even though I know we are supposed to... .

A brother in my Islamic class told me "pride belongs to Allah", not to his creature whose ego likes to think he's better than another because it has ignorantly assumed that it had better character or was more pious than another Muslim

Allah SWT knows all yes? He knows what is best. Then he knows when and where to give his guidance

Sometimes we ask God for something and have to wait awhile - sometimes a "LONG" while.

JUST the Obligatory acts of worship alone are NOT enough to get into Jannah. One must also have good character inshaallah

Gratitude towards Allah SWT can revive you.

Difficult times in my life currently...but it is those same times causing me strain that inshaallah my connection to Allah is improving.

What gives you confidence that Allah and the Quran are real?

How easy is it to become entitled in regards to Allah being the most gracious, most merciful?

"Dunya or Jannah? Which do you want? ...Can I have success and happiness and peace in BOTH?"

"What of I'm wrong and the Quran isn't true?" "I believe in that text inshaallah, and I am going to behave as such."

Did you do it for Allah? Or the dunya?

I may have put in the effort to achieve different things in my life, but none of it would have been possible without Allah SWT

Where does one - a Muslim in particular perhaps - go when overcome by fear?

I have a habit...and it ABSOLUTELY is part of the reason my God Consciousness has been, I think, increasing

My family celebrates Christmas.

Allah is always benefiting me, blessing me, in every circumstance...so long as I let myself think of it that way

Every human living on this Dunya shares at least one single blessing from Allah.

My intent in reading "Sahih Al-Bukhari" was to learn "the character"...but-

I cannot only rely on myself. I must also rely on Allah and who/what he uses to help me.

I've had my doubts.

Just doing the obligatory prayers isn't enough for me to stay connected.

Sometimes I don't want to do things for myself - even good things Subhan Allah

Patience, resilience, and trust in Allah's wisdom

(Salah) What end are you trying to achieve when you go to prayer?

What do you, as a Muslim, want your intent to be?

Allah, the Most Gracious, and his apostle noted clearly the importance of healthy family relations. It's up to me to follow their guidance now.

Speak it and act belief into existence?

I cannot do what God does. But he gave me...

Short term desires versus Allah's (God's) pleasure

In Shaa Allah I will be able to strive towards this goal!

What Allah Wants...

My first time reading the dua'a aloud...

Stay Ready for When I Can Move. I have dreams and aspirations to be a mangaka, a storyteller, an influencer, a creator...and I have an interest in artificial intelligence, marketing, coding, arabic! So much...and I don't know YET what direction to take.

I am not motivated by God...YET.

Character Demands Vigilance

"I wish I could..."

Why would I need to crumble amidst ANY opposition, ANY pressure when I have God to guide and fortify my heart, and his apostle to show me the way to behave amidst the struggle?

If memory serves, we are to strive towards the "character" - towards being a great Muslim.