Can I Be a Better Person

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CAN I BE A BETTER PERSON



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CAN I BE A BETTER PERSON ?

Definitely YES.

Allah Swt himself told us that yes we can be a betterperson in fact we can be the best person if we wantto.



you are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind,

enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong,

and believing In Allah. if only the people of the Book had Faith, it were best for them: among them

are some who have Faith, but Most of them are

perverted transgressors.

Ali Imran, 3:110



The question is not “Can I be better” but “Do I want tobe better”, and obviously the next question would be

“How Can I Be Better”.



Before we get to the How part. Lets try tounderstand that if you know something good itdoes not automatically mean that you can dowhat you know.

It seems like an oxymoron .. how come you knowsomething but can not do it. ANY COMMENT ?.



It happen because your mind convinced butyour heart is still in doubt. Both mind and heartshould believe then you could it. The problemis our heart most of the time is lagging behind

our mind.

This the reason why regret always come toolate



So we have two issues so far:

1. How to be a better person

2. How to make our heart to believe that I can reallymake myself a better person.



BETTER have to have 2 conditions below:

First.movement from one state to another state. The movement from

one state to another state will allow us to always improveourselves, because you always compare your situation thismonth with last month, this year with last year.

Second.

The movement direction. This is very important, because youwant to move to the right direction, so that you can call yourselfbetter. If you move to the wrong direction instead of better youwill become worse.

Before we answer those two questions, lets make surewe understand what BETTER is. Any Volunteer ??



Describe right direction. Any volunteer ??

Better Grade More Money Trendy Clothing Etc

“Low Grade Better”

Orientation: Material, Physical World



Highest Grade BETTER:

The one which can take us out side this world

The one which can safe us in the hereafter (and in this world)



As a Muslim we are taught and believe that :

There is live after this world.

Live after this world is ever lasting

The real judgment will happen in the liveafter this world.



Knowing these 3 facts, why bother focusing your effortonly on this world which is temporary. Instead I think you

are all agree if I say we should focus our effort on thehereafter, the live after this world.

What if I say that if you do your best effort (correctly) toreach for hereafter (save your selves in the hereafter),not only that we will get the hereafter but we also will getthis world. Will you do it ?.



Ash-Shuura, 42:20

And whoever desires, the harvest of the Hereafter, Wewill enhance for him his harvest, by multiplying in it thegood deed up tenfold or more; and whoever desires

the harvest of this world, We will give him of it, withoutmultiplying [any of it], [giving him] only what is his[preordained] share; but in the Hereafter he will haveno share.



How is it if we seek hereafter we also get the world ?.

Here is the logic. The key is in our heart. If you know thatyou will get help, if you know that you will be supported, ifyou that you will be protected. You will feel strong, You will

feel secure, you will feel peaceful. Will you not ?. Now ifyou feel strong, if you feel secure, if you feel peaceful, youcan move the mountain, you can dive into the deepestOcean, you can do anything you want.



What is the different between getting a good grade

so that you can be proud off and getting a goodgrade as a form of ibadah.

Getting a good grade so that you can be proud of

will not earn akhirah points. Getting a good score asa from of ibadah will get akhirah as well as duniapoints



How many people here study not only so that youunderstand the subject therefore you will do good inthe exam, but on top of that you study hard because

you realize that study is also part of our ibadah.



and follow not (O man i.e., Say not, or do not or witness not, etc.) that of which You have no knowledge (e.g. one's saying: "I have seen," while In fact He has not seen, or "I have heard," while He has not

heard). Verily! the hearing, and the sight, and the heart, of each of those will be questioned (by Allâh). (Al Israa:36)

O You who believe! when You are told to make room In the

assemblies, (spread out and) make room. Allâh will give You (ample)room (from his Mercy). and when You are told to rise up [for prayers,Jihâd (holy fighting In Allâh's Cause), or for any other good deed], rise up. Allâh will exalt In degree those of You who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge. and Allâh is Well-Acquainted with what

You do. (Al Mujadilah, 58;11)



Whoever follows a path in the pursuit of knowledge, Allaah will make a path to Paradise easy for him."

(Hadis riwayat Al-Bukhaari)

for each (person), there are angels In succession, before and behind Him. they Guard Him by the command of Allâh. Verily! Allâh will not change the good condition of a people as long as they do

not change their state of goodness themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allâh). but when Allâh wills a people's Punishment, there can be no turning back of it, and they will find besides Him no protector. (Ar Ra’ad, 13:11)

Every action will be rewarded according to its intention (Hadis riwayat Al-Bukhaari)



So when you study because you know that it is part of youribadah, then you know that study hard and be smart is Allah’s command to every Muslim. Therefore logically youwill study hard.

If you think you do not study hard enough, try hard to

understand the concept of Ibadah



So what you need to do in order to feel secure, to feelstrong, to feel peaceful …

believe in Allah, or have taqwa

because Allah is the source of everything, the source ofsecurity, source of strength and source of peace.



Up to now we had established that:

Knowing does not always correlate with doing. Know somethingdoes not necessary mean we can do what we know.

In order to be able to do what we know mind and heart mustagree.

Better means moving to the right direction reach for akhirahand get the dunia for free (buy one get one free)

If we seek akhirah, Allah will also give dunia

To feel secure, strong and peaceful, we must believe in Allah.

Study/Acquiring knowledge is part of ibadah.



Khalifa Umar explained .. taqwa is like walking in themiddle of the night (no light) on a road which you knowhas a lot of debris. How do you walk ….. real careful and

real slow .. so that you can pass the road without gettinghurt.

What is Taqwa ?



Therefore, if before you do something, before you saysomething, you think carefully if what you are going to door say will please Allah or not… that is Taqwa.

When you are in this state of mind, you will feelconfidence that with the help of Allah you are going toprevail. Therefore Dunia and akhirah insha Allah will beyours. Why ?. Because your action is done to pleaseAllah and if Alah is please with you, he will give youakhirah and dunia (As Syura: 20).

Also if Allah is pleased with us, then Allah will be our ears,

Allah will be our eyes, Allah will be our hands, and Allahwill be our feet (hadis Qudsi).



With Taqwa Allah will have our back therefore we will

prevail

With Taqwa Allah will gives dunia and akhirah.

With Taqwa

Allah will guard our senses against thetemptation of syaitan.



How do I get Taqwa therefore be a better person

Read and Study Al Quran and Hadith

When you study Quran or listen to any speech, try to imagine thatAllah is talking to you (in the case of Al Quran) or the speaker istalking directly to you.

Do as much as possible the have to do ibadah

As much as possible stay away from haram things

Be as much as possible in the circle of pious friends

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