Assalamualaikum, readers (May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you). You may notice from my last post, I had been feeling down and upset about life. It seemed I had enough with life. So I tried to lift myself up. I heard a couple of nasyeeds and motivational English songs. They did lift me up for awhile. Then after some time, I needed more and more. So that was not the ultimate solution. I kept wandering in Youtube, searching for a better solution. Suddenly I remembered a phrase that my ustazah (female Islamic cleric) used to say to me. It was “La Tahzan” which means “Don’t be Sad” when I told her that I was struggling with life several months ago. I kept thinking about this phrase and I asked myself, “Why is this phrase so familiar? It must mean something.”
After I spent some more time hearing a couple more nasyeeds and stuff, I remembered one of my friends back home once told me that there was this good book available in the market and the title is “La Tahzan/ Don’t be Sad”. So I said to myself, “I have to find this book no matter what. I don’t wanna miss on something good like this.” Then I started looking for the book in Malay and yeeesss, I got it!!! The problem was I had to order it from Malaysia and I had a feeling that the publisher didn’t really want to take that much effort sending it here to USA.
I didn’t give up there. “OK, why not I find it in English,” I mumbled. I heard the book is one of world’s best sellers. I gotta try. Yeahhhhh I got it and this time in English. I found it in Amazon.com. Alhamdulillah (All praises be to Allah). But wait, I didn’t know how good this book is. I wanted to know how well-written it is before i buy. I could not just decide from my friend's reviews. Quickly, I used the Google search bar and typed La Tahzan. A bunch of videos popped up from Youtube. Perfecttttt….!!! Now I could have a glance into the book without having to buy it first.
From the first two videos, I felt kind of OK, not that great but not bad either. Why not try another one. My hand swiftly moved the mouse and I clicked the third video. This one was different. The video maker really brought the essence of the book combined with great background layouts. You know what? When I finished watching the third one, I felt so mesmerized and so impressed with the message. I was so ashamed because I didn’t know how silly I was to give up on Allah’s boundless mercy. I kept watching that video several more times. Trust me, it was extremely good. Good job Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni!!! May Allah bless you with more ideas and more knowledge to write even more. After that, I went straight to the Amazon.com website that I opened and clicked “Buy Now”.
To those who feel lost and experience like a weight of the world is on their shoulders, I would suggest you to buy this book and crack it. We can read Harry Potter series, Eclipse: New Moon etc. and spend countless hours talking nonsense with friends. Yet we find it hard to read Al-Quran and books written based on Al-Quran that can help us develop our personality in a healthy way. This is what we call a long-term good investment. InsyaAllah (With Allah’s will), we can develop our lives in a manner that is thought by Islam and, most importantly, in the way that Allah pleases. La Tahzan, verily Allah's mercy is unbounded!!!
If you are in Malaysia (Malay version) and you want to buy it. Buy here
If you are in USA (English version) and you want to buy it. Buy here
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