إنَّ ربّا كفاكَ ما كان بالأمسِ *** ســيكفـــيـك في غدٍ ما يكونُ
Indeed the Lord who sufficed you of what was of yesterday
Will suffice you of what’s to come in the morrow
Archive for July, 2009
He will suffice you
Posted in Arabic, Heart Soother, Poetry, Reminders on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The winds only blow in ways that ships do not desire
Posted in Arabic, Poetry, Reminders on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ما كلُّ ما يتمنى المرءُ يدركه *** تجري الرياحُ بما لا تشتهي السفنُ
Not everything that a person wishes for, does he attain
The winds only blow in ways that ships do not desire
Repentance
Posted in Hadith, Heart Soother, Tawbah on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anas ibn Maalik reported that Rasoolullah 
said:
“All of Aadam’s descendants habitually err, but the best of them are the habitually repentant.”
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah, ad-Daarimee, Ahmad)
Rasoolullah said:
‘The one who repents from sin is like the one who never sinned.’
(Ibn Maja 3240)
How can a heart be illuminated..
Posted in Arabic, Ibn Atallah, Quotes on July 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
كيف يُشرقُ قَلْبٌ صُوَرُ الأكوانِ مُنْطَبِعَةٌ في مرآته ؟ أمْ كيف يرحلُ إلى الله وهو مكَبَّلٌ بشَهواته ؟ أم كيف يطمع أن يدخل حضرةَ الله وهو لم يتطهَّر من جَنَابَةِ غَفَلاتِهِ ؟ أم كيف يرجو أن يفهم دقائقَ
الأسرارِ وهو لم يَتُبْ من هَفَواتِهِ ؟
“How can a heart be illumined when the forms of created things are imprinted in its mirror? Or how can it travel to God when it is tied down by its vain desires? Or how can it be avid to enter the Divine Presence when it hasn’t purified itself from the impurity of its heedlessness? Or how can it hope to understand subtle secrets when it hasn’t repented from its errors?”
- Ibn Atallah al Iskandari
Everything which hearts find of anxiety or grief
Posted in Quotes on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
كل ما تجده القلوب من الهموم والأحزان فلأجل ما منعت من الشهود والعيان
“Everything which hearts find of anxiety or grief is due to their denial of witnessing and beholding God.”
Deeds without sincerity
Posted in Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Sincerity on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Deeds without sincerity are like a traveler who carries in his water-jug dirt. The carrying of it burdens him and it brings no benefit.
[Ibn al Qayyim]
The gaze of Allah is upon you
Posted in Ibn Atallah, Quotes on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How can the public gaze be of any importance when the gaze of Allah 
is upon you? Leave aside the way of the public and try to see that of God.
Ibn Ata’Allah al-Iskandari
