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Muhâsabah. A state of self-critisicism or self-interrogation, whereby a person reviews his past actions and words; Questioning oneself if it's, Good or bad; Right or Wrong.

"The intelligent person takes account of himself and acts for (that which will benefit after) death." Reported by At-Tirmidhi.

I picked out a few points from an article written by Fethullah Gulen regarding Muhasabah stating:

+ Self-criticism - described as seeking and discovering one’s inwardness and spiritual depth and exerting the necessary spiritual and intellectual efforts to acquire true human values and develop the sentiments that encourage them
+ a man distinguishes between what is good and bad and what is beneficial or harmful to him throughout his life and maintains the uprightness of his heart
+ a man is enabled to evaluate the present and prepare for the future

Personally I feel I should take more time in this reflection state. There are far too much beautiful things in life that I should be grateful and pay more attention to. There are far too much miserable and dark moments in life I should walk away with a learnt lesson. There are potentially lovable people; my family, my brothers and sisters (friends) that I should shower more warmth and understanding to. There are infinite ukhrawi knowledge waiting to be discovered and benefited from the teachings every second of life. There is a great potential in achieving life here, and for life in the hereafter, insyaAllah.

Live today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today.