On Returning

Today I watched Bohsia 2: Jalan Kembali, a movie directed by Syamsul Yusof. Maybe I'm the last to catch it but nevermind.

These are the 2 main takeaways that I obtained from this movie, enlightening and a timely reminder alhamdulillah.

1) If you talk about size, then the size of our sins accumulated is probably a speck of dust compared to Mercy and Forgiveness of Allah.

We very often forget this but remember,

Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah . Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful." Surah az-Zumar: 53 

         -Quran.com, Sahih International 


Alhamdulillah, I came across this status update by bro Aiman Azlan. May it be a good guideline to follow insyaAllah.

"3 things on my mind right now:
1. Avoid sins to the best of your ability. 
2. When you do commit a sin, be ashamed of it. 
3. In shame, don't cripple yourself. Allah's Mercy is bigger than your sin. Let the shame be a motivating factor for you to change for the better. "

2) There's no way to go but to turn and return to Allah.

This world is crazy. This world, like me and you know it, is a messed up place. But this is also the very world that is temporary for us.This world is not our place. We are not created for this world. We don't belong here. We came from, belong to and will return to our one and only God, Allah swt.


We are creations of Him. And Allah, our Creator, also created death for us.

Thus on that note, I would like to share this video that a sister shared which insyaAllah will shed some light on the topic. I urge all of us to watch it, if you already have, watch it again. We can never have enough reminders.

May we benefit from it.


 

O Allah, You are the Most Forgiving, please forgive us.
O Allah, all this while we have drowned in sinful slumber and neglected You, please save us and wake us up and grant us hidayah from You.
Ameen.