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How hard is it to avoid Hell?

In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful,
Praise be to Allah,
the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds,
and Peace and Prayer be upon the Final Prophet and Messenger. Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran


43:13
43:14


That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."


I just returned to Kelantan this morning after what seems an eternity at my home in Seremban. I have had 2 weeks study break before my exam which will commence tomorrow until this Thursday.

I'm not really sure of what to feel as of now because well, yeah, I don't think I have been preparing enough.

So whatever result I get, I'll just gladly accept though I think I will rue it a little bit. Maybe. I don't know really.

Anyway, as I was on my journey back earlier this morning, the bus driver, alhamdulillah, stopped for Fajr prayer and I am so glad he did because most bus drivers don't really care you see. But what makes me feel disappointed was that I was the only muslimah who went inside the masjid. So okay, fine, women perhaps have their reasons, but the whole bus? Come on.

The guys? Some of them just got off the bus to smoke.

I am not here to back bite on anyone but I'm telling you kids, those who haven't seen the real world yet, this is the reality of Muslims in Malaysia. You will find that we Muslims, in majority, were not so much different from the non-Muslims these days.

If you see the non-Muslims partying in the night club, you'll be sure to find a few Muslims too there, oh wait, let me get that right, a lot of Muslims.

There is no telling who is still a Muslim or not these days, you can easily find a non-praying Muslim just a stone's throw away. Or the ones who already 'did it' before marriage.

Simply said, the reality is not as sweet as it seems.

So I was thinking, why do we easily do these kind of things?

Perhaps the answer is that we don't fear Hell enough.

Even the Umar al-Khattab does not guarantee that he will escape it, even though he is one of those promised of Jannah, what more of us people of the End of Time?

Are we really sure that we will actually fare well with the teeny amount of good deeds we have in our account? What about our constant back biting? What about of our hostility towards our brethrens? What about us not covering up properly and taking praying on time lightly? Are we really sure that our so-called small sins won't drag us to Hell?


Taqwa, may Allah grant our longing for fear, so that we may not end in tears.

Ameen ya Rabb.





"Sometimes we can't just say "Allah has a better plan for us." 
We have to believe He does."
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