Comment Highlight: Staying Hopeful
07. Sep, 2008 
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In my post about six characteristics and qualities of a successful blogger one fellow blogger, Yosra of After Hardship There is Ease, left a comment that reads:
I enjoyed your really earnest pleas for quality blogging. There’s a lot of hope I hear in what you say. That’s refreshing! Good for you! Keep being hopeful for Muslim bloggers and we just might rise to the occassion.
I made bold the last sentence because I wanted to build on what she said with this: not only might we rise to the occasion, but Insha’Allah, we will rise to the occasion. The question is whether we will be a part of that rise.
Brothers and sisters, this is our media. Of course it is not the only type, but where else can you so quickly reach the world without paying a penny for the site or hosting?
Anyhow, I thought her comment was worth noting because it is an attitude that we should all try to have. An attitude of hope and belief that we, as Muslims, will speak loud and speak clear.
Jazaka Allah khair for the post, many people give up hope (instead of relying on Allah) when they face a hardship.
Allah says in surat Yusuf:
“…and never give up hope of Allah’s Soothing Mercy: truly no one despairs of Allah’s Soothing Mercy, except those who have no faith.”
So as muslims we should always have hope and strong faith in Allah, and have a positive attitude towards life.
Asalamalaykom,
I have now added you to my link list of “Searchers.” Anybody who talks about me twice in two days gets added. LOL!
Thanks for adding the “inshahallah” to my hope. Ya, inshahallah, we will better ourselves, our readers, and our ummah.
That’s so true. I didn’t think my latest post would get me thinking about blogging as much as it has.
Perhaps it’s not necessarily that people are giving up hope? Maybe it’s simply that people don’t know what effect blogging can actually have. There are so many gifted Muslims out there with amazing writing skills. But there aren’t nearly as many people who can translate their writing from Microsoft Office to a successful, community-based blog.
So it’s not losing hope – it’s just not understand the power and logistics of blogging. It’s a huge topic that I hope to write about across several posts.
We’ll see what this site can do for The Muslim Bloggers who just need to understand how to properly get their posts out there and how best to communicate their message.
Another thing to touch on is that, Alhamdullilah, Allah (swt) has allowed me to in interested in a topic that not many other Muslims are writing about – blogging about blogging.
So in that sense, I think that there are a lot of things I can share with others to help them become successful bloggers. At the same time, it’s important that everyone knows, and that I always remember, that I myself am learning along with everyone else.
It really is a discovery process and because this happens to be what I’m interested in, Alhmadullilah I am in a position to be the one to share it with you. While others, such as yourselves, are more interested in blogging about very serious issues.
Both are needed and Alhmadullilah we can work together on creating our own social media. Jumping back to hope — well, let’s hope we can get A Lot more people on-board and join us in these discussions.