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Noorah Kareem
بحث عن علم النفس من المنظور القرآني النية: قلب يعقل(بالعربي والإنجليزي) Hi! My name is Noorah, and this is where we help close the gap between Modern Psychology and what Allah says about us in His Book (in both English and Arabic).
I also share secrets and insights into the most common questions I get asked in my private 1 on 1 sessions and my thoughts on them that I don’t share anywhere else.
To help us:
1- Answer life's BIGGEST questions(or at least start with the right questions!) 2- Go back to the core 3- Bring Allah back into our life
A little bit more about me:
I am a coach, an artist, and the founder of In Conversation. I believe we're all created differently and there's a reason why we're here, and it's my job to help you figure it out.
Psychology in The Quran is my secret hobby, the glue to everything I do, and I am so glad you're here 💛
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عذراً على سوء جودة الصوت.. ما عندي وقت أعيدة وقررت احسن انشره بدل ما ما انشر حلقة مودتي نورة
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Yes, God loves you.
1- You don't need to earn Allah's love it's already a given thing. 2- Nothing we can do in life that will equal the gift of Allah's love. Nor are we expected to earn it- just take care of it. -- Visit Noorah's website: www.noorahkareem.com
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God's love is given. It's not earned. Your job and my job is simply to take care of it.
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nor does it mean God is angry at you <3
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إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنسَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا (72)
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هل الإنسان يقدر يعيش بسعادة بدون فطرته؟ كيف أتواصل مع صوتي الداخلي؟ كيف أزيل الطبقات الي على قلبي؟ .. More about Noorah: www.noorahkareem.com
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الآية المذكورة: ( قَالَ إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ عِنْدِي )
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الآية المذكورة: "فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا آَتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّا عِلْمًا"، إذ تبع موسى الخضر عند مجمع البحرين: "قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا". --
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الأيات المذكورة:
( فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا)
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِن بَنِي آدَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَا ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَٰذَا غَافِلِينَ (172)
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جلسة مع مرام العقيلي متخصصة في قيم الأشخاص والمؤسسات
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الآية المذكورة:-
“الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ “
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“You are not your thoughts; you are the observer of your thoughts.” - Amit Ray, Mindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath
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“To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually." - Eckhart Tolle
- Gary Zukav’s book: The Seat of the Soul
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ضيفة حلقتنا رزانا البنوي؛ حصلت رزانا على شهادة الماجستير في العلاقات الإنسانية من بريطانيا وهي أخصائية ارشاد اجتماعي
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الأية المذكورة: قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًا
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بعد جلستي مع كوتش فريد حسيت في نفسي نور وطاقة كبيرة تدفعني أكون شخص أفضل.. ولا مرة قعدت مع أ.فريد وما حسيت بهذا الشعور. أتركم بوحدة من هذة الحوارات الي حتساعدكم تنيرو شئ في داخلكم وتشوفوا فيها خير يمكن ما شفتوه من قبل او ما أعطيتوه التقدير الكافي.. يعطيك العافية كوتش فريد والله يزيدك 🌳
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الكتاب المذكورأحنا عادة نكون صداقات لناس تشبه لنا وننجذب لشريك أو شريكة يكونوا عكسنا. لأنهم يقدروا يعطونا الحاجات إلي إحنا فاقدينها.. الحاجات الي نحتاجها وبندور عليها.. الحاجات الي حتردلنا توازنا الداخلي والخارجي.. إلى درجة انو خلال العلاقة نقدر نشفي مواطن ألمنا.. بس (بس) لو عرفنا كيف نتواصل ونتحاور حول نقاط إختلافنا.
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جلسة مع دانية بابكير أخصائيه نفسيه و مرشده زواج و عائله ماجستير ارشاد زواج و عائله، جامعه سيراكيوز
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الأيات المذكورة:
{أَوَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَـٰذَا ۖ قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ}
( وما أصابكم من مصيبة فبما كسبت أيديكم)
(مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَمَن يُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ يَهْدِ قَلْبَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ)
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كيف نتحاور مع ربنا لمن قلبنا مليان قهر؟ أيش حق الإنسان على نفسه؟ أيش تتمنى الناس تعرفة عن المال؟
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مرة متحمسة و هذا ايش تقدروا تتوقعوا من الحلقات القادمة مودتي، نورة
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"أحس اني ضايع" "لسا ما أعرف أيش أبغى" "توقعت اني أعررف أيش أبغى بس طلع غلط" -- Book a private one on one session with Noorah: www.noorahkareem.com/coaching
What happens when strengths and weaknesses get unbalanced?? I will also share a powerful question to ask yourself to rebalnce your focuse.
لسا قريب إنسألت هل أنا شخص روحاني أو ديني ومرة ضايقني السؤال. فقلت خليني أسوي بودكاست عن الموضوع.
كلمت عبد تتضمن جزئين: عبادة(دين) + عبيد(روحانية) دين في حالة عبادة + روحانية لمن نحون في حالة بين العبادات وكيف نعيش ونمسك نفسنا بين العبادات
حتمر في ٥ مراحل لمن أي تغيير يصير لك في حياتك.. سواء كان تغيير انت بتستناه أو تغير ما تبغاه... أقول هذا الكلام لأنو كثير من الأحيان ما نتوقع إننا نمر في هذة الماحل على أمور كنا نتمناها أو حتى ندعيلها ومن جد مبسوطين معاه.. هيا في النهاية تغيير في مسار حياتنا و التغيير تجي معاها هذة ا لمراحل الخمس.
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People don't usually leave people because they suddenly become bad people, people usually leave people coz they're not willing to talk about the things they need to talk about.
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“Eve seduced Adam eat from the tree. After they ate from it Adam told God that Eve made him do it and that’s how the word ‘evil’ came about… from name Eve.”
Is this true?
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Today's Aya: وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."
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Today's Aya:
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ
And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
"If I repent then I won't be punished and I won't have to deal with any consequences.. and if I ever did, then it must mean that God didn't accept my repentance.." "I don't understand why I have to deal with this! Is God still angry with me?? He said he was The Most Forgiving and The Most Merciful."
Let's talk about consequences vs punishments...
Today's aya:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ "And God loves those who repent"
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There are four levels of consciousness..
Today's aya: وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein -- Check out online classes: ⇢ www.noorahkareem.com/life-class
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"I'm not a good person." "I'm bad." "There is no hope for me.. I'm a lost cause."
Is this true?
Today's ayas: وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللَّهُ مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ "So that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purify what is in your hearts. And Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts."
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Today's ayas: وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَى فَارِغًا إِنْ كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِي بِهِ لَوْلا أَنْ رَبَطْنَا عَلَى قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (
And the heart of Moses’ mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.
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Today's aya: أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى الْأَبْصَارُ وَلَٰكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ (46) "Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and minds) may thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly it is not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts which are in their chests. "
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I feel like my brain was scattred doing this one. On the road with my in-laws (but I did post somehting!)I'll try to wrap the ideas up in the next couple of days.
☀️, Noorah
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I was reading the book The Power of Now when I came across this sentence: "I hate the word sin." And I wanted to share my thought's on it. ☀️, Noorah
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“Doesn’t matter how much work I put in.. I didn’t get it.” “Doesn’t matter if I worked hard.. they did better.”
Is this true?
Today's aya: وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا “And we put the scales on the Day of Resurrection, so that the same thing is not wronged”
The Weight of Our Deeds – A Khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZFCA_hN-pg&t=156s
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Okay, I recently came accrues a pst that said: “be smart, no one cares about your efforts, only the results.”- TRIGGER!
I suppose it’s true most people only reword results. Luckily God awards effort regardless of results. (you can't always control that ether no matter what people say. You can only control your efforts. Results come from Allah). And I feel like internally, we need to value efforts too and so we don't just base our success or worth on results.
Notice how in The Quran God uses the word 'effort/سعي' a lot?
أَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَى ﴿۳۹) وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يرى "And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for. And that his striving shall soon be seen-"
He used the word "سعي/effort" and not "إالا ما أنجز/ What he accomplished".
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Just because someone can do something better than us. Does that mean we suck?
Today's ayas: قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَى سَبِيلًا ﴾. “Say everyone is to work with the shape and form which they were created in. And your Lord knows who’s on the straighter path”
☀️, Noorah
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"I know I can't be perfect.... but I want to!"
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Today's Aya: 1- "فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ "so beautiful patience is most fitting"
2-وَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا أَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ And he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my sorrow over Joseph," and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor.
3- قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.
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When to know you're ready to forgive? What needs to happen for you to forgive? What are you forgiving for in the first place?
Today's Aya:
خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ (199 (Hold on to and grab on to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant.)
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"You hurt me there for you're a bad person."
Is there truth to this statement? .....
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☀️ , Noorah
⇢ " I can give and give,... I'll be okay"
When should you stop giving??
Today's aya:
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا {And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent (banked ripped and poor and unable to give anymore}
☀️ , Noorah
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⇢ "There's no room for God In a therapy session" ⇢ "You can't talk about God here." ⇢ "You can heal without God"
Is there truth to these statements?
Today's Ayas: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
This week's question:
"How do I know that feeling sad or the thought of 'not wanting to do something' or 'this is not right for me' is just coming from me being out of my comfort zone or if it's really not what will make me happy and what I want?"
- Recommended book read: Man's Search for Meaning by Frankl, Viktor E.
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It's a two-step process:
1- Understand yourself: What are your strengths and challenges.
A simple way to do that is by taking a personality assessment (https://www.noorahkareem.com/type-coach) 2- Put the information to work...
Oh, and a surprising fact about strengths and weaknesses....
قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
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Truth is our efforts to make a happy relationship/ marriage will always (always fall short) and the efforts of the person we are with will always (always) fall short too... so what do we do?
Well here's the biggest blessing I know a marriage can have (and the thing you will need the most)...
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This week's question:
"Noorah, I'm 24. I do my best at preparing for exams and I get good marks. I want to go to a medical school, but how do I know that it's the right choice? Am I too older for it? I'll spend 9 years studying and when I finish I'll be even older. What if I get tired or bored? How can I know it's the right choice?"
Here's a three step process...
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This week's question: "Noorah, I’ve been trying to cope with everything by shutting down my feelings, being practical treating things like tasks and being on polite mode to the point where I can’t feel or connect with myself anymore or anything else. How can I rebuild that connection without making myself too vulnerable?"
Part of the process of reconnecting IS going to be vulnerable.. the question is where do you want to do it?
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Here for you, Noorah
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Maybe.
But I also know that when we don't speak and look for our own voice it hurts us on the inside. We start not liking ourselves. We bottle up anger. We don't respect ourselves as much... What if.. what ifff the point of the conversation was something else.. what if it was more for YOU then for THEM?
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Talk soon, Noorah
Listen to the rest of the beautiful meanings behind the story of Prophet Musa and Kithir's interaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhxBMXM0s8&t=1418s
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One simple question that can help you rewind any story.
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Too many times I see people dwell on a mistake they have made or a regret:
"I'm bad"
"There's no hope in me.",
"I know better why am I still doing it?!"
To busy beating themselves up. Regret and shame are beautiful gifts when they lead us to want more and better from ourselves, but there's a fine line when we start using them against ourselves keeping us stuck and deemed to our past instead of as a gift to get us back on track.
If you ever lost hope in yourself, this video is a gift from me to you.
More resources: Never Give Up Hope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BNIfki5qdw
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The fact that you are here now. Listening to this podcast. Searching and looking, means that you are on the path to getting to the place where you CAN create that shift. You're doing the inner work to get to the state where you're ready.
And for that, I am proud of you.
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“You don’t even know me or understand me” “I don’t want to talk to you.” “Who do you think you are?”
Ever give someone feedback and before you know it it turns into a fight??
Here’s how to ask people for change WITHOUT turning it into a flight.
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"Noorah, why am I still doing it?"
The simple answer is: because your heart isn't convinced.
We can "convince" your heart intellectually all we want and it will agree with all that we are saying..., but it won't "shift".
It won't shift until it's engaged in a different type of conversation.
A conversation where needs can be heard and met and where aspirations and new narratives can be born.
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Bring a sheet of paper, some colored pens and markers and try this art therpay exciersise yourself + 4 questions to help you undertannd anger and what to do with it whenn it shows up.
Second audiotin of what art therpay is
If I told you to think of a black cat... What comes to your mind...
Is it a picture?... Or a word?
In this podcast, I explore the idea of how creating pictures is a powerful tool to put choice back into our hands.
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To an engaged heart, Noorah
إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ
"God doesn't change the condition of people until they change what is within themselves”- I love this aya!
It gives me hope.
No matter what situation we're in, in our personal or work life, we have something in our control. We have power. We have choice. If we want to change a situation, we CAN.
Not by "making" someone change or by "forcing" someone to act a certain way or to think a certain way, but by moving differently ourselves.
Now, doesn't that fill you with hope??
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"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate." ― C.G. Jung
Our unconscious mind reacts a lot faster than our conscious mind.
To change anything we must first make the unseen things seen.
We must bring it into our conscious mind first.
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This is one of my personal favorite topics to explore with my clients that I believe has one of the biggest impacts and breakthroughs for them and the work they do-I even made a whole program about it (www.noorahkareem.com/coaching).
Most of the time what we need is to get out of their own way of success.
We become our worst enemies when it comes to growth and expanding ourselves.
"Omg, I can't do that. That's not me!" "I'm just pretending. It's a lie. I'm a lie"
In this episode, I want to invite you to three things that will help you manage those inner-critics, get out of your own way and go BIG!
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In every stage in life we need to learn how to:
1- Let go of something that's no longer helping us and is holding us back.
2- Build something new- Learn a new way of being.
The Process of letting go of something is the shadow that we tent to avoid. When we avoid it we keep ourselves locked in the old patterns that are keeping us stuck. Unable to expand, grow and find new meaning.
Whatever stage you are in life, in this 7 minute podcast, I leave you with a thought that will help you take the first step.
Coz here's what I see happening, people either go on one extreme or the other.
Holding on too tightly to their strengths where they can't see any place of improvement.
Or they hold on too tightly to their weaknesses that they are unable to admit and own their strengths.
Both are flips sides of "not feeling good enough." The middle zone (where self-confidence lies), is where we can see ourselves as a whole.
We can lean on our strengths, we are aware of our challenges and we can consciously decide on what we want to lean on and what we want to improve on and why.
Take away question: ⇢ What do I need to believe about myself to create a new story for myself?
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Enjoy, share, create breakthroughs! Today's the beginning of something beautiful in the making!
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See you next time, Noorah
The answer to this question can be hard so I wanna give you a way to make it a little easier.
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What happens when we are triggered? and what to do about it to put ourselves back in control...
Enjoy, share, create breakthroughs! Today's the beginning of something beautiful in the making!
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To create change you need three things:
1⇢ You need to engage the heart.
Coz that's where real change happens. It's not enough to "know". The heart needs to be convinced before you and I can change our ways and create new ways.
2⇢ You need to create new narratives about who you are, who others are, what's happening around you and what's the meaning behind it, etc.
3 ⇢ You must be willing to walk through the shadows when they come.
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What I learned:
1 ⇢ Sometimes in life, God doesn't give us what we want to test us to see what really lies in our chests and hearts
وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللَّهُ مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ (154) سورة العمران "And let God test what is in your chests and check what is in your hearts"
2 ⇢ Choosing to worship God can come from two different places in the heart: A- I did something for you God and now I am entitled to ___ (whatever that thing is that you're looking for is). This comes from a place of and doubt in the hearts. (Not our place to do that as slaves to The Master) B- Or a place of a humble slave.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انقَلَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِين ( 11 ) سورة الحج "There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the verge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!"
3 ⇢ The next time you find yourself in a hard situation, what do you want God to see in your heart?
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وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ (186)سورة البقرة
"And if my slave asks you about me, I am indeed close I indeed answer the call of the caller. So they should try to respond to me and believe in me so they can be guided."
What I learned:
1 ⇢ God talks to us directly.
2 ⇢ God for sure answers our call but he also asks us for something in return: try to respond to Him. What I find amazing is God uses the word "they should TRY". He isnt askign for perfection,. He is askign fro effort.
3 ⇢ If you ever find yourself in a tough situation needing to comfort from Him. Use this aya to ask Him about Him.. But doent forget to put in the effort first.. try to repsond to him then ask Him about Him. The way He responses (the HOW) it's up to HIm. (He is The Master and we are the slaves)
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What I learned:
2 ⇢ Self-disappointment is one of the worst feelings ever. That's why some of us choose to throw it as far away as possible! Discharge it by getting angry and blaming others "You made me do it- or not do it!? If only you did this, I would have_____." (Feel free to fill in the blank).
Others hold it too close and let it define who they are. "I'm a failure/ there's no hope for me"
2 ⇢ ٍRepentance/ توبة can help you and I feel like our hearts have been cleaned again and take away the pain of self-disappointment.
3 ⇢ ٍSometimes in life, even when we repent from something we might still need to later down the line deal with consiquenses. As scary as that may sound right noe, it's OK... becouse God will be on your side making it easy for you and guidning you.
اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۖ (257) سورة البقرة
"God is a friend and supporter to those who believe and will bring them out of the darkness to the light"
He's your friend/ supporter ohhh AND He loves you...
إن الله يحب التوابين ويحب المتطهرين (222) سورة البقرة "And God loves those who repent and He loves those who cleanse themselves"
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وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ سورة البقرة 30
"And when thy Lord said to the angels, I will make a land in the land as a caliph, saying, I will make those who spoil it and shed blood, and we will praise you, and sanctify you. He said, I know what you do not know."
What I learned:
⇢ Sometimes in life, things will happen that we can't understand. And it's normal to feel confused or want to understand the reason and wisdom behind it
⇢ Asking why is part of our nature but there are two ways to ask: 1- "why me God?/ this shouldn't be happening!?" this why the question comes from a place of ingratitude and rejecting the decree of Allah. 2- The way the prophets and angles asked God when they didn't understand something... by asking him WHILE declaring his perfection and their gratitude and praise. So it comes from a place of being humble and wanting him to shed light on what we cant, but we know whatever he does is flawless and thank you.
⇢ God sees good in us. That's why he created us. Because He knows the good that some of us will choose to do. ➖➖➖ For more visit: www.noorahkareem.com
What I Learned:
⇢ Assertiveness is a skill there for it can be taught and learned.
⇢ If we never choose to use our voice, with time we will start going into: 1- Passive aggressive behaviors 2- Aggressive behaviors “أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخْرِجَ اللَّهُ أَضْغَانَهُمْ “
⇢ How to find your voice? 1- Find your boundaries 2- get curious, ask the person questions then speak the difference (using "I" statements)
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What I Learned:
⇢ There are two extreme ends of boundary types: 1- Too ridged: nothing comes in, and nothing goes out, strong need to protect self and a need to feel in control (so nothing hurts me and nothing unexpected happens) 2- Really loose boundaries (barely there): whatever you say go, it's up to you, I can't say no, and I'll deal with the consequences later.
⇢ God gave us human beings a space where we can choose there for it's not fair for us to dictate to others what they should do, feel, behave.. yes to guide and be there but we cant force. It was a space given by God.
( إِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا) [ الإنسان: الآية 3 ]
⇢ The fact that God gave us choice means we also need to respect that responsibility in others (AND ourselves) that space is sacred.. take care of it.
Let's be honest everyone is going to annoy us. And we will do our share of annoying others as well.
What I learned:
⇢ Sometimes it's not about keeping quiet and bottling it up, because when we feel like the thing that hurts us keeps happening over and over again, we start thinking the other person doesn't care enough about us or why else would they keep doing what hurts us??
And what happens is that if we let those feelings pile it up inside of us with time, they will turn into resentment and resentment turns into rejection.
And Resentment and rejection hurt relationships.
⇢ So you may say "This is all great Noorah, but I really don't want to do that. I can deal with the hurt on my own, or I don't need anything from anyone I can manage my feelings on my own"
Maybe.. but let me share with you an Ayah from the Quran that speaks about this:
“أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخْرِجَ اللَّهُ أَضْغَانَهُمْ “
"Did those who harbor ill feelings and sickness in their hearts think that God wouldn’t send them a situation that will expose it?"
It reinforced in me a reason to hold those honest conversations. Even if they are hard. Especially when I know that the ill feelings will be bottled-up on the inside of me.
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What I Learned:
1 ⇢ The Creater talks to us and places things in our chest (knwollage and comfort) even if we arn;t prophets ourselves.
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَرْضِعِيهِ ۖ فَإِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَلْقِيهِ فِي الْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِي وَلَا تَحْزَنِي ۖ إِنَّا رَادُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ سورة القصص | 7
2 ⇢ The Creater just gives us enough heads up to strengthen our hearts and give us comfort to move forward and take the steps we need to take.
3 ⇢ Soemtimes it's a blessing and out of mercy that when he does place information in our hearts that he doesnt show us everyhting, coz if he did we would ahve failed and fought amongst each other.
إِذْ يُرِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَنَامِكَ قَلِيلا وَلَوْ أَرَاكَهُمْ كَثِيرًا لَفَشِلْتُمْ وَلَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الأَمْرِ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ سَلَّمَ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ (43) سورة الأنفال
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ (5) بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ (6) إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ (7) سورة القلم من ٥ الى ٧
What I Learned:
⇢ It's hard to see things clearly when our ego is involved.
⇢ If you ever find yourself in life confused whether what you're doing is right or wrong then ask God "اللهم بصرني"/ God, please give me the ability to see.. and you will suddenly know.
⇢ Asking God for the ability to see takes courage (coz you're letting those ego walls down), and it also takes trust in him. Hold on to that.
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“If I only knew why then I could heal. I could move on… “ "I need closer before I can move on" Seems logical, right?
Todays Ayas:
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ(24) سورة الأنفال
وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن ۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي ۖ سورة البقررة 260
⇢ What I learned:
When life happens and things don’t make sense, we have three choices. We can either:
1- Let go of how we think things “should” have been. Surrendering to The Creator and accepting (الإستسلام) while taking responsibility for our efforts and make the most out of the hands we were dealt with.
2- Stay suck in the loop of trying SO HARD to make the thing fit in the way we think they “should be" or how they are "supposed to go"
3- But there's also a third way that not everyone talks about... Where we get stuck the hole in between and it sounds like this "I will surrender and except but first I need to understand why."
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"I keep praying and God doesn't seem to be listening to me" "Why is God giving me the opposite of my prayers?"
In my search for understanding, one of the strongest lessons I learned are:
⇢ the same events that we think would leave us feeling like we lost something important-something that we thought belonged to us was taken away-are the same events that bring those things to us.
⇢ The method might be in a different to get it (the shape it comes in or the path we go through) But it is what we wished, need and asked for.
وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ سورة البقرة اية 216
One other thing, we won't necessarily understand it all... Or it might take time...
الإيمان بالغيب Believing in the unseen is part of the religion the challenge. IF we all see what it is all the time it's not anymore believing in the unseen?
Our job is to ask and seek, God replies:
1⇢ the way He sees best (How) فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ (61 [ الشعراء : 61]
2⇢the time He sees best (When) حَتَّى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتَى نَصْرُ اللَّهِ سورة البقرة اية 216 They didn't know when Gods help would come, or when they would die or when people would believe them or when the day of Judgment would be Whatever shape and path and whenever it comes with.
The real question is.. do we trust God?
More tomorrow about dealing with not knowing- or when we find ourselves asking the question Why... why is this happening or if I only knew why I could move on.
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Today I want to take to you something that is very dear to my heart.
Not too long ago, I was faced with a choice that truly scared me to the point of wanting to disappear. In my heart, I know what the right choice was but I was terrified.. because if I did that.. if I did I would have to go through a lot of pain and heartache.. and I didn't want that. . That's when I remember coming across this aya.
A message from Allah loud and clear.
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ(24) ﴾. ( سورة الأنفال).
⇢ What I Learned:
It's amazing how the things that we think would break us (and even if they did in the beginning) are the exact same things that Allah promises will give us life. And He always keeps His promise.
Talk to Him. Tell him how you feel and what you're afraid of. Ask Him for what you need. Have a conversation with Him.
والحمدلله الذي جعل التشكي اليه عبادة
Quran is basically God talking to us and Prayer is us talking to him, and you can't get to know someone and have a relationship with him unless you take to them and spend time with them.
Coaching Question:
• Is there an area in your life where you feel like Allah has been guiding and calling you to a path that might seem daunting and scary?
• What would it take for you to believe that the path has a life beyond what you and I can understand and see and that his promise is true but we might not be able to see it until we chose to take it?
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Here's what I learned:
There is a healthy and unhealthy way of "surrendering" الإستسلام
Are you surrendering as in "I don't care anymore!/ I give up!", or is it "I surrender to The Creator all my issues and trust his way and still willing to do my part"?
I feel like true surrendering was one of the biggest lessons I had to learn over and over again in my life. With every stage of life a new way of trusting him. And maybe that will always be a lesson you and I will have to continue learning and cleaning our hearts with.
Another thing in life I learned is that sometimes in life, God tests us with two kinds of tests:
1- to see if we will go against the odds and make something happen/change.
2- To see if we will accept his decree? (Our job is to do the effort and the results are on God). Getting sick, lost of someone, or in situations where we did everything we were supposed to do we got a divorce, lost a job, ask for forgiveness but others couldn't forgive us or we didn't marry the person we wanted, etc. whatever it is.. that He closed the door.
⇢ Our job in life is to find out what situation is which?
استخارة Is basically asking God which path to take.. asking him to open and close the right doors and make our hearts in peace with it.
Questions for self-reflection: • Are you accepting God's decree? • What do you need to accept right now?
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قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَّا يَنبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ (35) فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّيحَ تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ رُخَاءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ (36) وَالشَّيَاطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ (37) وَآخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي الْأَصْفَادِ (38) هَٰذَا عَطَاؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
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بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ (14) وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ (15) القيامة Al-Qiyaama
"No doubt about it human being is in full view of himself, even if they give excuses"
Some excuses: "They make me angry, it's their fault. That's why I scream yell and say mean things." "I had really bad parents." "I'm a hopeless case." "God won't except me anyway. I made too many mistakes" "I grew up poor what was I suppose to do."
Three things:
1- Human beings have been given choices
2-With choice comes responsibility.
3- There are consequences: in this world, we can give our excuses and possibly even get away with it. But in the next world, God will ask us.
When we are blind we don’t have a choice in thing. But when we become aware, we suddenly have choices. We have a vision of who we want to be and where we would like to go.
Two questions to leave you with: • What are you pretending not to see? and what would happen if you did? • Fill in the blank: did I try my best today to _______ ??
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⇢ "I'm just an angry person." ⇢ "You know I get angry fast, it's your fault for triggering me." ⇢ "I'm a hopeless case"
Is there truth to these statements?
Today's Ayas: إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً * إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً * وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعاً * إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ* الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًا
Yes, human beings have been created in a reactionary way. Yes, we are born with that tendency and yes, we all have different challenges. What comes easily to you may not come easily to me and what comes naturally to you might take a lot of effort from me and my strengths may be your weaknesses.
And that's okay.
I believe we are put here to figure ourselves out and then work accordingly.
Even on an emotional level, we all have different strengths and challenges and it's important to know what they are and then work with them. We are born with certain things that come "easy" and "hard" to us but we still have "choices".
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Where does anger come from and what is it trying to tell us? What does The Quran say about them and where does he place them in our physical form?
What I learned from my work in therapy and working closely with clients, is that when anger shows up it’s always there for a reason. And we usually go to anger when we are uncomfortable or maybe just not ready to deal with sadness or fear.
Anger directs emotions outward, and it also enables us to feel like we are in control in these situations, and we like being in control.
It's normal that most of us hate dealing with uncomfortable emotions such as sadness, anxiety, and fear, so we tent to avoid. One of the ways we avoid them is by anger. Anger is useful and even a healthy emotion when understood how to use it, how much of it to use, when, where and with whom but most importantly to understand why it is there.
Anger always has a reason for showing up and is an indication that there is a deeper issue. Maybe a value that has been threatened. Anger is a call to action. We must understand why it's there, what it's trying to tell us and what emotions are hiding behind it.
The reason I say sadness or fear, is because usually when we feel like: . 1 ⇨ we lost something (in the past = sadness) . or we feel like: . 2 ⇨ something bad might happen in the future (future = fear) . And we aren’t yet ready to deal with it we choose anger because it makes us feel in control.
Personally, I haven't decided if there is a third reason (غيره على دين الله anger when someone Goes against God's religion) but for today we will talk about the first two reasons.
I want to share with you two different ways Allah uses very similar ayas.. one dealing with fear and the other anger...
1- ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ He sent tranquility and peace onto their hearts of the believers It's felt on the heart.. on our skin.. fear of the future.. In this situation, the prophet and companions were feeling fear and needed tranquility on their hearts.
2- هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِيمَانًا مَعَ إِيمَانِهِمْ He sent it into the hearts of the believers. In this situation, the companions were feeling anger and needed tranquility in their hearts. Coz anger is placed inside of the hearts.
Here is a little tip: The next time you, or someone you know, is experiencing anger asking questions like "what are you afraid of?" or "are you sad?", when asked genuinely with a safe space to explore the underlining emotions, might help you move and the people you love past the anger in it's and deal with the real emotion and need behind it.
More resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9SFslS9bo The Quran's Remedy for Sadness by Nouman Ali Khan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zy5EdKR3g
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Have you noticed that Allah talks about these two emotions a lot on The Quran? لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
That's what we will be talking about today.
Emotions are a part of us and not all of us. And I believe they are always there for a reason. There to tell us something.
Understanding them helps us uncover our values, boundaries, what matters to us.
Let's start with:
1- Fear Fear is always associated with the future. That something bad will happen in the future. Today we would use the phrase axiality/stress. Fear is felt on the hearts.
2- Sadness Sadness is associated with the past. Something in the past didn't go the way I wanted it to. I lose something that I cared about. Fear is felt in the hearts.
We feel these two feelings because something mattered to us.
Fear and sadness lay int he heart.. which means to help you or someone you love work through those feelings you need to connect and engage the heart.
If you're struggling with...
1- Sadness: The lost something.. what is it that your being called to let go of and if you did it would open new possibilities for yourself?
Having said that it's okay to experience sadness at times. Even prophets experienced sadness. Jacob was so sad that he went blind from his tears. The important part is that he never questioned God. He was sad for losing his son but never questioned God's wisdom or mercy...
And if you find yourself struggling with fear/anxiety, always trying to make something happen or not happen, anxious, stressed and afraid, what would it take to allow you to let go of the results and the outcome? Focus on your part (the efforts choices and decisions) and the rest to Allah?
I can't tell you how many times I tried to open or close a door. Tring to make my parents and siblings see something I see or agree with me that something is good or bad. Were my job was only to state the difference/ share/communicate and then let them ..whatever doors God opens or closes believe it's from him.
It takes a lot of courage and trust to open your fist .. to whatever you're clinging on too. a physical way of letting it go.
Opening it for Allah and trusting him
Tomorrow we will continue the conversation and bring anger into the conversation and how The Quran talks about them.
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"I can't believe this is happening to me again!" "Why isn't God isn't answering my prayers?"
Sometimes in life, you may feel like the same thing keeps happening to you over and over again no matter how much you keep running away from it, it follows you.
Different people... different job... same situation.
Here's what I learned, when things keep happening to us over and over again there is a hidden blessing somewhere within it...
When a story we carry deep within us and it causes us pain and sadness (and it's a story about who we are) The only thing that can actually heal that pain is changing that story. And what I mean by that is being in a state where I can act differently, I can choose differently, I can be different, I can see my self differently and therefore I heal coz I'm no longer the old story the old identity.
So when a very similar situation keeps popping up into your life (even if it looked different from the outside) God is sending it as an opportunity... and yes, the process will be scary, frustrating and will be filled with the unknown and from my experience, it also requires us to do something we really don't want to show God we trust him.
I want to share with you a recent lesson I learned from two studies of Musa's story in my journey of the study of The Quran...
1- When Musa was trying to defend one of his people and pushed the gard and accednetly killed him and then he said قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۖ إِنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ (15) قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَغَفَرَ لَهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ (16) قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ فَلَنْ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ he repented and made an intention and a decision that he won't be a supporter to hose who act out of ignorence or react when emotinaly over whelmed.
The very next day, God tests him with the same exact incident. His old story he was a murder (by mistake) the second time he acts differently so the story that he will now tell about himself would be as someone who acted differently. He can see himself in a new light (healing)
Don't underestimate the power of intention. Even if you don't know what to do, where you want to go or what you need to change, you just know your open to better whatever that looks like. In Musa is case his intention was I won't support the ignorant.
Here is another thing, when your ready God WILL test you... Sometimes the very next day and sometimes like Musa is the second story he gives us more time to build a self that can do something different .. we need to work on ourselves to be a self that can manage that situation in a new light.
So in the second incident in Musa's story that I want to highlight is: He ran away from the nation when he feard they will kill him قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ (21) 10 years letter he was standing on the mountain and talking to God who has given him the revelation and told him: وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ (10
He answered his prayers for 10 years gave him what he needed.. then 10 years after told him okay time to go back-you are ready.
Whatever situation you're going through in your life that seems to be following you and you can't get away from, know that God is sending it as mercy and care and not punishment. If we were only brave enough and trusted him enough to do our part and leave the rest and the results and the healing to him. Even when we don't know what we can do .. just sent an intention.. the intention will guide you and God will make it open doors that you can't even imagine.
Set an intention. Trust and then do the work required when it shows us. and you WILL heal. He will take care of you. He IS taking care of you.
Sound Credits: A Good Heart Album: Unconditional Artist: Marc Enfroy
Today's Aya:
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً * إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً * وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعاً * إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ* الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Two nights ago, I was making pizza, My husband came home from work and asked me if I will forget the pizza in the oven. I told him I won't.. well I did and I burned it. When my husband asked me about the pizza the first reaction that I wanted to say "you didn't remind me!"
Sounds familiar?
But I also remembered one of the biggest things I learned the last couple years, when I start judging others and trying to look and find fault in them then I'm probably doing it to protect myself from feeling shame myself.
Coz it is a hard feeling! It really is!
So we throw shame onto each other.
A few weeks ago, I went through a really strong shame storm (thank you Brene for giving me this word!), my the first reaction was wanting to call my husband and throw it on to him. And you know we tent to want to throw it to the closest people around us, husband, wife, mother, kids, etc anyone else but me. It's not me-it's them. I'm clean. I'm a good.
That's when I remembered the aya:
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً * إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً * وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعاً
In that moment I was in حالة جزع I couldn't control my emotions...I also remembered the rest of the aya:
- إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ* الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
⇢ Sometimes in life, we are going to find ourselves in a hard situation with a lot of shame and guilt and we're gonna want to project it onto others in order to be able to say to ourselves " it's not me-it's them". Our identity feels safe.
Here is the thing, Self-regulation isn't about putting our feelings and emotions in a box and pretending like it doesn't exist. It's about in the moment being:
1- aware of what we are feeling (okay I'm feeling shame and I want to throw it onto someone else) 2- In the same moment being able to put words to what we feel and need
"When this happens_______ I feel ________ I need________."
So if you're angry it may not necessarily about putting anger away but putting words to it to communicate it.
Not in a state of جزع anymore. You're not in reactionary mode but in a place of awareness and being able to make sound choices.
-How to get there?? * إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ* الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ those whoa re constantly in prayer.
I want to leave you with this thought by Brené Brown, the pioneer in shame an vulnerability in her book Rising Strong:
“No regrets" doesn't mean living with courage, it means living without reflection. To live without regret is to believe you have nothing to learn, no amends to make, and no opportunity to be braver with your life. ... "
Tomorrow we're gonna talk about those moments when we need to make hard choices, stay tuned.
Noorah
Recommended read: • Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Sound Credits: A Good Heart Album: Unconditional Artist: Marc Enfroy
⇢ "I'm not good enough." ⇢ "I'm not perfect, I can't do all of this."
Internal dialogs that do exist in most of us-if not all of us. What I want to do today is bring God into the picture. His words from His book.
Here is what I learned:
" لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ"
God used the word "bette"r not "best" and not "the best". Not الأحسن It's a mercy he doesn't expect the best. He expects improvement. Everyone can be better.
قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًا (84) وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
We are asked to work according to the shapes that God created us in. Another thing, only we can know what our best truly is.
Speaking about better and working with the shapes we were created in if you're listening to this podcast today, we meet tomorrow for our monthly live webinar classes and it will be on how to uncover our personality traits.
• Sign up for the webinar here: https://www.noorahkareem.com/webinar
• Listen to Brene Browns Ted Talk on the power of vulnerability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o
May we be better today then we were yesterday and may we be better tomorrow then we are today,
Noorah
Day #4 What I Learned ~A Ramadan Series
"I wish I was dumb." "Sometimes I wish I could just go back to not knowing."
These are statements I hear a lot in my sessions.
⇢ Sometimes in life, we may feel like we know too much for my own good. And now that we know it, we can't un-know it, and that feeling can hurt us.
Here is what I learned:
When we start becoming more aware of things about ourselves; why we act certain ways, why we don't do what we say we will, etc, even awareness about others, in the beginning, can feel painful. It's a normal part of the process and I'll tell you why in a little story.
When I first started studying and getting into psychology I would buy books on the topics that I really wanted to learn more about but also didn't really want to know at the same time (I was terrified to the point where my mind would race and I couldn't sleep at night).
I remember this one book I bought on anger, I read one chapter and put it away for a whole year before I had the courage to read the rest. Coz I wasn't ready for the change it required me to make.
So I can totally relate to the feeling of not wanting to know better..
Say for intense I realize I have a tendency to avoid things. Yes, it may hurt me that I engage in this behavior but it's also easier (or at least seems easier in the moment) for me to pretend like I don't know (this is where the feeling "I wish I could un-see it" comes in.)
Here is the truth, knowing and awareness is a gift-it is.
Even the trigger inside of us that tells us that something is wrong or something could be better ( we could be better) is a gift.
As long as we are alive, God has hope in us and it's because of that He keeps sending us triggers (آيات) to guide us to a straighter path. Helping us grow in new ways.
When I think of this aya (verse in the Quran): "ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة"
The Creator swears by the part us that He put in all of us Muslims and non-Muslims that triggers when we do something wrong. That part of us that feels shame and guilt.
When that feeling pops us we have two choices: 1- we either listen to it and change our stories 2- we don't listen
When choose not to listen, we then have to numb ourselves to stop feeling the triggers (the shame and guilt Allah put in us and swore by). And we do that through entertainment, drinking, smoking, people, etc. Anything to numb it. And God will keep showing us mercy by giving us that voice inside of us that will keep calling us as long as we're alive.
I'll be honest with you, it is a hard feeling.
So we do more numbing and we build more layers. And the more layers we build the harder it may seem for us to go to the core of it and change our stories.
Here's a secret: the real reason people don't want to listen is because they don't want to change. Change is scary. For a person that's used to avoiding things, change might mean letting go of the thought that "there is nothing I can do about stuff" to make room for new thought "I can make choices and be an agent in my story"... that can be a very scary thing.
It requires you to be different and act differently. And yes, you'll have to go through some ugly feelings to build a new self.
Here is what I want to invite you to do the next time you go through these feelings: 1- Pause 2- Acknowledge that the voice (feeling) is there 3- Be grateful that the voice within is still calling you (God still has hope in you) 4- Change your story. And by that, I mean act in the way that would break the pattern and show that your grateful for that voice inside.
⇢ Is it enough to connect with The Creator during yoga?
Todays Aya: (وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ) And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)"
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It’s strange how psychology and therapy tell you not to talk about God. Yet what I noticed, is that the clients themselves want to talk about The Creator. They want to make sense of life and find meaning.
I believe we humans have a deep need to understand why we are here, what we're supposed to do and what our relationship with The Creator is like.; who He is and who we are to Him.
Sometimes people are more direct with this need and will willingly bring it up. Other times they talk around it, avoiding it as much as possible as if they put it in a box and then wrapped it up with do-not-touch tap and put it to the side. In both cases the need is real.
What I learned is that the more I got to know myself the more I got to know the Creator and the more I got to Know the Creator the more I got to know myself. You cant find answers to one without having questions about the other.
If God created us to worship him then getting to know him, talking about him and understanding him is the base and root of a healthy life. Not talking about him is like trying to win life without understanding the goal.
In the recent years, I've found people getting more interested in the concept of spirituality, listening to the voice within and connecting to something bigger than them. They may find it through yoga, meditation, stilling in nature, etc.
I think that's wonderful and I certainly do believe you can find God everywhere (آياته في كل مكان ) He's signs are everywhere.
That's why I believe you can find him in your darkest moments. Emersed in sin- as long as your alive He'd still be there calling you.
Even the part of us that feels guilty النفس اللوامة ( I'll make a couple of podcast on how the Quran talks about that in this series) is a sign from God.
But the question that comes to my mind is, isn't there more to that? Didn't God create us for more than that??
For a reason greater than simply acknowledging (and sometimes not even attributing the light to Him) his existence and the light inside of us? arent we supposed to "worship" him to? according to how "HE" told us not how we "think" we can worship him?
Today's Question:
⇢ What does success mean to you?
Today's Aya:
( إلا من أتى الله بقلب سليم ) (except those who come to Allah with a pure healthy heart)
....................... ⇢ What does success mean to me?
I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately. 🤔
Is it fame? money? influence? prestige? Or is it happiness? Or maybe peace?...
We all want success and although we may use the same word to describe it, we usually mean different things by it.
Personally, my life changed dramatically after getting married, moving to a new city and taking a new path in my coaching/speaking work (going solo and everything that comes with building trust both online and offline). I find myself in a new place suddenly with a need to redefine what the word means to me.
Allah told us what two words he uses to describe success. I'm curious if you were to use one word (or two!) to describe success to you, what would that one (or two) word be??
Todays Aya: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Points Discussed:
⇢ Why don't we change even when we know what we can do better? ⇢ What truly creates shifts and changes?
A lot of times we know what we could do differently or better-I may know smoking is bad for me, yet I still do it-why? It's because the heart isn't convinced and it's not until we have a conversation between the mind "I think" and heart "I feel" do we really create real lasting changes and shifts
And as a therapist and a coach, it's my job to help facilitate those conversations in an empowering and safe way.
If you find yourself:
1- Stuck in your head (over thinking and analyzing everything), maybe it's time to talk to the heart.. bring it back into the conversation. 2- If you're stuck in your heart (way too caught up with your feelings-where you find it also hard to control them and they tent to slip out in reactionary ways), maybe it's time to go balance it out with bringing the mind back into the conversation.
Sound Credits: A Good Heart Album: Unconditional Artist: Marc Enfroy