Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary. - Ibn Sina, �Kitab al-Najat� [ from 366 Readings From Islam, trans. Robert Van der Weyer] I am a burning candle; You are the morning light, If I do not see You, I burn; if I see You, I vanish. This is my condition in separation and closeness. I can bear neither separation nor proximity. - Sufi poem If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee. Your children are not your children: They are the sons and daughters of Lifes longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which You cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, But seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. - Khalil Jibran Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity. Beware of this world, for it is sweet and tempting - Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, Tread not those paths, O confused one; distress and poverty will overcome you. You will be despised, let down by friends, you will regret it. Dread of the devil has bound their souls; the cries of the devil are the drover of the damned; the call of the Lord is a guardian of the saints. - Jalaluddin Rumi [Mathnawi] So many Muslims are concerned about iman (faith) as a conception and as a point of argument in debates, but few Muslims even comprehend the depth of iman which is total conviction (yaqeen). It is the latter which the Sahabahs sought, attained, and through which, gained victory. - Shaykh Hasan Ali The Muslims have got Islam as a legacy, hence they fail to recognise its value - Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall How should Spring bring forth a garden on hard stone? Become earth, you may grow flowers of many colours. For you have been a heart-breaking rock. Once, for the sake of experiment, be earth! - Jalaluddin Rumi Soften your heart [I, 1911-2] O my son, let not the cock be more clever than you - it calls at the early hours of dawn while you are asleep - Prophet Luqman (alayhis salam), advising his son Sincerity is not achieved until people do not see and until he fails to think of people. - a sufi Your Nafs is just like a suckling child. If you do not take the pains to wean him, he will yearn for his mothers breast even when hes grown up. Therefore you should not try to satisfy your lust by indulging in sins. This will only increase the desire for more sins. The same is the case with the disease of gluttony. The more a person eats, the more his hunger increases. - Imam Busairi (Offer greetings to each other) and rancor will disappear. Give gifts to each other and love each other, and hatred will disappear. - Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [Al-Muwatta Vol 47, Hadith 16] Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier. - Imam Hasan al Banna Anyone who rises above the things of this world, to wich you kneel, is mightier than you. - Ibn Hazm If there is someone in need whom you wish to help, whether the initiative came from him or from you, do no more than he expects of you, not what you might personally wish to do. If you overstep the mark, you will not deserve thanks, but blame from him and others and you will attract hostility, not friendship. - Ibn Hazm [Kitab al-Akhlaaq wa al-Siyar] It is striking that today, we Muslims read so many books and still have no result of any revival; yet the sahabahs revived a great portion of the world by reading only ONE book in their time: the Holy Quran. The fact is that they did not just read it but practiced every bit of it. It was enough then - and is still enough today. - Shaykh Hasan Ali Every man dies, but not every man truly lives If someone devotes himself entirely to Allah (awj), He will provide him with everything he needs, and if a person devotes himself entirely to this world, Allah will leave him in its core - Muhyuddin, Abdul-Qadir Jilani Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba (Companions) of the Prophet (saw). - ibn Taymiyyah [Fundamental Beliefs of Islam Sharh al-Aqeedat-il-Wasitiyah] Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign of a decrease in inward illumination - Ahmad Thompson [from Islam in Andalus] You cant separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom - El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) If you want to talk to Allah, perform Salah. If you want Allah to talk to you, read Quran. Verily, the next life is better for you than this life - Quran, 93:4 Action is the biggest measurement of knowledge All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen Dont despair. Allah is there. - Mutmainaa There is only what He wills. So leave your cares and abandon them. Leave your preoccupations which distract you and you will have rest. - Yaqut al-Arishi If you see my Ummah afraid of telling the oppressor: You are an oppressor, it is farewell to the ummah - Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [Ahmad, Tabarani, Al-Hakim and Al-Baihaqi] I was harsh on you, but for your sake. Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people. - Imam abu Hamid al-Ghazali Ihya Ulum al-Din, The Book of Knowledge Be hard on yourself, easy on others. - Imam Shafi (rahimullah) I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. - Muhammad Ali (World Boxing Champion) The Ulema are the successors of the Prophets (as). The Prophets did not leave dirhams. They only left knowledge; and that is a great fortune for those who grasp it. - Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The first are those who care nothing for the pleasures of the world and the second (i.e. those who are deserving of criticism) care nothing for haya or modesty. - Ibn Hazm [Kitab al-Akhlaq wa al-Siyar fi Mudawat al-Nufus] The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways. - William H. McNeill If you are not of the righteous, then at least do which the righteous do, and youll become one of them - From those who know Anas (radiAllahu anhu) said: The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: None of you Truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child and all the people. Some other reports add: his life, his wealth and his family. [Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim] Ali ibn Abi Talib (radiAllahu anhu) once said: The Holy Prophet is dearer to us than our wealth, our children, our fathers, our forefathers, our mothers and cool water at the time of severe thirst. Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine. - Jalaluddin al-Rumi [Mathnawi, 3:2924-25] If you make dhikr you wont become stressed If you are getting stressed youre not doing enough dhikr - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting. Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests, Of monsters in the ocean. You are the Just who knows no change, The Balance that can never swerve, The Eternal which never passes away. The doors of Kings are bolted now and guarded by soldiers. Your Door is open to all who call upon You. My Lord, Each love is now alone with his beloved. And I am alone with You. -Rabia al-Basri To completely trust in God is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him. - abu Hamid al-Ghazali Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. - Muhammad Ali [World Boxing Champion] Do not wrong [others] and you will not be wronged. - Quran [2:279] Sombody asked Imam Abu Hanifah one day what he thought of the battles between Ali and Muawiyah. My mind, replied the Imam, is always full of fear about things on which I shall be questioned on the Judgement Day. I am sure this is not one of them. So I do not think much about it. Dear Friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it clean of the veil of dust which has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets. - Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani [The Secrets of Secrets, p. XLIVII] Do not allow the fear of people to prevent you from proclaiming the Haqq (the truth of Allahs Deen) - Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) If sins had an odour, then nobody would be able to sit with me. - Muhammad ibn Wasi If sins had an odour, would you be sitting alone? The True Ascetic abandons the three Is. He does not say for me, with me, or my property. He must not attribute anything to himself. - Ibn al-Arabi There is no change away from sin, nor power to remain firm on good, except through Allah Most High and Almighty - Imam Al-Tahawi Whether your destiny is glory or disgrace, Purify yourself of hatred and love of self. Polish your mirror; and that sublime Beauty From the regions of mystery Will flame out in your heart As it did for the saints and prophets. Then, with your heart on fire with that Splendor, The secret of the Beloved will no longer be hidden. - Nur al-Din al-Jami [from Perfume of the Desert] A person is truly a human if he or she learns, and teaches, and inspires others. It is difficult to regard as truly human someone who is ignorant and has no desire to learn. - Fethullah Gulen In Allah�s eyes, a knowledgeable person is as superior to any ordinary worshipper as the moon is superior in brilliance to the other heavenly bodies. - Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) When light engages the heart, it causes an illumation of the path,a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship... - Habib Umar Bin Hafiz Rabiah al-Adwiyyah�s servant narrates: Rabiah�s permanent, life-long practice was to perform Salat the entire night. After sunrise she would lay for a short while on her musalla. When her eyes opened, she would be in a state of fear. Reprimanding herself, she would say: �How long will you sleep and refrain from ibadat. Soon you will be overtaken by such sleep from which only the Trumpet (soor) will awaken you.� This remained her condition until her death. When her time of maut was imminent she instructed me not to publicise her death. (Only those directly involved in her burial were informed). She further instructed me to prepare her Kafan from her simple cloak which she used to wear at the time of Tahajjud. Thus she was buried in that cloak and another cloak which she used to wear. The night after her burial, I saw Rabiah in a dream clad in the most beautiful silken garments. I asked what had happened to her old cloaks which were used as Kafan. She said: �It was removed from me, sealed and delivered to the loftiest heavenly realm (A`la Il-liyyeen). It will be added to my deeds on the Day of Qiyamah. In place of it I have been dressed with the garments you are seeing now.� I said: �Tell me of something by which I can gain Divine Proximity.� She said: �Thikr in abundance. In the grave (Aalam-e-Barzakh) you will be envied.� [from Orchards of Love - stories of the Auliyah] Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break - Jane Wells
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