How to Concentrate on studies?

How to Concentrate on studies?

If you are having cell phone in your hand, TV in front of you and complaining that you cant concentrate on studies, then Sorry nothing can be done about that. If you want to concentrate on what you are doing firstly make sure that you are away from all sorts of distractions (cell phone, tv, computers etc). 

Secondly don't just start and spend 4,5 hours on studying without any break. Study for half an hour or an hour and take 5-10 minutes break. The breaks after half an hour are more effective. During these breaks do small tasks that you like, for example talking to friends, checking out Facebook etc but only for 5-10 minutes.  These breaks help in establishing the strong neural connections. Try revising the things you learned during entire day just before going to sleep. This helps in transfer of that data from short term memory to long term memory. And most probably you'll dream about the thing you studied just before sleeping. 

If day dreaming is a hurdle in your way then change your study habits. Most of the students study while sitting. If you do so, study while walking. This will reduce the incoming of the thoughts in your mind. Keep on changing the rooms in which you study. If there is a noise at your place and you cant find a quite place, prefer to do written work during that time. For example solving numericals. 

These small efforts will have a huge impact on your performance. In case of any confusion/problem feel free to comment below. 

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First Year Chronicles

Getting admission in KEMU DPT is usually the best thing that happens to you after you don’t get in MBBS and naturally it pretty much explains low morale of the first year class. If you’ve got into KEMU, you probably worked hard and are currently disappointed. You probably feel cheated by the MCAT and may be under the impression that you haven’t been treated fairly. You also believe that you can do better next year and there are solid chances of you getting into MBBS unless you’ve already tried two to three times.

The first thing you encounter when you come here in KEMU are the seniors waiting for your lecture to end and start their siege of fooling and many of the first year class dislike this whole process of standing in the anatomical position and singing songs they don’t want to sing. Believe me when I tell you that these songs and fooling days are the days you’ll cherish forever, so enjoy while it lasts, blend in and make the best of it.

Now by now you do understand that some of the classes will be held in School of Physiotherapy while the basic sciences including anatomy and physiology will be taught in KEMU by the respective departments. The thing about KEMU departments is that they don’t discriminate between you and MBBS students and demand the same hard work in basic sciences by DPT students. The point is, take them seriously and go through lectures regularly. The subjects taught in school of physiotherapy are relatively easy and require less time to process but it doesn’t mean you can totally ignore them. On a second thought, you can ignore them; you’ll be able to catch up if you start prep 3 months before First Professional.

There are only two kinds of students, the ones who get all emotional and purchase every single book they are recommended and the ones who don’t purchase anything. Don’t be either of them, buy only what you can read and nothing more.  You have to understand that working hard isn’t going to cut it, you need to work intelligently and efficiently. 

If you are thinking of re-attempting the MCAT this year, keep your attendance good the rest of the year, concentrate on anatomy and physiology as these two will help you there in the test too. Take one month off before the test, nothing more or things will get messy and you wouldn’t be able to handle the situation. Most of you won’t qualify for the MCAT and you’ll have to make peace with your situation here. Keeping in view every aspect of life here, you should know that currently you are enrolled in Pakistan’s most prestigious university, in your field your school holds absolute control, the heads of 95 percent of physiotherapy colleges/universities in Punjab are from KEMU. The graduates from your university are respected in your field for being the best at what we do. Despite everything, you should be proud.

By:
Asbar Javaid ( Final Year DPT, 2010-2014)

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Road to MCAT 2014

She Believed She Can, So She Did!

Are you scared of bombing the ENTRY TEST? Do you get nervous just at the thought of MCAT? Is this the only specter that haunts your way? Let’s be honest, right off the bat and admit that studying for the MCAT is not fun, especially when the stakes are so high. Obviously, if you want to get in, you’ll have to put in the time and effort to excel on the MCAT! But still UHS offers no assurance!

Okay let me share My Journey to Medicine, My Road to MCAT! A short story… From Failure to Success! From Rejection to Selection! From a Pre-Medical Student to a Medical student! A walk worth remembering! I experienced rejection; I experienced failure; but I didn’t let it go. And today when I look back, a year (being a Repeater) looks so lame in comparison with what I’ve been blessed with. Yes! Alhamdulillah I’m a Medical student, a RAWALIAN.

“Road to Medical life…  A walk to remember”
 “Doctors are not made, they are chosen”

MY JOURNEY!!

Okay!! I, like many of you, since I was 4 or 5, started dreaming of becoming a DOCTOR.   May be it was due to the environment of our home which was so educational or my Ideal Doctors, “Aappi” and “Bhae”; the graduates of KEMU and RMC. Whenever I encountered the question, “Beta baray ho k kya ban’na hy appny?” there was always an impulsive reply, “Doctor”… It was a kind of reflex action to me. So that idea got deeply rooted in my mind since I was very young… When I didn’t even know the meaning of the word “Doctor” and it sowed the seeds in my mind.  Then as I grew some older, these seeds started ripening and burgeoning rapidly, with its roots adamantly adhering to my every single thought, dreams, ideas and plans regarding my future.. !!

Being a PRE-MEDICAL Student!!

Life went really smoothly and school era came to an end… Everyone used to say that, “College life is fun time of one’s life” but being a PRE-MEDICAL student, you ought to have another thought coming. Life showed me that it’s not a bed of roses at all… The result of 1st year board left me in a dark valley of despair. In- spite of whole year’s night awakenings, securing highest grades in each college assessment and my best performance in each Exam; I made it up to 447 only! Yes, 447… the score that is enough to make you stand no-where!

It was for the very first time I experienced, “Expectations hurt more than anything” This time I started getting tensed.  I never have been that much depressed as in this span of time. This was the time I started doubting my future. I started making many different dreadful scenarios and assumptions regarding my future.  And it was probably my First Mistake. Well, when you start doubting your own future then you are inviting many evils of fears, despair, and hopelessness to build a castle in your nerves, mind and soul. And they mess up all the things together; your diligence, zeal, passion everything and keep you entangled in your own web of doubts.

Then even after 2nd year exams, I wasn’t finding myself in any race among the other Pre-Medical students, who scored brilliantly in their 1st year (my 2nd mistake), but still getting best prepared for the Entry Test for it can change all the game. Okay, 3 months passed; June, July, August and at the very end of August came out our result. I scored 936 and I thought it to be a respectable total … I don’t memorize any single day during these months, in which I slept without calculating the required aggregate. One thing I had learnt from the past, “Dream a little low so it won’t screw you up afterwards”… So this time, I just thought that I should score 950+ to be in a safe zone!!

 MCAT 2013

The thing about MCAT is that you study until you get Mental Hemorrhoids. There are about 220 MCQ’s in the test but literally hundreds and hundreds of concepts you have read in your Pre-medical classes. Nothing quite strikes fear in the heart of Pre-medical student as the prospect of taking the MCAT. This fear is not completely unwarranted... The MCAT is the monster of a test … And in most cases it is the last hurdle along the long path to the medical college… For this reason, there is a common fear that all the hard work put during last two years can be all or none if you crash and burn on the test day!!  A lifetime of work can come down to how well you perform on one day! This is an irrational fear. There is no reason to assume that if you have worked and studied hard and performed well in FSC that all; that‘ll leave you on test day. If u did reasonably well in FSC and prepared for the Test you should do well but what “If?” ‘What if ‘If’s’ will drive you crazy?? Well there is no remedy available!

Ok, then came the DOOMS DAY… Yes, the Entry Test Day 22nd of September, 2013… I was in the best of my spirits. Started with Biology! When I reached half of the MCQ’s, I felt like I’m attempting all of the questions and not leaving a single which is probably not a good thing. Negative Marking is there so I need to be a little more cautious... So, I started skipping the questions in which I was doubtful even a percent or less… And that pattern proceeded in Physics and Chemistry as well… So, it resulted in skipping of 20 questions altogether… I was left with a total of 1000 marks only...

I was extremely tensed during test hours that I marked the easiest of the questions incorrectly! Yes, I marked ‘C’ instead of ‘B’ and ‘B’ instead of ‘C’ on my response form in almost 10 of the questions (the biggest blunder one can ever make!)  And when I came to know about this all, it was quite late! So, the questions that I deemed to be correct were incorrect in actual!

I also felt badly the need for word to word RATTA (I would have made) for Biology as even the simple things were mixing that time. There were hardly 3-4 questions incorrect in Physics and Chemistry’s Section. I performed well in English as well but Biology; most of the questions I skipped from this section and most of the incorrect ones also in the same section! Result came as No Shocking News! 879/1100 with an aggregate % of 83.3052%... And I was left with no other option than to repeat and waste a year because it was not possible for me to let go of my Dream I dwelled in, for the lifetime! So, it was a requisite of time to give Myself another chance!!

                               

Year 2014!!! (Being a Repeater)

Medical + Stethoscope + White Overall = A Shattered Dream!

Well, I will never ever forgive you 2013! For many of my tears :’( … This was the time when I found myself in the middle of no-where… Friends getting prepared for the New Era of Life; Medical life! Thrill, fun, excitement … And *Le me with FSC books again in hand revising for the 47th time! Well, it’s really heartrending when you find yourself lagging behind the people that were there with you yesterday. They all took a leap and you still creeping like a snail :@. When you are a REPEATER, you are not sure about your new energy, but you know that you are in a risky situation. There is a chance that you may even succeed in a venture where others before you failed. Situations have an unfortunate tendency to be difficult for you. I told myself daily that your OPTIMISM ought not to be changed no matter what!! Just make sure that the battle you fight today is yours. There may be a great deal of tension in the air that might behoove you to stay detached from the war that’s apt to ensue. One explanation could be rattled ‘Confidence’. Why you doubt yourself right now?? You need to give yourself a long look in the MIRROR! Remind yourself that you can’t stop moving forward just because you haven’t made it last time!!

Well, I haven’t found books hateful, as during this span of time. Yes, I hated them… I used to look at them as if someone’s old love for which one has surrendered everything and that love has ruined it completely!!  During the start of this year, for many a days, I didn’t find courage to face these books again… I never have hated STUDYING but I was just sick of these FSC BOOKS! What I wanted is some new start! Some new books! Some new ME! But everything was OLD; monatomic, but NO I was change!!… I had more the riches of tensions, worries, depressions, and fears ahead!

But wait!! I had two options from there onward… 1st was, I let that DEFEAT define ME; or the 2nd one, I let it STRENGHTHEN me… and I chose the 2nd one … Well, I won’t say that I was a kind of OPTIMISTIC being. There were many sleepless nights during this whole year… The persistent condition of my eyes these day; swelled up, burning red and pearls sparkling all the time (yes, the tears).  I was of the view these days that I‘m the most UNLUCKY being ever born on this planet. Honestly to tell you, I lost the hope of a percent or even less that I, Yes I can get in to a Medical college and Government!!  Uff, no wake up DEAR!!

But someone said to me, “Okay! If we suppose that you are UNLUCKY, as you say; so why you are still relying on your luck… Stop leaning on the luck for even a percent. Just raise your HARD WORK to 100%  ... No space for the LUCK to matter. Some people write down their FUTURE with their own hands… So, let yourself be added among that queue of people, The DETERMINED ones though unlucky!!

Okay, now the 1st question was! Should I need to improve my FSC score! This thing as we all know that improvement of 10-15 marks can’t make a huge difference to your Aggregate. What matters most is how well you perform in your ENTRY TEST… Okay one thing to tell you, I was a Pre-MEDICAL student and I used to dislike BIOLOGY more than any other subject (even Pak. Studies). So, what I needed to do is to improve my Biology. (And today Bio is LOVE)  So, I decided to appear in BIO-2 again!!

Some days, I got up and realized that I’m in the middle of NOWHERE… I have nothing to do but STUDYING and go to bed with the same thing planned for next many of the months. The only thing surrounding me these days was the prevalent Darkness!! I just looked for the light at the end of the tunnel, it’s there. And what I need to do is to surpass this tunnel successfully. I deactivated Whatsapp, Viber, Facebook everything…

I started with BIOLOGY first. I didn’t follow the UHS syllabus as I wasn’t in a position to take the risk for even a single MCQ in this section (Although I skipped some of the Topics from 1st year Bio that included the Botany stuff (plants related portion)i.e. I skipped most of the PLANTAE and also Ch-14’s  starting part and the Kingdom Protoctista. From Bio-2 one can skip Ch-19 and 26 as well!) ... I used to read each line word to word again and again till these words got engraved to the bottom of my mind (with special emphasis on the blue blocks and diagram’s descriptions). For Biology, one needs to lick up the whole book word to word and bits by bits! I revised the Biology for 3 months and by the end of these months, Bio was on finger tips... I wasn’t oblivious of other subjects as well.

I started ENGLISH side by side. I estimated. Okay! If I revise 10 words of English vocab daily then I will revise the whole vocabulary in almost 872/ 10 = 87.2 days, Ok let it be 90 days, means time span of 3 months. So, at the very end of these 3 months I chewed up whole vocab thoroughly and also done with Bio completely… (For Vocabulary I consulted KIPS English book edition 2013, I think it’s best for vocabulary. No need to search for the meanings yourself; there are many good books for this purpose, consult them!)

Then I began with PHYSICS. I followed the UHS prescribed syllabus for Physics (that included all the topics both before and after the UHS Topics. And all the stuff I found in relation with UHS topics including books of 9th and 10th as well)… What you need to do for ‘Physics’ is, make a register and compile each and every thing you found in correspondence with a topic (Unit Vise) with special emphasis on Formulas, Units, Graphs and Definitions (you may take help from the books of 9th and 10th as well for the topics like Centre of Gravity, Ultra-Sonics and its uses, Audible frequency range, Defects of Vision i.e. Long/Short sightedness etc). For once this register has been made; you can revise whole Physics in just a couple of days (no restriction, you can take even more). No need to overwork yourself with Exercise’s lengthy Numerical,  just keep revising the Chapter’s Examples and revise them too often that just by seeing the statement you remind both the Formula and the Answer (but not to rely on that answer as values may be changed this time). Okay, it almost took two weeks in compiling all the physics stuff in a register and revising it.

Last but not the least!! Yes, CHEMISTRY .Well you can’t think of skipping even a single topic from 1st year Chemistry because UHS is really shrewd in the sense that they picked up the TOPICS for which you need to go through the whole chapter thoroughly (May be u won’t find all the topics related as everyone has a different perspective and I’m just telling mine! But I think it’s good to be safe). Many of the topics from UHS syllabus may seem to be not in our FSC books but actually they are except a few! So it’s better to Google them instead of panicking yourself. Then CHEM -2, I did only the UHS topics for INORGANIC Chemistry (feel free to prepare only the specified topics and act as if no other topic other than them, is there in your book) But for ORGANIC Chemistry, you need to go through all the related topics as well (And that depends on you what you find in relation with a topic e.g. for Electrophiles and Nucleophiles one needs to go through all the reactions of the book related to Electrophiles/ Nucleophiles substitution and elimination whether they are individually included or not.      
P.S that’s only what I think!). So I was done with all the subjects thoroughly in almost 5 months…

I also made it my routine to revise English vocab side by side with every subject as there was a chance of mixing up the MASSIVE VOCABULARY. I used to revise 50 words daily, after I had revised the vocab for the 1st time (10 words per day). Then when the whole vocab was revised for the 2nd time, I used to revise 100 words per day. (And these words to be revised 3-4 times per day as well, it was like a routine diet for me that’s intake is somewhat compulsory!)  So when I was done with whole vocab for 3 times thoroughly then I used to revise whole vocab daily and marked the words that still needed to be revised. And then revised these mixing words for many a times And YES!! I was sure about these 872 words!!

For English Grammar, I have gone through all the Parts of Speech thoroughly and the whole grammar stuff (that I think every good grammar contain) from all the Grammar books I had a collection of! (Long list=D) (I think a single comprehensive reading (or twice) is just enough, if you are already good in English; which I suppose I was not)  But the major contribution in this regard was of WREN & MARTIN. There is nothing like you need to memorize anything, just make sure you are good in Tenses, the usage of prepositions, relative pronoun; correct form of verb; sentence completion and most importantly you are good in locating the faulty part of a sentence (Mostly, when I read a sentence, my eyes sees only the faulty portion of it just on one glance, even though I didn’t make out the flaw sometimes but I was able to locate it and that’s what needed for the Test)

Let me tell you one other thing that might prove helpful for you… Each time, when I was going to revise any chapter, I used to mention the respective DATE on the very 1st page of that chapter, so it was a way of knowing; how many times the chapter have got revised! … And I gained so much confidence while during last revision of the books; I wasn’t finding any little space to mention the corresponding date!!

One other thing, try to memorize the things that mix up with the help of MNEMONICS. It’ll be really helpful. I used to make my own key words, little mnemonics (though silly =D) and by this I was able to memorize the gigantic tables as well. I used to search for Mnemonics on Wikipedia as well especially for Chemistry (like Electrochemical Series, Electronegativity values, and M.P/B.P trends etc)… For electrochemical series our Sir at KIPS told us a funny mnemonic and because of it whole series is just on my finger tips even today. “Lt. (Lithium) Pervaiz (Potassium) could (Calcium) still (Sodium) marry (Magnesium) a (Aluminum) zoya (Zinc) in (Iron) the (Tin) lovely (Lead) house (Hydrogen) causing (Copper) strangers (Silver) many (Mercury) gazes (Gold) =D”

Okay!! By the end of these 5 months, the HSSC-2 board exams were also about to finish… So, next question arise! ‘Should I need to prepare at home’ OR ‘join any academy??’  Last year, I joined ‘KIPS Academy’. The way KIPS taught us to tackle the dreadful monster, Yes! TIME MANAGEMENT during test hours is commendable. And most importantly, the way they revise the UHS Syllabus as if there was nothing really difficult in it!! Were there anything? So, the major reason to join any Academy this year was that I needed to evaluate myself. So, I joined ‘THE SCHOLARS ACADEMY’. It’s the Scholars Academy that is responsible for again building CONFIDENCE in me. They made me believe again that Yes You Can Do It! You deserve it! You’ll get it! They made me Dream again, think again, fly again, be passionate again! Our Sir once said to me, ‘’beta you are born to be a DOCTOR and we can see it while you doubt! Ups and Downs are the part of one’s life but it’s no reason to stop moving ahead’’

New Soul, New Spirits and New Determination!  

When you are a Repeater, you are the most pessimists these days. What you need the most, is someone that stand by your side, just assuring you each day that ‘You Have To Do it because you CAN do it!!  The one that believes in you so much that you start to believe in yourself too!

New confidence, New Chapters of Hopes and Prayers!

When there remained time span of 2 months for the Entry Test day, I revised the Books by the following pattern…  Okay I have 6 books to revise and 2 months!

A schedule to revise 6 books for 5 times, in 63 days with ease! (Two months aprox)

• 1st revision:- One-fourth book daily (1/4) = 24 days
• 2nd revision:- One-third book daily (1/3) = 18 days
• 3rd revision:- Half book daily = 12 days
• 4th revision:- One book daily = 6 days
• 5th revision:- One subject daily = 3 days

ENTRY TEST 2014!!

Okay then came the ENTRY TEST DAY, 31st August 2014. I have never found myself so much calm and relaxed as during this test. It was probably the 1st exam of my life (except during childhood) in which I finally left my books at 9pm (for many a times it may take till 4am to summon the courage). This was the 1st time, I finally realized that it’s not the revision of the same books over and over again that can give you satisfaction; as the Prayers, the Dua’s, and the time spent with ALLAH  Honestly to tell you, I have always prayed in haste so that I may find a little time more to revise the books once again but still unease, still anxiety, still nervousness, still un-satisfaction apart of the revision of books for many a times.

I had a strong Belief on Allah and Myself! that YES, this is the Test that is in between ME and MEDICAL Insha’Allah  As I started with the test, it seemed me like there is some Devine help with me that helped me in not getting tensed or to panic myself. First I attempted the ENGLISH synonyms, I knew them all and I felt really boastful because these were the solid 50 marks I was sure about from the 872 vocabulary words I kept revising days and nights. Then began with BIOLOGY, this was the portion in which I couldn’t afford a single mistake as I have revised the Biology more than any other subject! (Still I lost some of the marks here) I was done with BIO till 9:40am. Then began with CHEMISTRY, completed it till 10:20am. I was done with the two major portions of the test and left with 44 questions of PHYSICS and 20 remaining from ENGLISH and 70 minutes. I completed PHYSICS till 11:00am and ENGLISH in next 10 minutes and I was left with 20 minutes even then! So, I just looked at my response form as if how many left un-attempted, there were 3 of them. As I was strongly advised by my Teachers and siblings, not to skip even a single MCQ this time, so I just made educated guesses (if u can’t make a choice then just make an educated guess). Then I spent the remaining time praying to ALLAH!

‘‘Allah Almighty, the most merciful! I don’t know what’s best for me but YOU know the best! I just find it difficult at my side to even imagine myself not as a DOCTOR. I find it really hard to smash the Castle I dwelled in with my own hands. But Insha’Allah I’ll be contended with Your Decision for Me because it’ll be the best IA ’’ And yes, I was finally satisfied with my performance!                                                

Okay, one thing I didn’t tell about yet!! Yes, My TARGET this year. Actually, I happened to go through a document quite often this year, ‘ROAD TO MCAT 2012’. It was a Ray of Hope for me! So I used to assume myself in every single line, each word, and every single thought of it. So I also used to estimate…  My EXPECTATION last year; emm 950... REALITY; 879… Means difference of 71 marks… So if this year let my Target be 1100 and if difference would remain the same i.e. 71 then I need to score 1100-71= 1029. What? ‘1-0-2-9’ Oh My…. So consciously or unconsciously I started praying for a score of 1029 in Entry Test. Neither a single less; nor more… just 1029! So my target was to score 1100 and Expectation; 1029! (71 less…=D)

Well! Result came within a week and I scored 986 ALHAMDULILAH with an aggregate percentage of 88.5325%. So the difference between my expected score and the Reality was 43 in fact .

What you need to do!!

There is no need to feel regret or shame about the things that have happened in the past. Turn negative experiences into lessons!! You have plenty of free energy. Now is a good time to make plans and to get involved in your commitments. Your vitality doesn’t have any boundaries. You’ll be amazed at how much you can handle when there’s an end in sight. Your whole attitude lightens, so take the bull by the horns and create your own incentives. If you never go after what you want, you’ll never have it!!

Just remind yourself that He is watching! Your efforts, your deeds, your patience!! Remind yourself of how good it would feel to have it all one day. Don’t let go. Don’t give up!!

 “Some childhood dreams are so intense that they penetrate deep down; in your nerves, mind and soul! And build a Castle with solid concrete there… Dreams are the wishes that heart makes! No matter how hard you try, you can’t get rid of them! So you decide either to gain courage to demolish it with your own hands or proving yourself capable of dwelling in that castle” (My daily diary)  

I began to realize, how important it was to be Enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it with full speed ahead! Embrace it with both arms, love it and above all; become PASSIONATE about it!

Turn to the sun, and the shadow will fall behind you!!

Your engine is oiled up and ready to go. Put yourself in high gear and don’t let anything stand in your way. Never again are you going to walk out of an exam saying, ‘’I studied forever and really felt that I knew the material but this bad grade is not a reflection of my Efforts and my Knowledge”

Today you may satisfy yourself with options like D-pharmacy, DPT, DVM or BS in any related field but one thing to tell you, there can be literally no SUBSTITUTE for MBBS/ BDS and if you have got another chance as a Repeater, Don’t Waste It! Very few people are lucky to have a second chance. So, consider yourself LUCKY and if you are really passionate, the STETHOSCOPE will be yours as a DOCTOR in near future Insha’Allah. Allow your PASSION to become your PURPOSE and it’ll one day become your PROFESSION!! IA 

Few lines from my Diary, 2013!

“Dear STETHOSCOPE! Don’t know whether you are made for me or not… But I’ll make you MINE one day with the will of ALLAH IA, for you have been in every single line and every thought of my Existence and I won’t give up on you whether the sky gets rough!”

‘This road is thorny still I smell roses’

             

One Poem I have composed last year and I would like to share it with you fellows!!

May be it can become a source for Someone, Somewhere; to keep going, keep struggling, and reaching to his/her PASSION and DESTINY one day!! May be yours, Yes you reading! 

When Darkness seems the only Way,

Find your way in that way,

With flame of Diligence lightning your way!!

When Despondency seems the only refuge,

Don’t let yourself engulf in that deluge!!

Reside instead in the Castle of your Dreams,

Be a bird of HOPE, instead of DESPAIR!!

Life is GOOD if it’s still UNFAIR,

Believe you can, and you are halfway there!!

BEST OF LUCK!

COMPOSED BY: MEHREEN NOOR

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One missed call...!

I was running and gazing at the beauties of meadows that surrounded me. The water was flowing by and the birds were chirping in the high rising pine trees. All of sudden a sharp sound rattled into my ears. Tin! Tin! Tin!! What the Hell is it!! Suddenly I came back to reality and realized that it’s my cell phone ringing. I felt starkly furious and grumbled 'who Calls at this time when almost everybody is amid slumber?’ It was a call from a friend. I just sluggishly rejected the call and resumed the splendid concoction of my mind. In the Morning, Rays of Sun illuminated my pupils and the sleep was on marathon of the dark mountains. I felt apologetic over my demeanor to my friend. I should have at least picked her call. I sent her text in the morning to pardon me. But she didn't reply. She was not at all willing to forgive me. This notion made me feel so deplorable that I can't evince it in this script. As always deep thoughts emerge when we reflect in state of grief. I questioned myself that Whether Allah Almighty may also be so unhappy with us because He calls us five times a day and we never respond. His Blessing Knocks again and again. He never becomes angry over you as He is giving you more and more chances that may be you will regret your mistakes one day and will turn towards Him because He loves you more than the cumulative love of seventy mothers. His angels don't record your intentions of bad deeds, but orders them to record even your slightest intention of Good. When you repent, He erases your sins and elevates your standings. He gives you twice reward for doing good...Why don't we remorse our narcissism and arrogant behavior? See how much Allah Almighty loves you...How much He cares for you... In loneliest of the woods and the darkest of caves He is with us, illuminating our path. He is closer to you than your jugular vein. Yet we do not reply His calls. He never moves away from you, just we, in our ignorance, wanders away... Believe me He is the Most Merciful. But why don’t we realize that how materialistic we are? Majority out of us only bow down when we are encountering problems and depression in our lives and when we want something particularly? But it is a reality that when the whole world knocks you down then the only strand we are left with is the Mercifulness of Allah mighty. So when Allah Mighty is neglecting your sins and is ready to mend your heart then should not we praise Him just for five times a day? 

 Allah Almighty says 
“Come to my path and be mine…I shall make the rest of world yours!”

Put your Trust on Him. Try to realize how much He is Important for us. Time for you to decide what is best for you! 

Stay happy!

Credits : Taib Noor, Syed Hashim, Sammar Sanik

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Let’s roam in the valley of love!

Attraction of one’s heart towards any fascinating thing is Love. It is an intense feeling of deep affection, warmth, fondness and regard towards a person or a thing and a vital component without which our life is meaningless. It is a human nature that we want to be loved by someone who can take great care of us, a relation in which we give and expect back too. Love comprises of two prime types i.e. love of Lord and worldly love.

It is narrated in a Hadith that Allah Almighty loves us 70 times more than our mothers.  He is benevolent, beneficent and merciful. He keeps on showering his blessings upon us whatever we do. This is because He wants us to pay regards for His multitude blessings. He is giving us a chance to improve ourselves but we pay no heed to such chances and warnings. We don’t have time to ponder upon the greatness of His blessings. How unthankful are we? So have not you seen the end of bygone nations who were hit by the wrath of Allah Almighty because of their deeds? Why don’t we understand? Or is that ‘May be’ our conscience has been assassinated by us that we don’t feel ashamed of our actions today.

When your head is on the pillow

And the day is almost done

Count Allah Might’s blessings

Count them one by one

And I daresay we shall fail in doing so. If Allah Almighty is forgiving our sins and still He is blessing us, so are we giving Him anything in return (though He doesn’t need anything from us nor He requires our Prayers)? Think what if He takes our breath away, and then we shall see heaps of corpses. This is just a minor example to elucidate the fact.

Once a pious man made complaint to God and what answer he got was:

Hundreds of time I call u, hundreds of time I tease you

Come and meet me, come and call me in loneliness

See yourself, you are asleep and I am awake

Come and seldom also pay me for my sincerity

 Worldly love can be for a specific person, any aim or work etc. (Talking about a person) The lover forgets all his happiness and sorrows and tries his level best to drench himself fully in the love of his beloved. A stage comes when you have no more control over yourself. When the situation becomes so much intense that the lover sees his beloved everywhere.

And when the beloved asks his lover,

 “Tell me will you be still patient if I double your suffering?”

So the lover says

 “Yes, as long as you also double your love for me or promise me to have your glimpse sometimes”.

It is designated as Ishq but such cases are rare now.

Worldly love can be divided into four major categories:  

• What we are without the love and support of our siblings (our own family, parents, brother, sisters, relatives etc)? We are worthless beings without them. We love them unconditionally and get the same from them too.

•  Love of friends is something which smoothers our fidgets and soothes our heart. Good and sincere friends are also a blessing in one’s life. But false friends are worse than open enemies. 

• Our love and friendliness for whole mankind comes under worldly love.

• Now here comes that category to which most of our young generation is rending great services and no doubt are inviting the trouble.

•  Often when people are betrayed and deceived, they learn from their mistakes and further refrain themselves from indulging again in such cases. Majority in such sort of cases come towards right path and follow the commands of their Lord so in return they get fruitful rewards which can’ not be accounted in few words.

• There are others who spend their whole life alone either regretting their mistakes or spending their lives thinking about their beloved ones.

• People who unwillingly accept their failure and come to normal life but still in the nook of their heart their beloved ones remain intact.

• Last but not the least are the ones who play with the feelings of others just for time pass, to end their cravings and to enjoy merely. This situation we can easily witness nowadays. No more worse creatures other than them can exist ever. 

• Those who get their beloved easily without any obstacle in their path.

• Those who pass numerous hurdles and finally get success.

"THEN I CAN'T EVEN FACE MYSELF WITH EMBARRASSMENT”

We’re discussing the last category in detail here:

Generally two types of lovers are seen.

The ones who fail in getting their beloved ones and others succeed.

When we analyse such cases with sagacity we come to know of different cases amongst those who face failure.

        

There are two different cases normally among those who succeed.

Love is not done by us willingly but it does happen simultaneously or gradually when someone’s personality, conduct etc affects the core of our heart.

Love happens automatically, Manual working of it is called Flirting.

 Love is not forbidden in Islam but touching the heights of vulgarity is not tolerable at all. If you love someone and want to be his life partner then let it be done in an acceptable way by the bond of marriage. But inculcate that if your parents do not agree then leave it for their sake because your parents love you more than your lovers. They can never see you in pain. They are your well-wishers not your enemies. In Islam, disobedience of parents itself is a sin. If you sacrifice your burning desires for making your parents happy then for sure you will be rewarded to an unimaginable extent on doomsday. As it is said, “enthusiasm is at its peak at the time of youth” so some adults do not listen to their parents and go against them. We do accept that the time period of youth is indeed ardent, but we should use our brains too. Allah Almighty has blessed us with wisdom so we should ponder that a person who is leaving his parents for you, so what do you expect that can’t he leaves you for someone else one day? Component of disloyalty is put in all humans to some extent but the amount varies from person to person. Islam does not allow anyone to rule over others life and to compel them to do what they want but we should be sensible enough to absorb some realistic facts too. Life is not a bed of roses.

 No doubt that ‘deeds of a person are based on its intentions’. If our love is this much genuine then we don’t have to strive a lot. That person will come to us miraculously. So have not you heard the condition of Zulekha who lost her beauty, wealth and even herself in the love of Hazrat Yousaf (may Allah Mighty be pleased with him). She had seventy loaded camels with gems and jewels.  When any person stated in front of her that he/she has seen Joseph today she used to give them jewels and a day came when she was given the title “All in the name of Joseph” . But when she accepted Islam and got married to Hazrat Yousaf(may Allah Almighty be pleased with him) then there came a time when she clearly told Hazrat Yousaf (may Allah Mighty be pleased with him) that I would have never loved you if I had known the sweetness and the essence of love of my Lord. So if u think that your love is like hers (which does not exist at least these days) then you only have to wait for your turn and you will, for sure, get it.

The basic difference between love of Lord and worldly love is that in the former you get everything’ but in the latter one it is impossible. It is a bitter reality that Worldly love hurts. Whatever you do and however you do you can’t be the one to make your beloved happy every time. You may sacrifice your ego, love and dignity for a person but you can’t please him every time even you try to be the luckier one. One may say that how a person can sacrifice all such things but here lies the fact that love is blind.

“Love is not getting someone physically but caring for him/her even the price is your own dead body”

But in today’s era love is a word used to label the sexual excitement of the young ones, the habituation of the middle aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.  

If you succeed you may be the lucky one but if you do not then think that there must be some good will of Allah Mighty. We make complaints but sometime later in life we realize that that was a good decision made by Him. History witnesses that many saints in their early lives fall victim of love but when either they got deceived by loved ones or when shown right path by Allah Almighty, they realize the actual worth of this mundane world.  Platonic love in today’s world is rare because the lust in our hearts has trodden us beyond limits. We have changed into those beings who don’t even know the actual meaning of love but we claim that no other sincere human than us can ever exist and so most of us are awakened when we lose everything and yes, when we are cheated by our loved ones. Then Allah Almighty shudders you and asks you:

“Is there any one to whom you can go when your heart is broken? Now tell me who is yours?  I keep on neglecting your sins but is there anyone today who is yours? Who can mend your heart other than me?” 

So, if you trust in the Lord with all of your heart then your heart cannot betray you. Allah Almighty is not going to want you to be with someone who treats you less than you deserve. He certainly is not going to want you to be abused or mistreated or making excuses for someone who abuses you or mistreats you. Lean not on your own understanding! Allah Almighty sees your feelings. He will certainly choose the best for you. If God comes to you tonight and said that you were not going to get that big promotion at work you have dreamed of but that it was in your best interest, would you accept it? What if He gave you more insight and said that by taking that big promotion you would find yourself over-worked and over stressed? That it would lead you away from Him and the plans He has for your life? Would you accept it? Yet time and again we can know in our spirit that someone we are dating is simply not the choice God has for us and yet we can stay for love. He knows even the secrets kept inside the hearts. He sees what happens if you were to stay with someone you are not supposed to be with and yet we can turn our hearts from God. Just because it may seem right does not make it right. Just because it feels right doesn't make it right. Our worldly love often ends in grief. We mourn the loss in our soul and the time wasted chasing the wind. What about the world planted by us?

There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief.

We should ask for forgiveness. Be realistic in life. Do not always follow your fantasy world because that is not real life. Allah Mighty is the only one to whom you can go and discuss everything when you are in the state of impatience and anxiety. He is always there for you; He is there for you when the whole world leaves you alone. He can forgive all your sins so why don’t we follow His path which is much better than the one we are following now?

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

I am not suggesting that any of this is easy. I am not suggesting that any of this is painless, or that I have mastered what I write. What I am suggesting is that the love which the world sells is a lie. It is a lie designed to get us to abandon what we really believe and set us up for disappointment, depression, and feelings of inadequacy. Fall only for the Godly design of love and watch as He lifts you up into His perfect will. He has more bright future all planned out for you. Never settle for less than you deserve because you are a precious diamond. Try to know your worth.

 Allah Almighty says “Come to my path and be mine…I shall make the rest of world yours!”

There will be a time on my Ummah when people will love five things and will forget the other five. They will love people and will forget the Dooms day, they will love worldly wealth and will forget they have to give account of their actions on dooms day, and they will love people and will forget their Lord. They will adore sins and will  forget to ask for forgiveness, they will love palaces and will not recall their Graves. (Al Hadith) 

It is humble request that take some time and analyse your life. May be you will get to know a lot of things which u never knew! And mind it that keep on doing sins by hoping that you will ask for forgiveness later is itself a sin.

When I see your blessings, I forget my sins

Written By Sammar Sanik

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