Witnessing Light

Last as first the question rings Of the Wills long travailings; Why the All-movers, Why the All-provers Ever urges on and measures out the D...

Recently, while councelling, a friend and I, discussed the often destructive power of personal stories. We saw how debilitating it can be to...

Zehaal-e-miskeen makun taghaful, Duraye naina banaye batiyan. Do not overlook my misery, by blandishing your eyes and weaving tales, Ke taab...

Khabaram raseed imshab ki nigaar khuahi aamad; Sar-e man fidaa-e raah-e ki sawaar khuahi aamad. Ham-e aahwan-e sehra sar-e khud nihada bar k...

‎'the Kalima was inscribed in such a way that all the wows connecting the clauses formed the oars of a boat - the boat of salvation whic...

"Meaning is not in things but in between; in the iridescence, the interplay: in the interconnections; at the intersections, at the cros...

How much does a man live, after all? Does he live a thousand days, or only one? For a week, or for several centuries? How long does a man sp...

Though they go mad they shall be sane, Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And dea...

Releasing self into Greater Self I become subtle and Ascent in love and go with the flow, calling all hearts to Joy. Opening heart into Grea...

"O people, spread peace, feed people, and pray at night when others are asleep" - The Beloved Messenger, Sall Allahu 'alaihi w...

Guard your tongue from praise as you have guarded it from blame. - Shaykh Maruf al-Karkhi

All of life is play-acting if we don't connect with our Source. We may think we are being sincere or 'real', but actually we are...

"During prayer, I am accustomed to turn to God and recall the meaning of the words of the Tradition, “The delight felt in the ritual pr...

Hizb ul Bahr - Litany of the Sea in English In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Blessings of God and peace be upon our mas...

O Allah! O Light! O TRUTH! O Clarifier! Infuse our hearts with Thy LIGHT Grant us knowledge from Thy Knowledge Guard us by Thy Guarding Caus...

O Allah, how may i call unto YOU, when i am but a sinner, Yet how may i not call unto THEE, when YOU are Most Gracious?

"the most difficult of veils is the vision of the self"

Once the great Imam Al-Ghazali posed 6 questions to his students as follows;- Q1 – “What is very close to us in this world?” The studen...

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi (May Allah have mercy upon him) said, "Anyone who believes himself safe from criticism and reproach is out of his ...

Ibn Ata'llah said, “People praise you for what they suppose is in you, but you must blame your soul for what you know is in you.” Hikam ...

Salman Al-Farsi (May Allah be pleased with him) said, "If a slave abstains from the world, his heart becomes illuminated with wisdom an...

In an Hadith Qudsi, Allah Subhau wa ta'ala said, "I am with those whose hearts are broken for my sake."

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "A person who teaches others while neglecting his own soul is like an oil lamp, whi...

Ibn Ata'llah said, "No one is a companion of yours except the one who knowing your defects, is your companion and that is only the ...

" The true lover finds the light only if, like a candle, he be with own fuel, consuming himself. "

A Sufi was in seclusion, praying and saying supplications, suddenly he was immersed in an intense ecstatic feeling, and there shined a brill...

ملتفت فى الطريق لا يصل “He who glances off shall not find”. Dr. Ali Jomaa says, “If you are walking a road full of lights, colors, and att...

Love is here; it is the blood in my veins, my skin. I am destroyed; He has filled me with Passion. His fire has flooded the nerves of my bod...

"I will walk a thousand leagues in falsehood, that one step of the journey may be true." – Junayd Bagdadi

The stakes are high for real prayer. You must gamble your self and be willing to lose. When you have done this, and your self shakes off wha...

Feed the poor, spread salam, and pray when no one is praying...you shall enter heaven easily...(hadith)

Regarding the two brothers who were lynched in Sialkot. Then know that it is a great event the likes of which cannot be found anywhere excep...

I lost all arguments what i argue with ignorants' by Imam Abu Hanifa

Kalam Moalana Ahmed Jaami ___________________________________________ Tanam Farsooda jaa para Ze Hijra Ya Rasulullah Dillam Paz Murda Aawara...

There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of Spirit on the body. ~Rumi

Why has the humanity been placed upon a tiny planet, in a large galaxy, and that galaxy placed within millions of others? Answer: Because e...

when i prostrate upon the earth it cried out, O you who prostrate only for show! You have ruined even me! When i prostrate upon the earth i...

A mouse was in constant distress because of its fear of the cat. A magician took pity on it and turned it into a cat. But then it became afr...

A person is either compelled to obey a master because of intense love toward the master or because that person understands the wisdom behind...

People need to detach themselves from this life’s false and misleading attractions because all is reduced to the same dust in the end. The g...

Whenever the hearts come together they usually affect each other in a positive way, and when they depart they are always richer.

تو نے ديکھا سطوت رفتار دريا کا عروج | موج مضطر کس طرح بنتي ہے اب زنجير ديکھ

Perfection of the state of intoxicated man is sobriety..!!

Oh Allah, show us things as they are, because whoever thus sees them find rest..!!

May Allah keep our conduct above suspicion..!! Amin

Speaking tongues are the destruction of Silent Heart..!!

Open your eyes. What do you see? Do you see the crowds of people walking around? Look at their faces. Curious looks, snobs, anger, expressio...

Company of the poor, eating simple and small amounts, and speaking when spoken to are good starting points to heal the defect of the Self (N...

A scholar in middle ages, was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and said, "Do you...

Once upon a time, there lived an old man whose only occupation was caring for and loving his only son who was a handsome young man. The old ...

May Allah The Sublime grant you success—Know that regular fasting amongst the ones who fast is that of their corporeal form (i.e. abstaining...

O my God, I have reached this month in a state in which I cannot remove from myself the things that I dislike, nor can I achieve that to whi...

‎'Don't sell your religion for your desires, Don't sell this golden treasure so cheap' - Simeen Behbahani (Persian poet)

As much as you can for as many as you can... and try to keep your ego out of it:)

You choose to be angry for what was held back, I choose to be grateful for what was given...

"Qurratu Aini bika Ya Rasoolallah" (Ya Rasoolallah! You are the coolness of my eyes). Once, the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi ...

I give you my thoughts at the entrance to this travern of intoxication. Taste them as a first sip of spiritua wine. by Hafiz

Imam Shafi'i ( may God's mercy on him) said, " the world is but a moment; so make it (a moment) of obedience" Al- Busti sa...

the happiness of the drop is to die in the river . by Imam Ghazali

Religion is love and love is religion. by Imam al- Baqir.

Zikr . .. Remembrance of Lord! . .. that in which hearts find true satisfaction.

Hu's He THEN? He Who (Hu) loves you And has scent you to a copious garden A garden within Where roses Flower kings and Prostrating flo...

take night as your camel; with it you shall attain your hope.

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes” (Chinese proverb)

When your legs are tired, walk with your heart

The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal - (Astrid Alauda)

Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? -(Maurice Freehill)

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? - buddha

If I were to be told to pack up today and leave this world, I will not have many regrets. I'd just make a silent wish that someone else ...

the true love to hurt the enemy (shaitan, satan) is to be occupied with the love of friend; on the other hand, if you engage in war with the...

Practicing honor is one's ability to withhold oneself from behaving in any way that harms another, that takes from another. only i can t...

This road-not-taken is pretty damn strange. There are no milestones, and no indications. The best hope is that it leads to a destination no ...

I have this moment to forget the past, and be not anxious about the future. From this world to another I go this second! Think. Think!

With great pain comes great realization.

Nothing around me had changed. Except my state of mind.

Power is when you have something that someone else wants from you, but cannot take unless you give.

lie puts a human in another world intentionally or knowingly..!!

ugliness is the form of beauty, for those who see.

i have decided that time has come in my life where i start living out my knowledge. After all, wise men such as Hazart Ali(r.a) say that kno...

Honestly, I'm dead. I feel greatly torn between two worlds. The Old and The New. I am split in to two and two. Oh dear life!

O my love, do not forget your beloved, come back from your life in the wilderness The birds have flown home, why do you not do the same? Lov...

I pray today that I don't lose heart in staying alive. Amen!

there are matters that do not even need our actions. they appear to us, and then they dissolve. We do nothing more than observe them. let th...

day draw near another one, do what you can for saving yourself ..!!

If the shaykh says to you "O my son take this cup and empty the ocean." What is your job? To take the cup and empty the ocean. Tha...

An unspeakable restlessness has gripped me. And within it, the slightest shimmers of comfort. I feel as though I am walking alone in a wilde...

Listen to your heart EXACTLY at the moment when it speaks! :) Do exactly as it says! You missed again, man! How unlearned! You did not pay h...

there are matters that do not even need our actions. they appear to us, and then they dissolve. we do nothing more than observe them. Let th...

there is no mastery of the future. there is no way that the past can be erased such that it is not a living part of one's self. One come...

remember, real magic is hidden, hidden in the quiet moments...!!

Iqbal says "Tukhum-e-Iqbal az Rumi ast" (that is, Iqbal is an offshoot of Rumi's [ideology]). but Rumi himself says, Why are ...

the best first thing a human mind can do is to observe, to follow closely by wonder - and then question. In questions are theiranswers, and ...

I am so madly uncertain, and afraid. But continue to love I do in the most uncertain of times. Fearing the process is foolish of me, eh, bec...

I was put in the midst of this chaotic construction, and as ever, my task is to remember the origin. Look at this word again! Re-member: Re:...

I am like a palace under construction that is opening its eyes, becoming gradually conscious... and is astounded and awed at once to observe...

Book 9, Number 9.4.18: Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "I pr...

Do not keep the company of anyone whose state does not awaken yours, or words direct you to Allah. You might be doing badly, and be shown yo...

A thief entered the house of a Sufi and found nothing there to steal. As he was leaving, the dervish, sensing his disappoitment, threw him t...

I asked a child who was carrying a lighted candle, "Where does this light come from?" The child blew out the candle and asked me, ...

O wondrous ecstatic eyes, O wondrous long locks, O wondrous wine worshipper, O wondrous mischievous sweetheart. As he draws the sword, I bo...

I am amazed at he who knows death is certain, yet he laughs I am amazed at he who knows that the Fire is true, yet he rejoices I am amazed a...

Knowledge for Knowledge From Jaabir (radiyAllâhu 'anhu) who said that Allâh's Rasul Nabi E Kareem Hazrat Mohammed (salAllâhu 'al...

listen. listen closely. what did I tell you? You must see the flaw: you are asserting the principles that you are not living. the key is to ...

the light at the end of the tunnel is fading. the faster I run, the farther it becomes. Soon everything is swallowed by an eerie darkness. ...

Lord, everything is you, both good and bad, and the marvel is , no evil comes from you..!!

those who love you ( Lord ) , weep in their laughter ; those who know you , laugh in their weeping ..

if you are really a man of the path, abstain awhile from looking at yourself ..!

let others be heedless, you be prudent , and hold your tongue along this path ( Journey )

I learned several things at once: Decisions are not to be based on our relationships with others, but on our relationship with Being. Anger ...

Do not become. BE! Do not try. DO!

Finally, finally, finally, I overcame a great reluctance - and did something I ought to have done a long time ago. Wow. I am feeling absolu...

Allah is the Protecting Friend of those who believe. He brings them out of the darknesses into the light. (Quran Surah al-Baqara 2:257)

Lost in myself I reappeared I know not where a drop that rose from the sea and fell and dissolved again; a shadow that stretched itself o...

cold dark nites, stars twinklin in the dark sheet.. the dim falme of the candle, its existance in this cold wind.. where has all my restlesn...

"...And Allah is not unaware of what you do." (Surah Al-Baqarah, Chapter 2, Ayah 74)

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First, to let go of life. In the end, to take a ste...

My self revolted against me, and I thought I was either going to die, or end my own life. Either way, someone I deeply care about would not ...

Sooner or Later, we all have to wake up ...

O Allah! Bestow complete blessings and perfect peace on Sayyidina Muhammad and for his sake may all our difficulties be removed, all calamit...

Don’t place too much emphasis on what you see with these eyes

Qul lan yuseebana illa ma katab Allahu lana huwa mawlana wal Allahi fal ya tawakkal almuminoona. Say, "Never will we be struck except ...

“By the soul and the proportion and order given to it, and its inspiration as to its wrong and its right; Truly he succeeds who purifies it,...

Our hearts are drunk with a beauty, our eyes could never see!!

"Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestow...

ربِّ زِدْنِي عِلْماً Rabbi Zidni 'ilma 'My Lord! Increase me in knowledge' (20:114)

Oh my dear God! I just had a realization - for a certain billionth time!

Secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

When you enter the Room of Now, do close the Door of Past behind you. If not, you will be consumed, and the Corridors of Future will be anni...