Living Life

Friday, May 04, 2007

Dr. A

Yesterday, a friend from Iraq... who's actually my bro's friend... sent us an email with a link to a website he created in memory of his late father Dr. A.

Dr. A. was my dad's colleague and friend from 1991-2005 in Libya. They left in 2005 to go back to their homeland Iraq... only to discover that Dr. A had lung cancer ... for the next 2 years he bravely fought it... between Iraq and Lebanon for treatment... he died last March 29th... Allah yer7amo... God bless his soul and grant his wife and his only son A.. faith, peace, patience... Allah yehawen 3aleihom w yesabbarhom...

The site included pieces Dr. A had written... his life history... stuff his friends said and wrote about him ... and photos of him... I've always known Dr. A as this handsome, striking man... strong, outgoing and just "full of life".... most of his photos show just that... but I almost didn't recognise him in the photos taken in his last couple of years during his illness... got me thinking... again... at the things we take for granted... our health and vitality... and how it's really not in our hands...

All I can say is what A. says at the end of all his emails... that he wishes everyone good health always... "lel jamee3 dawaam else77a wel 3afeyah"

PS. "A" asked all those who visit his Dad's site to pray for him "ed3oloh belra7mah" ... and I, in turn, ask you to make a prayer for this man too...

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Sub7an Allah

Just wanted to practice typing a little coz I feel I'm getting pretty slow ... and I'm not sure I know where all the keys are !!! Oh. my. God ... now is that bad ?!??!?! I really wish I could type without looking at all ... I'm not that bad but I really need practice ... sub7an Allah ... I really can't take in how the human mind works and stores in this unique way ... mashAllah la qowata ella bEllah ... not looking yet typing ... how can you not say mashAllah ? Do you think that its really you who can do that ? Didn't Allah create you and your mind and fingers ... isn't He the one who made you able to do this? Who made you? Who gave you the ability to do something like that ? To be able to synchronise and use fingers and eyes at the same time .... to be able to look at something and move your fingers ... and is it just moving fingers? Why don't you look at it deeply? What does it mean to move a finger? What happens inside you so that you move a finger? What does it take you to so simply move a finger? A second? Less than a second? But what happens inside?

There are so many things we take for granted ... so many things we consider "normal" ...moving a finger... breathing... blinking... yet when you think of them you stand in awe at the creation of Allah ... Sub7aan Allah the Creator of all things...