Ramadhan the blessed month

Thank you Allah for letting me live long enough to meet this blessed month of Ramadhan. A neighbor of mine passed away just a week before Ramadhan. I have been preparing for Ramadhan for two months. Fasting every monday and Thursday during the month of Rejab and Syakban. 

This year, like a few years lately, I do not target to finish reading the whole Qur'an. I recite the lines and read the translation. Sometimes tears will run down my face. I feel that Allah is talking directly to me. How I feel that Allah is so merciful especially to me. When Allah admonish the infidels I will crinched. Ya Allah, please don't let me be one of them. And when Allah talks about the true believers my heart will quiver. Hoping that Allah regards me as one of them and rewards me with jannah or heaven. And when Allah talks about Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him (p.b.u.h), my heart will dance with joy for Allah is talking about the person that I loved the most. My journey with the Qur'an is a journey of love.

I have been saving up for a few months so that I can give as much charity as I can on this blessed month of Ramadhan. The joy of giving to the poor, the Palestinian people, and my own family members is simply fantastic for I know that Allah will give me a lot more. Never mind if I can't spend much at the shopping complex during the sale of this festive season for I don't need much. I have more than I need. There are people out there that need the money more. My joy is not the joy of having but the joy of giving.

It's incredible how Ramadhan can transform people. Change our routine and change our attitude. When I feel tired I know how the people who went hungry feel. Allah wants us to have empathy by going through the hardship that unfortunate people go through.

Ya Allah, bless us all in the month of Ramadhan. Amin.