Sura An-Nisa'

"But Allah knows your enemies very well. Allah is enough as a friend, and Allah is enough as a supporter"

Verse 45.

Embracing this verse, I realised that, It is not about the lack of obligation(or need) to find companions. You should not be apathetic about people, but you have to have this embedded in your heart. That the Almighty is ultimately, enough, and the rest, is not insignificant. Au contraire dear sir, they are the extras that He has blessed you with.

Thank you for the opportunity.

The opportunity I've been blessed with to find what I really thirst for. The search can perhaps be described as a never ending one, nevertheless, I've narrowed down the few things I am certain of.

Certainty is a funny word.

To be sure of yourself is an enormous responsibility. You have to make sure you don't transgress the boundaries of certainty and conceit. You have to draw the line between confidence and arrogance.

To get even near that stage of self assurance, is not easy to begin with. It requires standing by principles regardless of any obstacle, it requires tremendous knowledge and exposure. It requires a lot of consideration.

I've met very few people who are very sure of themselves. Out of the few, only 1 or 2 are substantial.
The rest, are just misconceptions.

The issue on complacency.

It has become a norm for people to select a good deed/thought/advice that suits them or that agrees with them when this is not what the overall context of goodness is all about.

The main challenge is to seek something that completely disagrees, and understand why such an event occurs. From there you can improve. The way to truly embrace your faith is not by consoling yourself with something you can relate to, that will only keep you in your little bubble, that will only breed complacency within.

Just understand that, if you truly give your all to the Almighty, then you wouldn't be affected by the trivial that falls upon you as much as you would be by things that really matter.
This is nothing but a mere generalization. We are only human, we are affected by different things in varying magnitudes.

Surah Al-An'am

I don't know how to describe this Surah accurately. The Quran is full of stories but this surah struck a different chord with me. I was intensely angry with the level of ignorance evident today, and perhaps I was even more frustrated knowing that I let myself contribute to this societal cancer. In an attempt to calm myself down, I opened the Quran, and found this verse:

"If their dislike is hard on you, then see if you can seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the sky, so that you can bring them a sign. (You know) if Allah willed, Allah could have gathered them on the guidance. So do not be like the ignorant. "

6:35 Surah Al-An'am

This verse to me, is extremely powerful and I don't think my interpretation can do justice to it(even that is an understatement).
Just to be clear, The interpretation is obvious but I really hate to appear using Quranic verses to justify my actions or to make myself feel better because it's parallel to my actions/thoughts.

This verse calmed me down for 1 reason: it was a solution.

You are not entitled to be angry at those who challenge your thoughts whether rightfully or not. You have no liberty to ridicule the ignorant. They are not deserving of your judgment because "If Allah willed, Allah could have gathered them on guidance" and to top it all perfectly "So do not be like the ignorant" because firstly, ignorance is the source of moral decadence but the ignorant can turn into the conscious and the scariest part is vice versa.

At one point I did feel like it's easier to hide knowledge and consciousness because sometimes it repels people (real scientific research has proven so). Once you start hiding, you stop yearning to know more because sharing or application of knowledge is ultimately the end to this means. So the best thing to do is stated already in that verse. Don't perceive to remain the guided one forever, don't past judgment on others and most importantly, enrich yourself with knowledge even when others fail to do so because only Allah knows what our thoughts are.