“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.”
Carl Jung
Visions, Dreams and Awakenings
December 8, 2009 at 2:18 am (All Blogs, All Favorites, All Quotes)
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Silent Gratitude
December 8, 2009 at 2:08 am (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone”
Gertrude Stein
Doubt and Falsehood
June 25, 2008 at 2:58 pm (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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Hasan ibn Ali (radhi allahu anhu) relates that he learnt the following from the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam): “Leave alone that which involves thee in doubt and adhere to that which is free from doubt, for truth is comforting and falsehood is disturbing. (Tirmidhi)
Unity of God
June 25, 2008 at 2:55 pm (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“The Unity of God is a light which illumines the heart only after the negation of all deities, whether they belong to the inner world or the outer world. It permeates every particle of man’s being. How can this be acquired without the aid of God and His Messenger? The duty of man is only to bring death upon his ego and turn his back to devilish pride. He should not boast of his having been reared in the cradle of knowledge but should consider himself as if he were merely an ignorant person, and occupy himself in supplications. Then the light of Unity will descend upon him from God and will bestow new life upon Him.”
- Roohani Khazain Vol. 22 Haqiqatul-Wahi, p 148
Wisdom Shared VI
June 21, 2008 at 9:20 pm (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“Wondrous is the case of a believer; there is good for him in everything, and it is so for him alone. If he experiences something agreeable, he is grateful to God and that is good for him; and if he experiences adversity, he is steadfast and that is good for him.”
- Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam)
Path to Righteousness
June 21, 2008 at 9:15 pm (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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That he/she shall abstain from Shirk (association of any partner with God) right up to the day of his/her death.
That he/she shall keep away from falsehood, fornication, adultery, trespasses of the eye, debauchery, dissipation, cruelty, dishonesty, mischief and rebellion; and will not permit himself/herself to be carried away by passions, however strong they might be.
That he/she shall regularly offer the five daily prayers in accordance with the commandments of God and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); and shall try his/her best to be regular in offering the Tahajud (pre-dawn supererogatory prayers) and invoking Darood (blessings) on the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); that he/she shall make it his/her daily routine to ask forgiveness for his/her sins, to remember the bounties of God and to praise and glorify Him.
That under the impulse of any passions, he/she shall cause no harm whatsoever to the creatures of Allah in general, and Muslims in particular, neither by his/her tongue nor by his/her hands nor by any other means.
That he/she shall remain faithful to God in all circumstances of life, in sorrow and happiness, adversity and prosperity, in felicity and trial; and shall in all conditions remain resigned to the decree of Allah and keep himself/herself ready to face all kinds of indignities and sufferings in His way and shall never turn away from it at the onslaught of any misfortune; on the contrary, he/she shall march forward.
That he/she shall refrain from following un-islamic customs and lustful inclinations, and shall completely submit himself/herself to the authority of the Holy Quran; and shall make the Word of God and the Sayings of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) the guiding principle in every walk of his/her life.
That he/she shall entirely give up pride and vanity and shall pass all his/her life in humbleness, cheerfulness, forbearance and meekness.
That he/she shall hold faith, the honor of faith, and the cause of Islam dearer to him/her than his/her life, wealth, honor, children and all other dear ones.
That he/she shall keep himself/herself occupied in the service of God’s creatures for His sake only; and shall endeavor to benefit mankind to the best of his/her God-given abilities and powers.
That he/she shall enter into a bond of brotherhood with this humble servant of God, pledging obedience to me in everything good, for the sake of Allah, and remain faithful to it till the day of his/her death; that he/she shall exert such a high devotion in the observance of this bond as is not to be found in any other worldly relationship and connections demanding devoted dutifulness.
- Book: Conditions of Bai’at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi
Mortality
June 18, 2008 at 5:41 am (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“A poetical verse says: You want the communion of God and you also want this mean world. Let me tell you, this is utterly impossible and it is nothing less than madness.
Nobody knows when he would be called upon to surrender his life. That being the case one should not be unmindful of the fact of his mortality and he should not give preference to the worldly affairs over his religion.
Do not depend on your life. You should not think that you are secure against the devastation of the Time.”
- Malfoozat Vol. 9, pg. 406
Actions Not Words
June 18, 2008 at 5:35 am (All Blogs, All Quotes)
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“A true believer should not only believe in the God with these four attributes (Rab, Rahman, Raheem, Malik-i-yaumid-deen) with the word of the mouth; he should live the kind of life that would clearly show to the people that he does not take anyone else as his Rab, he takes God as his Rab; he does not take Zaid or Umar (X or Y) his Rab. He should be full of certainty that it is only God who rewards the actions (whether the reward is good or it is punishment); He knows the most hidden sins that a man might commit. You should know it well, that verbal claims do not mean anything whatsoever. He who takes God to be his Rab and Maalik-i-yaumiddin, in the true sense of the words, can never commit evil deeds like stealing, fornication, gambling, or other deeds like them, for, he knows that all these things are devastating and to commit them is to violate the commands of God.
The truth is that unless a man proves that he is a true believer in God and has very strong faith in Him, he cannot be the recipient of the blessings and the grace of God which are granted to those who are His near ones. The blessings that are vouchsafed to those who are near and dear to God have their sources in those people being the possessors of high certainty and strong faith; these are the people who give preference to God over everything else in the whole universe.
You must try to realize that Islam does not tantamount to mere verbal profession of faith and some “wird” and “wazaa-if” (uttering of some words repeatedly for spiritual influence); one’s practical life should be so good that he may become the recipient of the help and succour of God and he may be vouchsafed God’s generous Bounties. All the Prophets had their lives very pure, truthful, trustworthy and of high morals. They were not like the ordinary people – their fasting, payment of zakat, prayers and bowing and prostration and recitation of sura Fatiha, was not like the ordinary people, they had caused a sort of death to everything in the world; the only thing they visualized was the Being of God the Almighty; they took Him alone as their Helper and real Sustainer. It is with Him that they had real communion and it is of Him that they always thought and it is in Him that they lived their lives.”
- Malfoozat, Vol. 10, pg. 37
