February 2012
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“Is there any reward for good other than good?”
– Quran 55:60
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“If you are stone, be magnetic;
if a plant, be sensitive;
if you are human, be...”
– Victor Hugo
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I am surprised at three things…
Man runs from death while death is inevitable.
One sees minor faults of others, but overlooks his own major faults.
When there is any defect to one’s cattle he tries to cure it, but does not cure his own defects.”
- Sayyiduna ‘Umar al-Faruq radiAllahu ‘Anhu
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“She was the most beautiful garden and Majnun was a torch of longing. She planted...”
– Nizami, The Story of Layla and Majnun (via heartbeatssouldeep)
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“A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself. That’s how I hold your voice”
– Rumi
“If you and I are to live religious lives, it mustn’t be that we talk a lot about...”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein (via tasnuva)
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“I lost my way, I forgot to call on your name. The raw heart beat against the...”
– Leonard Cohen, Book of Mercy
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“Man
If you have any self-respect,
A heart in your chest,
Brains in your head,...”
– Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol
“What we speak becomes the house we live in.”
– Hafiz (via lazyyogi)
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“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we’re talking...”
– Raymond Carver
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“Forgiveness is the fragrance the flower leaves on the heel of the one who...”
– David Jeremiah
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“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips...”
– Judy Garland
“Men are born with Sabr. Women have to learn it.
Women are born with mercy. Men...”
– Nader (via islamispeace)
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“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“Ask those who attend at the temples with their bodies, keeping the positions of...”
– Pslams of David, Sahl al Tustari
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“Have you considered the person who denies the Judgement? It is he who pushes...”
– Quran 107
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“You went away but remained in me
And thus became my peace and happiness.
In...”
– Mansur al-Hallaj
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“Only the word ‘I’ divides me from God.”
– Yunus Emre
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“Oh my desires,
Either commit suicide or
I have to kill you!”
– Abidah
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“…a man should say to his soul every morning, “God has given thee...”
– Abu Hamid Al-Ghazzali, The Alchemy of Happiness
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“It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the...”
– Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Important question posed to Shaykh Seyyedi...
Question : How do we have IHSAN (spiritual excellence) in this fast-paced society full of challenges and distractions? what are the little things we can do? Answer: Four words “Random Acts Of Kindness” Allah says in Qur’an al Kareem ” وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ (Close meaning) “And do good so that you may prosper”….. Without expecting...
“We cannot live only for ourselves.
A thousand fibers connect us
with our...”
– Herman Melville
“Why do Heaven and Earth last forever?
Because they do not exist for themselves.”
– Lao Zi
“No child can be truly secure in the hands of parents whose care for him or her...”
– James T. Burtchaell
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“There is no rectification for the heart until gnosis is firmly established in...”
– ibn rajab al-hanbali
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“Memorizing the Quran is beautiful, but Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta Alaa in the quran...”
– Shaykh Dr. Muhammad bin Yahya al-Husayni al-Ninowy
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“Cover me. Please. Wrap me up in Your bulletproof blanket. Cover me. Because this...”
– Yasmin Mogahed
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“My brother, walk on, and do not look back,
Your path has been dyed with...”
– Sayyid Qutb
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“The trouble is, you think you have time.”
– Buddha
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“What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his...”
– Friedrich Holderlin (via abundance-mine)
“Whether your destiny is glory or disgrace,
Purify yourself of hatred and love...”
– Jami
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“The point is not decorating the Quran with different colours that look...”
– Shaykh Dr Syed Muhammad bin Yahya Al Husainy An Ninowy
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“I have seen my Lord with the eye of my heart, and I said: “Who are...”
– Hallaj
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“The eyes that regard God are also the eyes through which He regards the world”
– Sufi Saying
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“A wise man should always enter those paths trodden by great men, and imitate...”
– The Prince - N. Machiavelli
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“People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the...”
– al-Ghazzali
Caliph Umar (ra) said, “Weigh well your words and deeds before they are weighed at the last judgement.”