Just like the moon paled in comparison with beauty of the Messenger of Allah's (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) mubarak face, the events and celebrations of this life pale when compared to the amazing victory of the believers on the Day of Judgement.

Please make dua that I can be among those people on that Day.

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And those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord shall be conveyed to the garden in companies; until when they come to it, and its doors shall be opened, and the keepers of it shall say to them: Peace be on you, you shall be happy; therefore enter it to abide.

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And they shall say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who has made good to us His promise, and He has made us inherit the land; we may abide in the garden where we please; so goodly is the reward of the workers.

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And you shall see the angels going round about the throne glorifying the praise of their Lord; and judgment shall be given between them with justice, and it shall be said: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Also: http://www.inter-islam.org/hadeeth/stmenu.htm

A Piece of a Classic

Assuredly those who fear their Lord in secret, while they are absent from people’s eyes, being
obedient to Him in secret, such that openly [before people] it is all the more likely [that they fear
their Lord] — there will be for them forgiveness and a great reward, namely, Paradise.

067.012 from Tafsir Jalalayn

insha'Allah

The Prophet (sallullahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "None of you believe until his desires are following what I came with."
-Mishkat al-Athar and Bukhari

And I've only been driving fast...

Hadrat Ali (rah) used to say that the Messenger of Allah advised haste in five areas.

1) Establishing prayers before they expire.
2) Seeking repentance before death.
3) Completing the funeral rites of the deceased.
4) Discharging any debts upon you.
5) Marrying your sons and daughters upon finding a suitable match.

Oh Allah, enlighten my heart!

A man came to Hadrat Hasan Basri (radiullahu 'anhu) and said, “Hadrat, I do not know what is the matter with us. It seems that our hearts are asleep.” Hadrat Hasan Basri (radiullahu 'anhu) asked what was the matter. The man replied, “Our hearts are not affected when you recite the Holy Quran and Hadith to us.” Hadrat Hasan Basri (radiullahu 'anhu) said to him, “If reading of the Holy Quran and Hadith do not affect your hearts, do not say that your hearts are asleep. Instead say that your hearts are dead. Even a sleeping person awakes when shaken awake. If someone sleeping does not awaken when shaken, he is not asleep but dead.” - Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad (db)

The Prophet (sallahu alyahi wa salam) said:

الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة

Oppression will be darkness on the Day of Judgment (Bukhari).

This place is about to get much brighter...