Yesterday is a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but
today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow
a vision of hope. I never saw anyone as just as the world. As long as you
pursue the world it will pursue you, but when you turn away from it and seek
God, it will leave you alone and its glamor shall no longer fascinate you. [Al Hujwiri]
The word "shams" (sun) is feminine, and
"qamar" (moon) is masculine. The sun burns itself out to give light
and life to everything around, and the moon is muneer, meaning it reflects the
light. Within itself it has no light; it radiates the brilliance of the sun. So
when we shine as men, the implication is that we are reflecting the glorious
light of our women. May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala be pleased with them."-Shaykh Abdullah Adhami
Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه said, "O' sinners do not feel safe from the temptation and evil-consequences of sinning; not fearing Allah is a greater sin than the sin you commit in your home, fearing that you will be disgraced if the wind blows the curtain of your door..."
"Our liberation does not come from liberating our desires (as in the west), but our liberation comes from our enslavement to Allah." [ Imam Zaid Shakir ]
Wonder of wonders! How is it that the same people who leave food out of fear of sickness cannot leave sin out of fear of the Hereafter. [Yahya bin Mu'adh]
In that first moment when my eyes saw this world owing to that separation from the origin tears, they flowed. Behind every child's cry there's a voice all alone recalling the same old lamentation "Oh my Rabb where's my home...?"
"Among the qualities of humanness, get rid of every quality incompatible with your slavehood so you can answer when Allah calls and be near His presence" - From al-Hikam al-'Ata'iyya of Ibn 'Ata Allah
"Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm you... Then the ego will walk the paths of obedience, like a fleeing horseman in the field of battle." - Yahya ibn Mu`adh al-Razi
I struggled hard but
did not reap the fruits of my labors. Then I gazed into myself and found that
my ego and my heart were unified. When the ego and the heart are united, a
portion of all that shines upon the heart is seized by the self. Thus I came to
know the cause of my dilemma, that the light illuminating my heart was being
seized by my ego.
The superiority of amassing knowledge over wealth is that
the Pharaoh's vast wealth caused him to say, "Truly I'm deserving of your
worship." Whereas the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) vast
knowledge caused him to say, "Truly we have not worshipped You as You
deserve to be worshipped. [Ali
radi Allah anhu]
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