January 2012
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“Someone asked the Sufi:
How long can a lover wait for his Beloved?
The Sufi...”
December 2011
118 posts
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“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should see sorrow and...”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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“Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...”
– Albert Dumas
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“By the One who holds my life in His hand, you will not go to Paradise until you...”
– Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah
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“I have had prayers answered, most strangely so sometimes, but I think our...”
– Lewis Carroll
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“I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate...”
– Abdullah Ibn Mobarak, Ta’teerul Anfaas
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“I looked for the people of knowledge and there were very few to be found. I...”
– Imam Al-Bukhaaree (RH)
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“At the feast of ego, everyone leaves hungry.”
– Bentley
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“Heart and love have become friends,
like Ahmad and Abu Bakr became friends in...”
– Rumi
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“The pitfall of blessings is being accustomed to them”
– Yahya Rhodus
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“Whenever I shook hands with the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon...”
– Wa’el Ibn Hajar, Majma’ Al-Zawa’ed, 7/33
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“Every shadow no matter how deep is threatened by morning light.”
– Izzi - The Fountain
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“Nothing hurts a good soul and the kind heart more.
Than to live among people...”
– Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a.)
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“You think your life is about you. Your life has nothing to do with you. Your...”
– Neale Donald Walch (via soulsvoice)
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Mahatma Gandhi, was not in the habit of wearing a shirt, even during winter or formal meetings. Surprised at this, a little boy asked him,
“Why don’t you wear a kurtha?”
Kurtha is a loose shirt commonly worn in India. Gandhi explained that it was because he was poor and could not afford it. The boy readily agreed to get a kurtha stitched, but Gandhi replied that a single kurtha was not...
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“Death is never the end of the story. It always leaves tracks.”
– Jean Lebel, Incendies (via kuzzzikan)
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“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips”
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“Wherever there is mercy and wisdom, there is Islam; and wherever there is...”
– Ibn Qayim
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“We use so many words but have so little to relay
as angels scribble down every...”
– Dawud Wharnsby
- from the album (The Prophet’s Hands, 2003)
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“the more you burn me, the more I’m fragrant…”
– generous peace - Kareem Salama
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“Sunlight does not go away. Truth does not sleep. God is everywhere”
– Rumi
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“When Allah (swt) tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something...”
– Ibn al-Qayyim
“The more you evolve spiritually, the further you pass from the understanding of...”
– Hazrat Inayat Khan
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“It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does...”
– William Butler Yeats
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“From Him forgiveness comes so fast,
it reaches us before repentance
has even...”
– Hakim Sanai
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“Oh, only for a short while you have loaned us to each other.
Because we take...”
– Aztec Prayer
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“When He gives, He shows you His kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His...”
– Ibn Ata’Allah
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“Master of the World! If I had the least bit of sincere gratitude, every breath...”
– Lee Weissman
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“Come to know what is in front of you, and that which is hidden from you will...”
– Thomas 5
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“The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
“I wish that I could meet my...”
– Sahih Al-Jaami #7108.
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“There is a wonderful story about a man who leaves the world and arrives at the...”
– Yehuda Berg
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“Love says “I am everything”.
Wisdom says “I am nothing”.
Between the two, my...”
– Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Use the eyes of your Heart.
Ruqayya of Mosul, who was skilled in figh, the legal jurisprudence of the Quran, once told her listeners: Why not study fiqh in the university of your heart’s sincerity, rather than argue about the ritually proper way to mount a female camel?
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The Accuser
“The Prophet has said, “One of the things that concerns me about my nation is a man who studied the Qu’ran, and when its grace started to show on him and he had the appearance of a Muslim, he detached himself from it, and threw it behind his back, and went after his neighbor with a sword and accused him of associating partners with Allah.’ I then asked, “Oh, Prophet of Allah, which one is more...
