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Islam & Self Growth

Islam & Self Growth. What I shall be talking about. What is so crucial about Self Growth? Questions are the Key Quotes from the Infallibles Recommended Reading. What is so crucial about self growth?. وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا {7} فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا {8}

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Islam & Self Growth

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  1. Islam & Self Growth

  2. What I shall be talking about What is so crucial about Self Growth? Questions are the Key Quotes from the Infallibles Recommended Reading

  3. What is so crucial about self growth? وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا {7} فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا {8} قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا {9} وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا {10}

  4. What is so crucial about self growth? In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. By the Soul and Him who perfected it, And inspired it as to what is wrong and what is right for it, Indeed, success is for him who purifies it, And truly, failure is for him who corrupts it. - Surah Ash-Shams (91:7 – 10)

  5. Questions are the Key What steers the Course of our Life? How do we steer the Course of our Life? What is the One Dominant Factor that determines the choices that we make? Answer: The Voice Within...

  6. Questions are the Key • The 2 poles of voices:- • Positive • Negative • The 2 qualities of voices:- • True • False • The 2 kinds of voices:- • Questions • Affirmations • Questions > Affirmations

  7. Questions are the Key Example of Positive Affirmation: “I am skilled at Arithmetic” Example of Negative Affirmation: “I am a worthless person” Example of Negative Question: “Why is my life miserable?” Example of Positive Question: “What can I do now to improve my life?”

  8. Quotes from the Infallibles “Whoever does not take into account of oneself every day is not one of us” • Imam Musa ibn Ja’afar Al-Kazim (AS). ≈ “The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates.

  9. Quotes from the Infallibles “Adversities often bring your good qualities to the forefront.” • Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Thalib (AS). Web Source: http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible2.asp

  10. Quotes from the Infallibles “Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning, and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself.” – Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Thalib (AS). Web Source: http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible2.asp

  11. Quotes from the Infallibles “Like your body, your mind also gets tired and fatigued; in such case find educational diversions for it.” – Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Thalib (AS). Web Source: http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible2.asp

  12. Quotes from the Infallibles “One who adopts patience will never be deprived of success though the success may take a long time to reach him.” – Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Thalib (AS). Web Source: http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible2.asp

  13. Recommended Reading Self Building by Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini Light Within Me by Allamah Mutahhari, Tabataba’i & Imam Khomeini Bagaimana Membangun Keperibadian Anda by Khalil Al-Musawi The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey The 8th Habit by Stephen R Covey Good to Great by Jim Collins

  14. In Conclusion “Knowledge is very superficial which remains only on your tongue; the intrinsic merit and value of knowledge is that you act upon it.” – Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Thalib (AS).

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