“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”- Jalaluddin Rumi
Archive for February, 2009
This is love
Posted in Poetry, Quotes, Rumi on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
That trust is now my shield
Posted in Quotes on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Lord, my trust in all Your purposes is strong, That trust is now my shield; I’m safe, and undeceived.
- Ali bin Husayn al-Habshi
How to attain Ikhlas
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Sincerity on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How to attain Ikhlas
Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah (rahimahullah)
Ikhlas (sincerity) cannot be combined in the heart together with the love of being praised and the greed for what other people have, except in the way that water and fire are combined.
So if your conscious tells you to seek ikhlaas, then turn to greed firstly, and slaughter [...]
Generosity and Gratitude
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Quotes, Ramadan, tagged ali bin abi talib, gratitude, shukr on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Allah’s Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases.
[Ali ibn Abu Talib]
Don’t speak of your suffering — He is speaking.
Posted in Hardship, Poetry, Quotes on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t speak of your suffering — He is speaking.
Don’t look for Him everywhere — He’s looking for you.
An ant’s foot touches a leaf, He senses it;
A pebble shifts in a streambed, He knows it.
If there’s a worm hidden deep in a rock,
He’ll know its body, tinier than an atom,
The sound of its praise, its secret [...]
Trust
Posted in Imam Ghazali, Quotes, Reminders on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The word trust contains an ocean of meaning, but underneath it all is the sense of responsibility, the sense of having to appear before Allah and to account for one’s actions.
[Muhammad al Ghazali]
Part from the days where you used to do as you wish
Posted in Imam Shafi, Poetry on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
دَعِ الأَيَّامَ تَفْعَل مَا تَشَاءُ
وطب نفساً إذا حكمَ القضاءُ
وَلا تَجْزَعْ لنازلة الليالي
فما لحوادثِ الدنيا بقاءُ
وكنْ رجلاً على الأهوالِ جلداً
وشيمتكَ السماحة ُ والوفاءُ
وإنْ كثرتْ عيوبكَ في البرايا
وسَركَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَها غِطَاءُ
تَسَتَّرْ بِالسَّخَاء فَكُلُّ عَيْب
يغطيه كما قيلَ السَّخاءُ
ولا تر للأعادي قط ذلا
فإن شماتة الأعدا بلاء
ولا [...]
The foundations of all that is beneficial
Posted in Quotes, Taqwa, Tawbah on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Repentance, awareness of God, and uprightness are the foundations of all that is beneficial. Know that repentance is a key, God consciousness (taqwa) is vast, and uprightness is the source of rectification.
[Shaykh Ahmad al Zarruq]
