Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Part of the excellence of a person’s Islam is his leaving alone what does not concern him.” [at-Tirmidhi and others]
Union
Rumi
my beloved grows
right out of my own heart
how much more union can there be?
Translated by Nader Khalili
Love Reflections
Send me
from heaven
love that shines
absorbed by shrine
heart’s holy place
face glowing in scent
First sight - absorbed in love
They see me and fall in love
I see it in them
fall in love again
infinite love reflections
Believers are mirrors
to believers
Did You
Pure Hearts and Good Intentions
Abdul Hakim Murad
Natural Disposition to Believe
It is a funny sort of humanism that condemns an impulse that is peculiarly human
John Gray (on Religion)
A Bengali Proverb…
A small fish bustles in shallow water.
English equivalent would be “An empty vessel makes much sound”.
Stars
Pop stars
Soap stars
Movie stars
Stars in your eyes
Moon to their sunrise
Wise eyes
look past skies
into heavens firmament
occupied by selfless superstars
The Constellation of Sahabas
“My Companions are like the stars; whoever among them you use for guidance, you will be rightly guided.”
Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Ibn `Umar by `Abd ibn Humayd in his Musnad.
True Freedom
The free man is a slave as long as he desires other than God, and the slave is a free man as long as he is content.
An Arab saying
Victory
Salah al-Deen al-Ayyubi (Saladin)
Victory is changing the hearts of your opponents by gentleness and kindness
On Love
Abu Ali the Mathematician
I NEVER knew a sprightly fair
That was not dear to me;
And freely I my heart could share
With every one I see.
It is not this or that alone
On whom my choice would fall:
I do not more incline to one
Than I incline to all.
The circle’s bounding line are they;
Its centre is my heart;
My ready love, the equal ray
That flows to every part.
Rubaiyat (extract)
Omar Khayyam
Literal
Those who went in pursuit of knowledge
Soared up so high, stretched the edge
Were still encaged by the same dark hedge
Brought us some tales ere life to death pledge.
Meaning
Those who pursue the scientific way
In a different language display
Their ignorance and the way they pray.
They too one day shall be dust and clay.
Literal
Once upon a time, in a potter’s shop
I saw two thousand clay pot and cup
Suddenly a lone pot cried out, “stop!
Where the vendor, buyer, where my prop?”
Meaning
We simply exist, silent, unaware
Busy with minute mundane worldly care
Occasionally find someone who’ll dare
To ask why we came, and from here go where?
Literal
We are the puppets and fate the puppeteer
This is not a metaphor, but a truth sincere
On this stage, fate for sometime our moves steer
Into the chest of non-existence, one by one disappear.
Meaning
The hands of fate play our game
We the players are given a name
Some are tame, others gain fame
Yet in the end, we’re all the same.
Literal
The signs of what’s to come has always been
Has always written both benevolent and mean
What is our lot was given by the hand unseen
With futility we try, exert, weep or keen.
Meaning
Destiny has gifted us a perfect course
To oppose or not follow makes our life worse
Instead of useless trial, pain and remorse
We better put our cart behind our horse
And follow inspirations from our source.
Literal
This clay pot like a lover once in heat
A lock of hair his senses did defeat
The handle that has made the bottleneck its own seat
Was once the embrace of a lover that entreat.
Meaning
Everywhere I look, I see a sign
Of an order that is great, divine
Even the sweet passionate red wine
Is the blood in this heart of mine.
Literal
The sun with its morning light the earth ensnare
The king celebrated the day with a wine so fair
The herald of dawn intoxicated would blare
Its fame and aroma, for time having not a care.
Meaning
Even from the bright rising sun
The moon that has playfully spun
We learn love, joy, and even fun
Before our time’s sand has run.
Qur’an and Sunnah
Qur’an and Sunnah! Qur’an and Sunnah!
These days are like pre-Islamic Arabia
What brought it out of jahaliya?
Qu’ran and Sunnah
Not that written on parchment
preserved, passed down on paper
No!
Qur’an walked
Sunnah talked
carrier of the Qur’an
exemplifier of the Sunnah
Upon the ‘Arsh his name was seen
With no ‘waw’ in between
his name and Allah
Testament to his exalted status
Peace and blessings be upon Muhammad
‘ Continue reading ‘Qur’an and Sunnah’
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