The divine decree related to the believer is always a bounty, even if it is in the form of withholding (something that is desired), and it is a blessing, even if it appears to be a trial, and an affliction that has befallen him is in reality a cure, even though it appears to be [...]
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The divine decree related to the believer is always a bounty
Posted in Heart Soother, Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, Quotes, Reminders on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Contentment
Posted in Quotes, Reminders on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Narrated to us Qādim ad-Daylamī Al-’Ābid who said, “I said to al-Fuḍayl bin ‘Iyāḍ, ‘Who is content with Allāh (i.e. with what He has given him)?’ He said, ‘The one who does not like to be on a status other than what he is in.’”
[Ar-Riḍā’ 'Anillāh Biqaḍā’ih by al-Imām Ibn Abīd-Dunyā 1/36]
On the authority of [...]
Four pillars for disbelief
Posted in Quotes on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Narrated to us Abdullāh bin Muḥammad bin Ja’far who said, “Narrated to us ‘Alī bin Isḥāq who said, ‘Narrated to us Ḥusayn al-Marwazī who said, “Narrated to us al-Haytham bin Jamīl who said, ‘Narrated to us Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī on the authority of Abān from Wahb who said,
“I read it in a wise saying,
‘There are four [...]
Glad tidings to the one…
Posted in Heart Soother, Quotes on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad bin Aḥmad told us that Aḥmad bin Mūsa al-cAdanī told us that Ismā’īl bin Sa’īd al-Kasā’ī said, “Kathīr bin Hāshim told us on the authority of Ja’far bin Burqān said, It was informed to us that Wahb bin Munnabih said,
“Glad tidings to the one who sees his own faults over others faults. [...]
When He gives, He shows you His kindness
Posted in Ibn Atallah, Quotes on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When He gives, He shows you His kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is making Himself known to you and coming to you with His gentleness.
-Ibn Ata’Allah
The Qurân was sent down to be acted upon
Posted in Quotes, Quran, Reminders on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Quran.
It is reported from Al-Fudayl (b. ‘Ayyâd) that he said:
The Qurân was sent down to be acted upon but people have taken just reciting it as enough of a deed. He was asked, “How is it acted upon?” He replied, “They should treat as halâl what it makes halâl and treat as harâm what [...]
Never be without remembrance of Him
Posted in Dhikr, Rumi on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Never be without remembrance of Him,
for His remembrance
gives strength and wings
to the bird of the Spirit.
If that objective of yours
is fully realized, that is
“Light upon Light”…
– Jelaluddin Rumi
The door of action
Posted in Quotes on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is reported that Maruf al-Karkhi said:
When Allah chooses good for a person He opens the door to action for him, and closes the door to argumentation; and when Allah chooses evil for a person he opens the door of argumentation and closes the door to action.
