Simply WATER

“Let’s go, fill your tanker first”. Those were the words of my bunch of friends in college when we use to come out of class or even bunk. Their focus would be getting to cafeteria fast and have something yummy to curb their hungers but to me my sole demand use to be fulfill my thirst! Please lets first go fetch some water and then I’m off to anywhere in the world you want. Yes such dire fan of water I am. I can survive without food for long enough but without water I’m a dehydrated birdie!!

Water that it is, important like oxygen for most of us but though absurd but there are people who don’t “like” water…YEAH reeeeeeealy!! No I’m not talking about the pouring rain water here!We Muslims have a strange habit; we tend to remember Allah with full force whenever life comes hard on us.  Now during these times every person has a magic word that automatically comes to his mind or he practices it intentionally. all the individuals be it Muslims ,Christians or followers of any religion recite some prayer , dua or words when having any anxiety, fear, tension, frustration etc.  This is a very beautiful feeling when person submissively ask his Creator to come for his rescue and admits HIS power supreme over the rest. Well we’ll discuss this some other day, for now back to the magical words.

Now why am I calling them as magical words, maybe because that’s the effect of them over us. We utter them with such deep faith that the minute or instant they are out the Jennie will be out of the bottle and solve our issue with Allah’s Will. In actual these words are no magic but the faith and confidence with which they are said to their Lord. Allah always hears you whenever you only look towards HIM for help and not others. A lot of people tell you to recite this dua during this problem and that wazifa during that problem. But to me the conviction, the belief you put in your request is magical and not just the words. Here by no means I’m suggesting that one shudnt recite Quarnic verses and plainly states his request since the text and manner is always important J.

These magical words come as a gift of some instant solution to a problem and your reliance for rest of the life over them as a savior always. Or sometime out of habit you start reciting rehearsing them whenever you are in predicament. For some BisMiAllah are the words! For others AYat e karima ,Ayat ul Kursi and list goes on. For me the solution to my cryptic puzzle always is Darood Pak. I don’t know im which of the two above category whether the gifted one or the habitual one but yes these words always held the position of magical expression to me and to the situation of utterance.

I use to live in Hostel during my graduate studies where as a rule girls were not allowed to come late after maghrib. The guards were real strict and wouldn’t let you in so easily. Once I was being given a drop by a very dear friend and a wonderful person who is also running Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness and we were late then Magrib and I was tense. She told me some verses of Surah Baqarah then and believe you me, I was in the hostel with no issue at all. From then onwards if I ever got late or had a chance of getting late I used to recite those Ayahs and Darood Pak.TA DAAaaaa …no issue in entry J

An uncle of mine who is actually gifted with the magical words of BismiAllah once detailed them very beautifully that its like an emergency call to Allah. Allah is always with us but suddenly you are in a fix and only ask for help to Allah .you start calling him and after 15-20 mins he answers your call. We keep on calling HIM and recalling until HE picks and listens to the emergency call. How true!

I know my magical words and so do the others and for those of us who doesn’t please go find your rescue 911 magical dial. Happy finding and praying!!!

There have been times when im astonished at how less people consume this magnificent drink. While at other people have enlightened me with their words about this wonderful drink and how lifeless its taste is… Like once one of my friend whose childhood was spent in Middle East said to me she prefers coke over water because she thinks water doesn’t has any taste to it. It’s no thrill drinking it. Another time I was reading someone’s blog where the lady was actually asking for suggestions on how to remember drinking water since she hardly remembers it. She wanted to make water tempting and fun experience so as to have the required amount but always failed since she never felt the need of having a glass of water… reeeeeeaaally can this happen???

Uffffff… Water Phaaaleeeeeeeeeez: P