A beautiful dua by Hazrat Pir Zulfiqar Ahmed sahib Naqshbandi)

Badal de Dil ki duniya dil badal day

Mera Ghaflat mein dooba dil badal day

Hawa-o-Hirs wala dil badal day

Mera Ghaflat mein dooba dil badal day

Badal de Dil ki duniya dil badal day

Khudaya Fazl farmaa dil badal day

Gunah gaari main kab tak Umr kaatoun

Badal day Mera rasta dil badal day

Sunoun Main naam Tera dharkanon Main

Maza aajaye Maula dil badal day

Hataaloun aankh apni Maa-siwa say

Jiyoun Mein Teri khatir dil badal day

Karoun Qurbaan Apni Saari Khushiyaan

Tu apna ghum ata kar dil badal day

Sehal farmaa musalsal yaad apni

Khudaya Reham farmaa dil badal day

Para houn Teray dar par dil shikasta

Rahoun kyu dil shikasta dil badal day

Tera hojaoun itni arzoo hay

Bas itni hay tamanna dil badal day

Meri faryaad sunlay Meray Maula

Banalay apna banda dil badal day

Tera hojaoun itni arzoo hay

Bas itni hay tamanna dil badal day

Meri faryaad sunlay Meray Maula

Banalay apna banda dil badal day

Dilay magmoom ko masroor karday

Dil-e-be noor ko purnoor karday

Faroza dil mein sham-e-toor karday

Yay gosha noor say ma’moor karday

Mera zahir sanwar jaaye Ilaahi

Meray baatin ki zulmat door karday

Hay meri ghaat mein khud nafs mera

Khudaya isko dey maqdoor karday

Mera zahir sanwar jaaye Ilaahi

Meray baatin ki zulmat door karday

Ma-e-wahdat Pila maqmoor karday

Mohabbat k nashay main choor karday

Mera zahir sanwar jaaye Ilaahi

Meray baatin ki zulmat door karday

The journey begins...

I heard a wise man talking few days back (aka Junaid Jamshed): Everything in life can be granted to you without you asking for it, irrespective of whether you deserve it or not, but the only thing that you can never have without searching and craving for it is Knowledge!

Its a blessing to have that thirst for knowledge..the thirst to know the truth..but its even a bigger blessing to have that thirst reinstated in you. I have been blessed (again). Only Allah knows what would have happened  if I had rejected this journey to enlightenment once more..

I am not sure what I can achieve by writing about my experiences in this search for enlightenment, but I hope that someday I will be able to touch someone's life and will be able to prove that my journey to be closer to that truth is not futile.

If you are wondering what is that truth- its none other than Islam :)
Few months back if you had asked me about my last wish before I die- It would have a been a list of desires with meeting my "chat friends" topping that list. Now if Allah gives me a lifetime, a month, a day, a second to live- I wish it to spend in memory of the one who created me, thanking HIM for all the blessings, and repenting for all my sins- sounds not like me eh???

Welcome to the biggest journey of my life:)