وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ
…And unto everyone who is conscious of God, He [always] grants a way out [of unhappiness]. and provides for him in a manner beyond all expectation; and for everyone who places his trust in God He [alone] is enough…
[65:2-3]
Archive for October, 2008
In a manner beyond all expectation
Posted in Hardship, Heart Soother, Quran, Taqwa on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Potential
Posted in Poetry on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the still shivering earth where
the softening shadows of the urgent trees
don’t yet claim the light, snow drops
insist on their time in the sun.
Age after age they rise, green winged
phoenix through the grey ash of autumns
apparent failure putting to shame our
reluctance to love; to risk again that surge
towards the heat of another’s being; to break
the [...]
Posted in Imam Ghazali, Quotes on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
-Imam Al-Ghazali
Petals
Posted in Heart Soother, Poetry, Rumi on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Even when you tear its petals off one after another,
the rose keeps laughing and doesn’t bend in pain.
“Why should I be afflicted because of a thorn?
It is the thorn which taught me how to laugh.”
Whatever you lost through fate,
be certain that it saved you from pain.
A Sheikh was asked: “What is Sufism?”
He said: “To feel [...]
The likeness of this world
Posted in Quotes, Reminders on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The likeness of this world is that of a river, one of its shores being the Hereafter, and the boat for crossing over is built from Taqwa.
[Abu Ayub bin Ishaq]
Solitude
Posted in Heart Soother, Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The contemplative believer who remembers God will begin to enjoy solitude and places of seclusion where voices and movements are hushed… There he will find strength of heart and will, and he will no longer be worried or depressed… Then he will begin to taste the sweetness of worship, of which he cannot have enough. [...]
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r) on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
O Allah!
I take refuge with you
from appearing to the public
to be better than I am
while my inner mind
is repulsive to You
for what it conceals,
preventing the people
from lamenting over me
for all that You know of me,
for I would be showing the people
a fine exterior
while informing You
of the evil of my actions
drawing near to mortals
while distancing myself
from [...]
For those who..
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Quotes, Reminders on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those who make
their inner thoughts wholesome,
Allah will make
their outward manifestations wholesome.
For those who work
on Allah’s religion,
Allah will assure them
of sufficiency in their worldly affairs.
And for those who do right
in their relationship with Allah,
Allah will improve their relationships with other people.
- Ali bin Abi Talib
