MSA Reflections 2 by UP MSA Da'wah

What worldly blessing has Allah given me that I notice I am very attached to in this dunya? 🌏

zctwadi — 2025-10-02 14:57:16 UTC

Something I love and really don't want to lose e.g. family, money, health, skill, beauty, etc.

How would I feel if I wake up tomorrow and Allah has taken back that blessing He had given me? 🍃

zctwadi — 2025-10-02 14:59:14 UTC

After all, He is the real owner of those blessings. Kakayanin ko na ba mawala yun? What does my reaction reveal about the state of my heart?

How much do I value the gift of Islamic faith that Allah has given to me? 📖

zctwadi — 2025-10-02 15:00:28 UTC

Do I take this gift for granted? Is being Muslim a mere label on my identity, or a very important part of my lived reality? Do I show gratitude for being chosen as a Muslim?

How do I thank Allah for His mercy, guidance, and protection? 🤲

zctwadi — 2025-10-02 15:01:42 UTC

Reflect on moments in your life when you could have been misguided away from Allah, but He showed you the right way. Say Alhamdulillah for those experiences.

Maybe you feel you have come short in expressing your gratitude to your Creator? What can you do about it going forward?

[Answer AFTER the session]

zctwadi — 2025-10-02 15:57:39 UTC

Thank you for participating in tonight's session! Your feedback is much appreciated, short/long answers are welcome <3

1. How did you feel during the activity? How many stars would you give it out of FIVE?

2. What part did you LIKE most?

3. Was there anything you DIDN'T CONNECT with?

4. Let us know your suggestions on how to improve our next session!

prompt 1

2025-10-03 12:14:05 UTC

I believe that I have been really attached to the relationships I have with the people closest to me. ( family, friends )

Family

zctwadi — 2025-10-03 12:14:27 UTC

Memories with them

2025-10-03 12:17:00 UTC

My family. I'm not sure what I'll do if i lose them.. tho i am well aware that Allah gave them to me as a form of trial as well. I know that in the end, I'll be standing alone before Allah and answering to Him for the deeds and sins that I've committed.

Prompt 1

2025-10-03 12:17:19 UTC

I guess family. I'm here where im right now because of them and im doing all of these because of them. Next is knowledge i think, what Allah has bestowed upon me until today. And lastly the concept of having a dream or goal in this dunya, it is still what attaches me to this worldly life.

Home and Family

2025-10-03 12:17:41 UTC

They give such a sense of safety, belonging, and love. Whenever I am tired or burdened, being with them brings comfort, and I realize how deeply I depend on their presence.

Success-

2025-10-03 12:17:52 UTC

I think it encompasses a lot, my personal goals, what I want to give to my family, and I think it's the most "Dunya" thing I yearn for.

I think it would change everything-

2025-10-03 12:33:37 UTC

I know that I have always had a weak heart, in all aspects, and that change is hard for me to accept. I would feel lost or out of hope.

Prompt 2

2025-10-03 12:35:46 UTC

Of course I would be devastated and disocuraged. I think it will be really hard moving forward when something so precious for you will be taken out from you and it would give me a feeling of giving up. But we all know that this life is temporary and the things within it, so we have to accept that. Life must continue and we must go forward.

2025-10-03 12:36:55 UTC

I honestly wouldn’t know what to do or how to move forward without them. Sobrang sanay ako sa presence nila, to the point that I feel incomplete whenever they’re not around. I guess this just shows how deeply attached I am to my loved ones, and how weak my heart can be when it comes to letting go of them.

2025-10-03 12:38:29 UTC

I am too soft for this topic. Talks about the impermanence of life and certainty of death in an uncertain time really hits me. As a normal human would feel, I would be devastated to lose my loved ones, may it be my closest friends or my family who is currently miles away from me. I even think that I would lose a part of myself, as I believe the memory of those we love becomes part of our soul. To address this worldly attachment, I think we should anchor our love for them as a love that is all for the sake of Allah. By then, we can be grounded that we shall not have greater love for anything other than Him. Afterall, indeed we belong to Him and to Him we shall return.

I don't know

2025-10-03 12:38:52 UTC

For sure it would be heartbreaking, since we tend to think that we own everything that we own, but really, we don't.

Masasaktan

2025-10-03 12:39:08 UTC

I'm worried bc I think I've been too sheltered. I was blessed growing up in a complete family so loss of loved ones feels like a foreign, distant experience for me. It feels like arrogance to say i think kakayanin ko but I've never been put in that position before irl. I'm not sure how I'll react when the moment comes for real. But i know there's a dua to ask Allah to replace our loss with something better. I hope maalala ko eto when that fateful moment comes.

2025-10-03 12:39:15 UTC

Iiyak muna... Then shock followed by overwhelming grief and loss. But, i honestly don't know cause thinking that i might lose my family when i wake up... Parang diko ma-imagine

I guess it makes me weak but human as well. it also goes to show how much powerful Allah is, that He could take all of this in a blink of an eye. And it would be so easy for Him. How powerless we are when faced with Our Creator. But i wanna remind myself na He is also the Most Merciful and Loving.

I do not know who I am if I'm not Muslim, but I feel like I can do more to show my gratitude to Allah-

2025-10-03 12:53:48 UTC

I always am met with that question. "Am I Muslim enough?" I ask it to myself everyday. I guess because I had always grown up in an environment where that wasn't really easy nor the norm, that identity seperated me from everyone else but it is the identity that I had only ever known. I know my own failures, but it think it remains that being Muslim to me means my life, it's something that those before me had died to be, so I have to honor that through genuine worship for Allah, just like they did and what I am to do.

Ang hirap nitong harapin

2025-10-03 12:54:25 UTC

I think this is one of the questions na umiikot sa isip ko lately. I think there is the "mood" factor in my faith, where it's so easy kapag I'm motivated to do all things Islamic and follow everything properly, pero may times na "I'm not feeling it." Minsan numbing, and it makes me wonder how much I give this faith of mine its real purpose. But, Allah knows, and what pushes me is how Allah appreciates every effort, small or big, always.

2025-10-03 12:55:45 UTC

The gift of faith is something very very important to me. I recognize this is not smth random or napulot lang, but rather I was chosen by the Lord of the worlds to be muslim in this era, in this time and place.

Ayaw ko mawala eto, to the point I'm terrified Allah will take it from me. bc He can. Just like any other blessing, He can take my faith away from me. So i hope, i believe that yes, being muslim IS my identity. Hindi ako magiging ako kung wala eto. I'll just be a shell of a human with no purpose in life.

2025-10-03 12:56:00 UTC

I think sometimes i do take it for granted. Especially when i was a teenager. I do hope I'm doing better as a Muslim. I know that the gift of guidance is not something that Allah gives to anyone. For some reason, Allah has chosen to guide me to Islam and has made it easier for me compared to others since I was exposed to it early on. And thinking back, i think Allah has given me a lot of opportunities for guidance and to improve my deen. Countless reminders and chances that admittedly, i sometimes ignore.

i hope that He continues to guide me and steer me towards the right path if i veer away from it.

2025-10-03 12:56:10 UTC

There was a time that I got to talk to an elderly, full of wisdom and experiences, an educator himself. I asked him the typical question: what would your advice be for young Muslims like me? He told me, "you can leave everything behind, just dont miss you salah." I guess this goes to show how much Islam should take place in our hearts and lives. I think I got to be more appreciative of it only when I left my hometown and parted from my family. It is something that I clung onto as it is the only thing that I really have. It is also a compass. This also shows how such blessing we have is often overlooked. I believe that it shouldn't be merely a belief system but a way of life as a whole.

2025-10-03 12:56:26 UTC

I am very thankful that I was born Muslim. My identity as a muslim is what shaped me up until now and Im here where my circumstances are because of the fact that im a muslim and my lived expereinces as muslim. i know that my faith is still weak and became weaker when i decided to pursue my education here in metro compared where i came from because of distractions and uneasiness of environment. But Allah know our very own struggles and our pursuit in increase our faith and remembering Him. May Allah ease our sufferings and dilemmas.

2025-10-03 12:56:29 UTC

All I could say is Alhamdulillah. Allah has blessed me with the gift of Islam and guided me to this faith. As a human being, I inevitably make mistakes, and I realize there are times when I have taken this blessing for granted. Yet, I strive each day to improve myself and to keep Allah SWT in my heart and actions.

Gratitude can be expressed in many ways, and though I sometimes forget or fall short, I try to always find something to thank Allah for in every situation. Still, I feel that whatever I do will never be enough to fully express my gratitude for the immense gift of being chosen as a Muslim.

ALHAMDULILLAH! ALLAHU AKBAR!

jibrilflores20 — 2025-10-03 13:13:21 UTC

I'm putting in more effort in being Muslim, and will try my best to put it above everything else. Everything starts with salah, I think it really reminds you that the whole day should be offered to Allah. I start there and build my way up.

2025-10-03 13:17:10 UTC

10000/5 🔥🔥🔥🔥. it kinda slaps u awake in a good way.
I loved reading the responses ❤️❤️❤️❤️ makes u feel like ur not alone
None.

Alhamdullillah and thank u to all who put effort into this. May Allah reward all of u❤️

2025-10-03 13:17:13 UTC

Such a refreshing breather after a long, tiring week! <33. Definitely a 5/5!
Prompt number 2 was really hard to answer, but it served as a good reality check on the state of our hearts and how attached we are to this dunya
none!
Thank you Da'wah Comm! Looking forward sa next session!! <3

Alhamdulillah, still guided by Allah-

jibrilflores20 — 2025-10-03 13:18:13 UTC

5/5, no comments
I didn't feel pressured, I could feel vulnerable without being judged, the topics were deep but not hard to take in
I connected with everything, I guess the session did it's job to opening in giving me the "oonga noh" moments
I think some parts are a lot to take in, and the unpacking could end light since everything was heavy and important, pero overall excited again for next week.

2025-10-03 13:20:53 UTC

1. 10000/5 🔥🔥🔥🔥. it kinda slaps u awake in a good way.

2. I loved reading the responses ❤️❤️❤️❤️ makes u feel like ur not alone

3. None.

Alhamdullillah and thank u to all who put effort into this. May Allah reward all of u❤️

Alhamdulillah for Islam

2025-10-03 13:28:57 UTC

What can I do going forward to express my gratitude for being a Muslim? Keep trying. Keep showing up kahit mahirap. In my tiny baby steps towards Jannah. I've learned that small consistent efforts are better than one time big time endeavors. I just have to keep trying until the day I die. I believe Islam is not like the myth of Sisyphus. My flawed efforts are not useless bc Allah is All-Seeing.

As someone said earlier, being Muslim is a choice. I just have to keep making the right choice. May Allah make us all steadfast upon the right path.

2025-10-03 15:21:14 UTC

1. 5/5 very timely ang topic with what i have been going through lately T__T

2. reflecting on the possibility of losing what we love most

4. i think its best if we can share screenshots of the reflections of the first 2 sessions and the incoming ones sa ating gc para those who are interested but arent able to come may also read and benefit from our sharings. i think its also a good way to give them a preview of what we do. who knows baka more will join afterwards<3