Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah!

I sat alone for some time thinking about life, and praising & thanking God for providing me with guidance and light to go through things. Throughout my life, I used to wonder about my marriage, when will it happen, who will be that person, what will it look like, the responsibilities after marriage, and the arrangements at the time of marriage, the role of elders in the marriage process, and finally the intention and decision to go for arrange marriage always, as it comes with its own beauty and charm. All these thoughts used to occupy my mind, ONCE UPON A TIME! But Alhamdulillah, today I look back to the memories of one month ago, and wonder how Allah made it all happen for me, just like that, I am now married and have my companion of life with me.

30 days! Yes, a month consists of 30/31 days, and has 720/744 hours in it. And to spend it with a ‘once strange’ and now ‘your spouse’ is a different journey altogether. Slowly and gradually knowing each other, and knowing about each other. Indeed takes lots of patience, efforts, open-mindedness, and off course a common goal and purpose. And which can be none other than pleasing our Creator (Allah S.W.T), and once we have that vision and goal in mind, life becomes easier. Because it helps one to remember whether they are in public or private, their Creator is watching them 24/7. And this consciousness helps both the spouse to be the best for each other, and being a source of ease, comfort, mercy, kindness and affection. When the targets are highly defined, and its none other than reaching the highest level of Paradise (Jannatual Firdaus Al A’ala), than the acts, deeds, thoughts, character, manners, mind-set, values, principles, and heart is rightly aligned towards the purpose with the permission of our Creator.

Alhamdulillah, Marriage have its own beauty, the level of calmness, stability, relief, satisfaction, ability to resist from evil paths, and have a long life companion to share your secrets with, whom you know will never share it with other, and if they are shared with others, than indeed Allah is sufficient to take care of things and secrets. This one month journey has been exciting, adventurous, peaceful, and now the real growth will start to happen. Sharing of knowledge, increasing our knowledge, experimenting the best methods to bring tranquillity in our lives, helping & encouraging each other to get better in worshipping the Almighty Creator. And spending each second of our lives to be beneficial to the Creation of Almighty God, and gain Allah’s Pleasure by using our skills, talents, knowledge, experiences, and whole life in his cause, wherever we stay across the globe.

Indeed, Marriage brings newness to life, enhances our way of thinking, expands our heart, and add new colour to our lives. And with it there will be challenges on the way, which can be lack of communication between spouses, misunderstanding, assumptions, and influence of ill suggestions by those jealous and envy the beautiful relationship, social media influences, and off course never to forget Shaitan (Ibless) is always behind to break and destroy your relationship, so always keep seeking protection from Allah, so you can be protected from the tricks, traps, evils and harms of Shaitan! There can be ‘X’ no. of challenges, but one should always go back to the Creator for seeking help and guidance, and indeed he helps without a doubt. And he helps his creation more than the creations can help each other, and indeed he makes ways from unimaginable sources, because in the end he have power and control over all things, and he can get things done even without using any resources. So one should always count on Allah (S.W.T), and try to seeking his pleasure by following his beautiful and highly valuable guidance. And that can be the reason behind lifelong healthy relationship behind spouses.

And as I look back to the one month journey, I pray to God to grant his special blessings, love, affiyah, baraqah, and protection in this marriage, and even after few years and decades, InShaAllah may I look back on the years & decades that passed away, and Thank Allah (S.W.T) for each seconds of my life, and off course the special gift he gave me in the form of a lifelong companion and spouse!

In the end, I believe if marriage is done with the right intention, then it ease the upcoming paths, and the right intentions can be set by gaining guidance from the Noble Qur’an and following the Guidance of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessing be Upon him), and staying in the company of the pious, righteous, sincere, and knowledgeable Servants of Allah, who are high on piety, and are God-fearing.

Marriage is a beautiful journey, the only major concern one should have regarding the spouses should be… Will we make it to Jannah together? Or will one end in Jannah and another in Jahannam? Or what if both ends in Jahannam.. What a terrible destination that will be. Living to the fullest in this World by breaking all the guidance, laws, instructions and order of Allah, and then ending up in Hell for eternity. What a terrible and horrific ending.

May Allah make us and our spouses solely attached to him, and gain his pleasure, and finally be united in Jannatul Firdaus Al Aa’la together with each other (spouses), and also see the beautiful face of our Creator!