Assalammualaikum.
(this post may seem to be a rant on shopping, but trust me, it's not... haha.)
For the past few days, I have been drooling over Swatch online. Those straps are heart-breaking.
Oh, my latest Swatch purchase went lost in the post. I got over it real quick though.
To rub salt into the wound, I was mesmerised by these Converse platform sneakers.
Much to my dismay, most websites don't provide delivery/shipping to Malaysia. And I was too shy to get it delivered to Auntie Zainab.
It surprised me. How girly had I become? Bhahaha. Shopping is not usually my thing, unless it's something that I really love.
A few months ago, I organised my bookmarks. I have this bookmark folder for "Shoppings", to which I saved websites to buy gifts or anything I have the urge to.
After paying a good visit to a number of websites, I decided that to be fair, I shall open other folders as well.
I chose the 'Islam' folder and clicked on one of the articles that I had saved.
I went through the selected one and boy, was I stunned.
The article was on Surah At-Takathur, The Mutual Rivalry.
1. The words alhakum at-takathur of the original are too vast in meaning to be fully explained in a passage. Alhakum is from lahv which originally means heedlessness, but in Arabic this word is used for every occupation which engrosses man so completely that he becomes heedless of the more important things in life.
-My craze for more and more worldly gains (aka Swatch) has made me heedless.
2. That is, you spend your whole life in the same craze and endeavor, until the time comes when you must die and leave the world.
-I spent a lot of time browsing watches online.
3. That is, you are under the delusion that the abundance of the worldly goods and surpassing others in it is real progress and success, whereas the opposite is the case. Soon you will know its evil end and you will realize that it was a stupendous error in which you remained involved throughout your life. Soon may mean the Hereafter.
-I wanted more Swatch even when I had enough... wasting my parent's money.
Right. I stumbled upon this article juuuuust when I was crazy to shop.
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