Action or Just Talk

Aaoodhoo billahe minashaitan rajeem 

 Al-Baqarah 2:246

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ قَالُوا لِنَبِىٍّ لَّهُمُ ٱبْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۖ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَٰتِلُواۖ قَالُوا وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نُقَٰتِلَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَٰرِنَا وَأَبْنَآئِنَاۖ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 

Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

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This ayah reminds me the big promises I make to myself and big claims i make. And when time comes I start to loose courage. There is a big difference in talk and action. And I came to the conclusion that people who talk more eventually loose courage like the people mentioned in this ayah. And I noticed that people who talk less have easier time in taking action. This may be because when we talk more, we forget to ask Allah for help. May Allah make us among those who talk less and work more. Ameen. And May Allah make among those who keep their promises. Ameen.

Language of birds

Assalamoalaekum

I am sharing an ayah that inspired me today.

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
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وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَانُ دَاوُودَ ۖ وَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْمُبِينُ
And Sulaiman was Dawood´s heir, and he said: O men! we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given all things; most surely this is manifest grace.
(Surah An-Naml,27:16)

وَوَرِثَ And inherited  -  سُلَيْمَٰنُ Sulaiman  -  دَاوُۥدَ Dawood.  -  وَقَالَ And he said,  -  يَٰٓأَيُّهَا \"O  -  ٱلنَّاسُ people!  -  عُلِّمْنَا We have been taught  -  مَنطِقَ (the) language  -  ٱلطَّيْرِ (of) the birds,  -  وَأُوتِينَا and we have been  -  مِن from  -  كُلِّ every  -  شَىْءٍ thing.  -  إِنَّ Indeed,  -  هَٰذَا this  -  لَهُوَ surely, it  -  ٱلْفَضْلُ (is) the favor  -  ٱلْمُبِينُ evident.\"  - 

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Every once in a while I am amazed by birds. In this age of technology I hardly get time to go outside to look at birds. But when I hear them early in the morning I know I missed the time of tahajjud. I wonder how do they wake up every morning so early and do tasbeeh. I wonder what do they say in tasbeeh.

I wonder what do they talk. Every once in a while when I am driving I see a large flock of birds sitting in line on the wires up on the traffic light as if they are having a meeting. I wonder what do they talk in their meeting. Their meetings are quite right than ours.

When i see a flock of birds in the sky in a line, I wish to ask their leader how do they communicate.

Sulaiman عليه السلام was taught language of birds and he mentioned it was a clear bounty.

SubhanAllah.

I realize the advantages of knowing multiple languages. We can communicate with humanity better if we know each other languages. We have a better chance to learn from each other. And on top of that if we know the language of birds, that's truly an obvious bounty.

Only Sulaiman عليه السلام was given this power and he used it so wisely. SubhanAllah

What do we expect of a هد هد a woodpecker? And a wood pecker brought the news of Queen of Saba. And Sulaiman عليه السلام was able to interpret that news. SubhanAllah. And Allah gave him this power. Allah is Great. الله أكبر