The Power Of Giving Are You A Believer?

Can the power of giving really change your life? By putting prosperity principles to work will you really see improvement in your financial situation, your happiness, your success? Many people, including me, believe wholeheartedly it will.
Power of Giving

If you are one of the many who already know the true rewards of philanthropy or sharing a charitable donation with others read on... there are many resources here for you. Stick around and share your story.

If you are new to the concept, you've come to the right place and will hopefully leave this website more enlightened and informed than when you arrived.

Giving, Philanthropy,

The first time I was introduced to a concept like the power of giving I was more than a little intrigued. I was taking a class by a well known financial guru. One of the things he taught was tithing 10% of everything you make back to charity. By doing so, he told us, our financial situations would improve greatly.

Hmmmm, I thought... if I had money to give away, I wouldn't be taking a class on improving my finances. At that time, I had a very hard time wrapping my mind around the power of giving concept. After all, I had bills to pay, responsibilities to tend to. Wouldn't it be completely negligent of me to give money away when I so desperately needed it?

At the same time though, my thoughts kept dwelling back to the teacher. He always drilled the "giving back" theory home. He had money. He had success. He appeared to be happy. His students looked up to him. He was well respected. Maybe, I thought, there was something to this power of giving idea.

After I decided to open my mind a bit and allow some of this to sink in I had many questions. There are so many ideas out there on who to donate to and how much it can become confusing.

Some say, you MUST offer to the church. I like my church, I like the people at my church. Did I like the idea of giving the money I really didn't have to the church? Maybe. I wasn't sure.

Some say, donate to anyone in need. That sounded nice. Who were these people in need? Where were these people in need? How do you give to them?

Then there were all the conflicting ideas of how much to donate. Some say it has to be 10% to count. Whose counting? Some say it needs to be much more while still others say just give what you can. Just give what you can. Now that sounded like a nice idea.

Since, at that time, I was being taught to contribute 10%, I followed those guidelines my first time giving money away.

I received a phone call from a friend who was running in a marathon for cancer awareness. She was a survivor. She was looking for donations but said she understood if I was unable to.

Immediately after I hung up with her, I was handed my pay check for the week at work. Without hesitation I wrote a check for 10% of my pay check and dropped it in the mail to my friend before I could change my mind.

Did I have second thoughts after I dropped the money in the mail? You betcha! I thought, Oh my gosh, what have I done? How will I pay my entire mortgage, or will I be able to buy groceries this week? I had anxiety.

It didn't last long. Amazingly I was able to cover all my bills. I don't even remember feeling a pinch.

The best part was though, I received a phone call from my friend. She had received my check. She was crying. She was overwhelmed with my generosity (she knew my financial situation). She was so choked up with emotion, she got me all choked up. Her happiness caused a lump in my throat. I'll never forget it. Then, she proceeded to tell EVERYONE we knew how generous I was. How's that for the power of giving?

Even if I had felt a pinch that week I would have gladly accepted it just to reap the rewards of my friends happiness. I felt good. Very good. I knew I did the right thing.

Later that month I received an unexpected $1000 bonus at work. I just sat staring at the check. Coincidence? Maybe. Would I have received the bonus anyway? I don't know. All I know is two things happened; I did something good for someone and my life was enriched, happier if you will, in doing so and my financial situation was better NOT worse by donating money. Neat trick, huh?

There are numerous stories on the power of giving just like mine out there. You'll find other examples here on this website. You'll also find information to help you sort through the confusing conflicts of who to give to and how much. Information on how to offer from your heart and the many benefits you'll receive in return. It's all about who you are, who you want to be and what makes you most enlightened, empowered and joyous, and allows you to feel the true power of giving.

To Give or To Get

Seorang pebisnis muda datang mengadukan masalahnya kepada sahabat saya yang berprofesi sebagai konsultan spiritual bisnis. Pebisnis itu membuka masalahannya dengan mengatakan,



“Pak saya memiliki adik yang sangat durhaka. Ketika kuliah saya yang membiayai. Ketika dia menikah saya yang menikahkan dan menanggung semua biayanya. Sekarang berbekal satu kwitansi atas namanya, dia akan menggugat saya ke pengadilan. Dalam gugatannya ia mengatakan rumah yang saya tempati adalah milik adik saya.” Pebisnis muda itu diam diam sejenak sambil menarik napas panjang.



Kemudian dia meneruskan ceritanya,

“Padahal rumah itu saya beli dengan tetesan keringat saya. Saya nggak habis pikir, mengapa dia tega melakukan ini. Saya minta petunjuk dari Bapak bagaimana menundukkan adik saya. Saya ingin agar adik saya sadar dan tidak usah membawa permasalahan itu ke pengadilan. Saya malu dengan banyak orang.”



Kemudian konsultan bertanya;

“Dari mana uang yang kamu gunakan untuk membangun rumahmu?” Orang itu menjawab;

“Dari hasil jerih payah usaha saya. Saya pernah punya usaha pom bensin tapi sekarang sudah bangkrut.”

“Terus darimana modal usaha pom bensinmu?” Desak sang konsultan. Dia terdiam. Setelah menarik nafas panjang, dia berkata ;

“Modal usaha pom bensin saya peroleh dari hasil penjulan tanah milik ibu saya. Saya jual tanah itu tanpa izin ibu saya. Ibu saya kecewa, tak lama setelah kejadian itu ibu saya dipanggil Yang Maha Kuasa.”



“Itulah sebab musabab problem anda. Memulai usaha dengan uang yang tidak bersih bahkan dengan cara menyakiti ibu kandung anda. Ironisnya, anda belum sempat meminta maaf kepada ibu anda dan dia sudah meninggal dunia.” Jawab konsultan muda itu.



“Terus bagaimana saya selanjutnya?” kata orang itu. Konsultan energik itu menjawab: “Ikhlaskan rumah itu buat adik anda. Kehidupan anda tidak akan berkah dengan rumah yang merupakan buah dari menyakiti ibu anda”



Butiran jernih mengalir di pipi orang itu. Dengan nada tersengal dia berkata;

“Lalu dimana keluarga saya harus berteduh?” Sang konsultan menjawab ;

“Allah SWT, Tuhan Penguasa Alam Maha Kaya, pasti ada jalan yang akan Dia berikan.” Sesampainya di rumah sang kakak memanggil adiknya,

“Adikku daripada kita bertengkar di pengadilan dan hubungan persaudaraan kita rusak hanya karena rumah ini, aku serahkan rumah ini untukmu. Aku ikhlas. Rumah ini sebenarnya milik ibu, bukan milik saya. Mulai hari ini, rumah ibu ini aku serahkan sepenuhnya untukmu.”



Sang adik berdiri dan kemudian memeluk sang kakak sambil berkata ;

“Kakakku, rumah ini adalah rumahmu, maka ambilah. Saya tidak akan meneruskan ke pengadilan. Tinggalah dengan damai di rumah ini bersama istri dan anak-anak kakak. Saya bangga menjadi adikmu. Saya tak ingin kehilangan engkau kakakku…” Keduanya berpelukan dengan linangan air mata di masing-masing pipinya.



Kisah nyata di atas memberi pelajaran kepada kita bahwa ketika kita berpikir apa yang akan saya dapatkan (to get) maka yang kita peroleh adalah kegelisahan dan permusuhan. Sebaliknya ketika kita berpikir apa yang bisa saya berikan (to give) maka yang kita peroleh kedamaian, rasa hormat, rasa cinta dan persaudaraan.



Tatkala kita berpikir “to get” pada hakekatnya kita masih terjajah. Terjajah oleh harta, terjajah oleh jabatan, terjajah oleh kepentingan dan terjajah oleh gengsi.



Orang-orang yang merdeka adalah orang yang di dalam dirinya tertanam kuat sikap to give. Bila ia memiliki harta, ilmu dan karunia lainnya ia selalu berpikir kepada siapa lagi saya harus berbagi… berbagi…dan berbagi.



(Jamil Azzaini, Inspirator SuksesMulia)

Bee is faster than supercomputers

Inside brain of the bee there are processors much faster than supercomputers despite its size(less than Pinhead), its speed is up to one trillion operation per second , let us read and glorify Allah …

Scientists had found that the bee is using ultra violet ray for vision; wave of this ray is short so that bee can see faster than human. It has to distinguish quickly while flying searching for food among the flowers. when it watch a video it can only see constant photos because its vision speed is more than human as it distinguish the photos in a film one by one.

Processing speed in the bee

Scientists say that bee can perform one trillion arithmetic operations in one second which is faster than any computer in the world!

A real colored photo for eye of bee where there is superior thirty thousand lenses!! This enables the bee for better vision, today scientists are trying to mimic something like that but they are incapable in front of the precise divine design. Look at small head that contains thousands of millions of cells. All of them are working simultaneously in a tremendous speed which is more than the most complicated computers. Glory to Allah!!

Eye of bee consists of thousands of small lenses taking the hexagonal shape, scientists found that this design helps the bee for better vision in forests and to avoid collision with each others. Scientists who believe in secularism are wondering from that perfect design as its brain contains thousands of millions of cells and the size of the brain is less than Pinhead.

Professor Luke Lee one of the famous artificial eye designers who tried to imitate an eye like eye of bee said: "I wanted to understand how nature can create layer upon layer of perfectly ordered structures without expensive fabrication technology".

The answer is in God's saying: (He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.* such is Allah, your Lord! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Creator of all things. So worship Him (Alone), and He is the Wakîl (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian) over all things.* No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision. He is Al-Latîf (the Most Subtle and Courteous), Well-Acquainted with all things.)(Sûrat Al-An’âm-verse101-103).

Letter of acknowledgment to a non Muslim scientist

This message is only for those scientists who made some huge contributions in

lighting the way of humanity to discovering secrets of universe….

This message is only for those scientists who made some huge contributions in lighting the way of humanity to discovering secrets of universe and they were the reason behind our understanding for the scientific miracles in the Qur'an…..

The message

Dear scientist,

Thanks for your sincere contributions in lighting our way to discovering these useful discoveries for humanity which were the reason to understand our holy book (the Qur'an), in fact there are many verses in our book that were confusing for Muslims for many years, but after your discoveries I realized what is meant by these verses which increased my submission to Allah almighty.

Allah almighty says in His holy book about scientists: (It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah) (Sûrat Fâtir-verse28), this verse praises every scientist all over the world regardless his nationality or religion….indeed those scientists who discovered secrets of universe know the unseen power behind that universe!

I say for every scientist: thank you for helping me to understand the vague meanings in the Qur'an.

Sure, my dear scientist you may be surprised of what I am saying as you may ask: what is the relation between the Qur'an and your scientific discoveries?

My answer is that the Qur'an tells us in many verses about universe, earth, seas, psychology….these verses were vague for hundreds of years but fortunately after your valuable discoveries these verses became clear which truly increased my faith.

My dear, for many times I used to be confused in front of a verse as Allah almighty says: (By the Sky with (its) Tightened weave) (Sûrat Al Zâriyât – verse 7) but I didn't find any kind of weaves in the sky till the latest discovery by a group of scientists from Germany, America and UK who used the supercomputer to draw a thumbnail for the universe, then I saw the galaxies in a tightened weave , after that I became more believer and my faith increased.

Therefore discoveries of scientists were a reason behind increasing my faith and believe.

If we look attentively at this photo, it is easy to realize that galaxies are not distributed randomly but in a long accurate weaves and the length of each weave is about hundreds of millions of light years .so, those scientists realized that there is a tightened weave in the sky, therefore they used the term (cosmic web). After that they released an article with title: " How filaments of galaxies are woven into the cosmic web ". In this research scientists used the same koranic word (weave), at this moment I realized that the verse talks about this weave as god says :( By the Sky with (its) Tightened weave).

Also, when one of your scientists had discovered the secret of building the pyramids and he proved that the used stones in constructing the pyramids were made by heating the clay, in fact that is exactly what Allah told us 1400 years ago when He almighty says: (Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "O chiefs! I know not that you have an ilâh (a god) other than me. So kindle for me (a fire), O Hâmân, to bake (bricks out of) clay, and set up for me a Sarh (a lofty tower, or palace) in order that I may look at (or look for) the Ilâh (God) of Mûsâ (Moses); and verily, I think that he [Mûsâ (Moses)] is one of the liars.")(Sûrat Al-Qasas-verse38), here I realized that this book is sincere and that every word in it is the truth.

In another verse Allah almighty says: (Then He rose over (Istawâ) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: "Come both of you willingly or unwillingly." They both said: "We come willingly.")(Sûrat Fussilat
-verse11), then I asked myself, what is the relation between smoke and formation of the universe?

I didn't find any answer till one of your scientists discovered the cosmic smoke and also he discovered that the cosmic smoke was formed billions of yeas ago at the beginning of the universe…..many thanks for that scientist.

This photo for a molecule of cosmic smoke which consists of small molecules, it looks like the smoke of a cigarette, scientists captured this photo by a microscope from a fallen meteorite and it was discovered that its diameter is 3 micrometer and it consists of carbon and silicon.

Scientists confirm that the smoke exists from the beginning of the universe and that smoke is distributed in the whole universe, it covers the surface of planets and it forms stars and galaxies. Source NASA

No one can forget your valuable discovery which is the deep waves when one of your scientists discovered the existence of surface waves and deep waves (1000M under the water surface) and these waves are in a dark area. Here I remembered the divine statement when Allah almighty says: (Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the depths of darkness in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow (a large wave) topped by billow, topped by (dark) clouds: depths of darkness, one above another: if a man stretches out his hands, he can hardly see it! for any to whom Allah giveth not light, there is no light!). (Sûrat Al-nour –verse40).

The Qur'an tells us about darkness and deep waves in the deep sea but I didn't realize what is meant by these verses till your discovery.

The scientists used satellites, submarines and floating laboratories to discover the deep waves but Allah told us 1400 years ago about these waves when He almighty says: (Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the depths of darkness in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow (a large wave) topped by billow) Source: NASA

I thanked Allah so much when I read the western research that rate of suicide in Muslim countries is about 0%, researchers say that the reason is the commitment to the principles of Islam …..At that time, I remembered the divine statement when Allah almighty says in His holy book: (And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely, Allah is Most Merciful to you.)(Sûrat An-Nisâ’ -verse29).so I started to re understand the meaning of that verse and to feels its importance.

I don't forget what a Muslim scientist (in NASA) said about the rivers under sand in the desert, then I remembered what our Prophet Mohamed (peace be upon him)said about this scientific fact when he said ( God will not held day of resurrection unless Arab land returns greens and rivers again ) [Narrated by Muslim.] scientifically, it was proved that one day the Arabian peninsula was full of greens and rivers as satellite photos show the existence of buried rivers under the sand of Arab land.

The scientists in NASA confirm that one day desert of Rub ' Al Khali and the Arabian Peninsula were covered by rivers, forests and animals and they confirm that this land will back again like the past , as referenced in the prophetic Hadith.

In another discovery, scientists reported that forelock area (upper and front of the brain) controls the right decision making, so as long as this area is active and efficient, the taken decisions would be more accurate and wise.

That is exactly what our prophet Mohamed (Peace be upon him) said in his supplication (oh god, my forelock is between your hand) [Narrated by Ahmed].in this supplication there is a full submission from the prophet to his God be He exalted as God is controlling however He wants and is predetermining whatever He wants . Also scientists discovered that forelock area plays a vital role in realizing, steering, problem solving and creation.

After long studies for brain activities, scientists had discovered that the most important area is the forelock (forepart of the head ) as this area is responsible for creation and steering operations so prophet Mohamed (Peace be upon him) confirms that this area is so important , and this is a miracle which testify that the prophet is sincere . How could he know about that issue in a time when no one knows anything about it? God taught him all of that as Allah says: (and taught you that which you knew not. And Ever Great is the Grace of Allah unto you) (An-Nisa'- verse 113)

Therefore, without your scientist I wouldn't be able to understand this fact in the right way, but I would like to mention that the Qur'an is full of many other scientific realities.

At the end

You may ask a question, O Muslims, do you have any scientific discoveries from the holy Qur'an? The answer is yes, and here is some of it.

Allah says in the Qur'an: (Verily, the likeness of ‘Îsâ (Jesus) before Allah is the likeness of Adam. He created him from dust, then (He) said to him: "Be!" - and he was.)(Sûrat Âl-‘Imrân -verse59).the most amazing thing is that the word ‘Îsâ (Jesus) was mentioned 25 times in the whole Qur'an and also Allah almighty mentioned Adam 25 times!!!

Also the Qur'an tells us about this life and the hereafter and Allah confirms that the Qur'an guarantees the happy life before and after death as He almighty says: (Whoever desires a reward in this life of the world, then with Allah (Alone and none else) is the reward of this worldly life and of the Hereafter. And Allah is ever All-Hearer, All-Seer.)(Sûrat An-Nisâ’ -verse134).

It is amazing to know that the word "life" was mentioned 115 times in the whole Qur'an and also Allah almighty mentioned" hereafter"115 times!!!

my dear scientist, if you read the Qur'an you will find that the word(Allah) is the most repeated word as it was mentioned 2699 time. Can you find a book the name of its author is the most frequent word?

What does it mean to find (in a book its author is (Allah) and He says that He is (one)) that the word (Allah) is the most frequent word and the number one is the most frequent number …it means one thing that is the author of the Qur'an is Allah the One !!

Hence, we can clearly see the greatness of the Qur'an which testify that it was descended from Allah almighty the only creator and the one God.

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