It was that day .. I was feeling so low and generally bored from life. I had nothing to do, I think it was before I was accepted at the company I’m working at now.
It was a recap day, though weird, but recently, I have many of those days, maybe because I’ll graduate (hopefully!) soon, I can’t articulate a reason. In a recap day, I keep rewinding back through my life and remember some very moments that touches the deep of my heart.
Interesting mile stones to be sure, I left KSA, lost my mother, finished secondary school, entered college, and wheeoo .. college itself. I also keep thinking about my future, family, work and life overall.
Vivid the thing becomes when you catch upon a happy moment on the long stripe, however, ailing way more than be borne the feeling of recalling a bad moment
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A thing you always keep telling yourself when having a self-session of life-judgment, is the so longed-for “I want to change”, “I want to be different”, “I want to be better” .. mottoes, that, sadly, imitates a perfect life to pursue, but never actually was the right motive to take off and start to change, be different nor better !
So .. what is the right motive ? .. what’s that thing that will actually change you. Some say love changes people .. some say need .. I say .. follow your instincts .. you can be the very motive to change.
Funny! .. those sessions of recap I have, are usually while am taking a walk inside the house!, some calm neighborhood .. or even before I sleep. The later kind is the most annoying if you ask me .. la2ennak hatnam metnakked
Anyway .. what the heck does the post topic have to do with all this blabber ?!!
Well, during a recap day house walk .. I found the book appearing keda from inside one of our huge home library’s shelves. I was having nothing to keep myself busy with .. so I grabbed it, and though I follow constantly the condition of the library, books in and out, their kinds and places and so .. but this book .. it was the first time I see it!
I opened it and I found a handwritten dedication: “To whoever seeks the life of heart, they will find it at Hamdi Othman” …. who is my father
.. obbbaa .. kedga ya dgadgy mat2oleesh
Guys! .. this book is the most fantastic thing I ever read in my entire life .. mesh momken!.
Sheikh Mohamed Al-Ghazali wrote this book which is simply a comparative study, this kind of study in Islamic books generally compares something in Islam with a corresponding topic from other cultures or religions.
The author was comparing between a foreign book of the author Dale Carnegie; How to Stop Worrying and Start Living with Islam
.. and how the people whose stories Dale mentioned is his book are the normal paths taken according to mankind nature and instinct created by God Allah, the same God who created Islam .. which is the more correct and even faster way to start living a happy life!.
Of course it’s not a proof that Islam is a nice religion, it’s a show of how lives and pure natures obey at the end the rules God created .. in Islam and simply life!
After I read the book, it appeared how was it oblivious to me the idea of religion. The book says it clear, religion (Islam) is life with all its meanings, feelings, rules, changes, aspects, people, morals … go on and say etc!
Besides the very solid and rational words the book speaks, it’s lovely .. way too lovely and comfortable .. I became addicted .. whenever I feel low, bored, ruined or depressed .. I read some pages from the book.
When you open it, from the first words, you feel that the author is smiling in his writing. You know that when I want to express happiness or consent, I write this emoticon ‘
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You can touch how wise, calm and happy he is when narrating his words, declaring his beautiful judgments and transferring his exceptional inner peace!
Fellows .. this is the real Muslim man I will ever wish to be in my miserable life, I felt self-loathe when I compared myself to the perfect life the book depicted and how simple it was to acquire!
The book name is Jaddid Hayatak, written by Sheikh Mohamed Al-Ghazali. My copy is from Dal Al Shourook. Me and my friends asked there but copies were out .. and we’re waiting for the new publication.
Please .. if something worths the minutes you always loose reading my boring blog, then it’s buying this book .. please .. read it.
regards, ![]()
