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People need to understand that while work is important, the rat race is an illusion like everything else in the dunya.

We all do. Small ones, big ones. Temporary and persistent. That is how life is. Our Creator says: (rough translation) 'And no problem befalls you except it was already written in a book. We tell you this so you do not feel sad for the things you lose, and so you do not feel proud for possessing things because surely We do not like proud ones'. Now think about it. He also says: 'Did you think you would simply be granted heaven and not tested? Nay you will be tested by the loss of lives, property, blessings.' Its all in the Quran dear believer. I am sorry for the very crude translations but it is allowed provided the content or meaning is not changed. The point is to read it and follow people who share such things. Each verse can be life changing. You may have been thinking "Why me?" for years. News flash, most every >believer< thinks that. And its okay to think that. Notice I have emphasized the word "believer", because: 'This life is a dungeon for the believer, and paradise for the disbeliever.' - Imam (عليه السلام) All my life I have steered through disasters, one after another. Life changing events. Near death experiences. Loss of property, monumental kinds. Health issues. Big ones. Bullets screeching by. Psychological issues. Loneliness including that from abandonment. Death of friends and loved ones. Disillusionment in big ways about things in this world. Frauds. Collapse of trust. Each of them a big disaster. So much so that now I don't trust anyone instead I let people earn it. Now I am wiser rather than "confident". All these experiences forced me to change but it was I who chose how to shape myself with intuition from Allah since I kept believing and He is the most Merciful. Therefore I want to tell you dear comrade; Do not be afraid. "This time period, as well, shall pass away."

I am generally finding it difficult to sleep these days. On one occasion, my father suggested that i recite the first two sentences(not ayahs) of Ayatul Kursi. I did and went off to sleep almost right away.

every morning when i see the sunrise after fajr prayers, I witness another miracle, I cannot count all the miracles that was given to me by my Creator. But I'm thankful for all of them, and the greatest miracle is to prepare for :Al-Hujjat a.s, and be the cook of his 313 one day inshallah.

wa 'alaykum assalam, Last weekend, it was raining quite heavily, I was driving through one of the major tunnels in my city, it is normally always packed with cars, on the day I was driving through it, it was unusually empty, as I went around a bend, the wheels on my can completely lost their grip and I just slid sideways, it happened at the point that the tunnel splits into two, so instead of hitting the wall, I slid onto the empty area between the parting on the tunnels. It starts off with four lanes, then two go off to the right and two to the left, I slid as i was going to the right and luckily there were some plastic bollards like this - http://static.passetoncode.fr/img-panneaux/balises/j12.jpg - In the empty space to kill the speed of the car without damaging it. This is how narrow the tunnel get when split into two lanes: http://ls.rosselcdn.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/475x317/2013/05/29/2119908826_B97520702Z.1_20130529093549_000_G06R61V9.2-0.jpg As I was trembling and thanking God for saving me, about a dozen cars all came through the tunnel at the same time, had I been coming through the tunnel 30 seconds later, I would have caused a massive accident, and as I was in the right hand lane, on a left hand drive car, as the driver, I would have have received the full impact of what ever I hit, or whatever hit me. I'm still a little shook up about the whole thing. When I drive through the tunnel, I can see the two bollards that I knocked off, they are still lying there. Alhamdulillah. The point is, I think that when it's our time, it's our time, when it isn't, it isn't, sorry to be pessimistic.