From the pen of the editor
How were all the previous ramadhans spent? Every coming ramadhan is a ramadhan of accountability and analysis. The state of life is such that it is not known that whether the next ramadhan would come or not. When would the world of the heart demolish. There is one more danger too, that the ramadhan may come but I might not be able to prepare for it. Because the faith of a believer keeps on increasing and decreasing. The faith of the angels always remains at a certain fixed level. And the faith of prophets (PBUT) always keeps on increasing. Perhaps this ramadhan would be such that might come but we may not be able to spend it as well as it is wished by my beloved Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
Come! Lets be specially careful about a few things in this ramadhan. First Thing: Lets start collecting halal sustenance from this point that we may consume in this ramadhan. Because every person knows for himself that where is my sustenance coming from. And whether it is doubtful or haram. Second Thing: The sins we are committing, small or big, start making schemes for being remorseful for them from now. Third Thing: If there is hatred or spite about someone in the heart and even if cannot be finished, then in order to finish it continuously make dum of durood-e-pak on your heart. And try to convince your heart that o heart if you became dead in this state then what would become of you in the afterlife? You might be able to show your face to the creation, but what face would you show to Allah almighty? Fourth Thing: Have special regard for the last 10 days. That you not waste your time in shopping, in bung bangles, henna, shoes, sues, wasting time in markets and deprive yourself of the spiritual wonders of the last 10 days. Because the devil and the self makes programs before the last 10 days before ramadhan. A special addiction that ummah has regarding the last 10 days is of giving gifts and presents. There is nothing bad about it. But give them after the eid. There are so many people in the world who do not care about these false prides, rather they try to fulfill their duties. Fifth Thing: Have special regard for the night of eid and the day of eid. The hard work and prayers of the whole month dhikr, prayers, the fasts of severe summer.The night of eid. Carelessness of the night of eid and mistakes. The mistakes and and follies of the day of eid. And even some times planning for big sins is done. Just be careful about that. Sixth Thing: Gulqand, that is made of fresh roses, chew two spoons at the last time of sehri and drink a glass of water with it. You would not feel the severity of fast for the whole day. This is a very special tonic for the severity of thirst and hot weather. So much so that you would not become weak. If along with gulqand you drink a cup of pure rose extract then the benefits would be astonishing. Another beneficial thing is to cut into pieces three dates and dip them in warm water. In the morning sieve and rub them and drink its water along with gulqand. On top of it drink one cup of rose extract. If you wish dip these dates in rose extract. Do not scrub them in the morning. Just take the seed out and sip the juice. You would not feel thirsty at all. And you would not feel weakness for the whole day. Seventh Thing: Decide and set a dhikr that I would definitely perform this dhikr for so many lakhs of it in this ramadhan. And impose this on yourself. When you would impose this on yourself its benefit would be that you would be able to perform the dhikr and then you would perform the dhikr. If you did not impose the dhikr, you would not be able perform the dhikr. And the best dhikr in ramadhan is to recite
رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَ اَنْتَ خَیْرُ الرّٰحِمِیْنَ ﴿مومنون۱۱۸. You can perform other dhikr in the morning and the evening as well. But if you recite a few lakhs of it then you would get sustenance, blessings, cure of magic, healing from diseases, end of blockages, problems of relationships, familial issues, problems of sustenance, vanishing of enemiessolution of troubles, and the last solution of all the problems of life is this dhikr.