Love is in the Air!

وَمِنۡ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦۤ أَنۡ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٲجً۬ا لِّتَسۡكُنُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَڪُم مَّوَدَّةً۬ وَرَحۡمَةً‌ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَأَيَـٰتٍ۬ لِّقَوۡمٍ۬ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

-Ar-Rum 21-

And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.

Dan di antara tanda-tanda yang membuktikan kekuasaannya dan rahmatNya, bahawa Dia menciptakan untuk kamu (wahai kaum lelaki), isteri-isteri dari jenis kamu sendiri, supaya kamu bersenang hati dan hidup mesra dengannya dan dijadikanNya di antara kamu (suami isteri) perasaan kasih sayang dan belas kasihan. Sesungguhnya yang demikian itu mengandungi keterangan-keterangan (yang menimbulkan kesedaran) bagi orang-orang yang berfikir.

Happy times, happy times! Love is all around! These days I have been rejoicing in the splendour of hearing joyful news back home. Friends and relatives are tying knots in marriage! Alhamdulillah, a sunnah that brings great benefits in the future of any person who steps into it. The gate that clearly defines the boundaries between Halal and Haram in relationship. Thus I am urged to recall upon the aforementioned verse of Allah's promise of Happiness to those who join hands in marriage, abiding to the commandments of the Al-Mighty. Indeed love can truly reach the skies if it rhymes harmonically with fitrah or the basic nature of our soul. Oh how beautiful has god set it out for one to enjoy the life of marriage. To think of it, the preservation of this sacred bond has been laid out splendidly through the poetic citations of God in the Holy Quran. At first there is this verse,

وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ‌ۖ إِنَّهُ ۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةً۬ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلاً۬

-Al-Isra, 32-

And come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil way.

Dan janganlah kamu menghampiri zina, sesungguhnya zina itu adalah satu perbuatan yang keji dan satu jalan yang jahat (yang membawa kerosakan)

And it goes by forbidding us to not even come near to zina, what's more doing it. Thus the dignity of each soul is protected, definitely for the happiness of our life hereafter. But a small part of this happiness is also present in the after-marriage life, thus the first verse mentioned before. Then there is this,

ٱلۡخَبِيثَـٰتُ لِلۡخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلۡخَبِيثُونَ لِلۡخَبِيثَـٰتِ‌ۖ وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ‌ۚ

(....ila akhir ayah)
-An-Nur 25-

Wanita-wanita yang keji adalah untuk laki-laki yang keji, dan laki-laki yang keji adalah buat wanita-wanita yang keji [pula], dan wanita-wanita yang baik adalah untuk laki-laki yang baik dan laki-laki yang baik adalah untuk wanita-wanita yang baik [pula]. (ila akhir ayah)

Therefore, good partner is for good servants of God. I suppose this verse may bring calm to those in search of a soulmate, that it is us who first have to be obedient to Him, and let Him bring forth a suitable partner for us, Good soul for Good soul.

and there are many more verses pertaining marriage and soulmates, ( popular ones perhaps are An-Nur 30&31) . I am not knowledgeable enough to put forth all concerning verses, nor am I qualified to comment on such topic. But I try my best to share this little knowledge I am able to gather throughout my life, and share my opinion at my best rationale.

What's more important right now, is that I am joining ranks in celebrating (though afar and alone..) these happy days that my Brothers and Sisters are celebrating back home. Congratulations to the Newly-Weds, and may their journey thereafter be shone with happiness and eternal guidance from the One who Fated them to meet and fall in love!
~~~Taqabbalallhu Minna wa minkum Taqabbal Ya Karim~~~

Congratulations to :

- Taufiq Yusof and Mas Izhana
- Nazri Nawi and Deena Yacop
- Farah Diyana and Imran
- Haniif Mazian and Najwa Aziz
- Others who I may have not yet get your news....

Love is in the Air!!! huhuhuhuhuh