Witnessing Light

The Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad, peace be upon him, imparted this good advice to mankind: "If you awaken in the morning and fi...

Thursday, June 9, 2011

"It has been narrated that Caliph, Ali ibn abi Talib {Radi'Allahu Anhu} in the Iraqi city of Kufa saw a Jew walking with his chain ...

يروى عن الصحابي الجليل أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ( أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ اللهِ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا : مَجْنُونٌ...

Poetry of Imam Shafi'i {RahmatuLahi Alayhi} العِلم والذنوب قال الشافعي رحمه الله: كتب حَكيمٌ الى حَكِيم: يا أخي قد أوتِيتَ عِلماً, فل...

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

School of Truth

O fool, do something, so you won't just stand there looking dumb. If you are not traveling and on the road, how can you call yourself ...

Friday, March 4, 2011

✦ Secret Devotion ✦ It is reported that Shurayh the Judge used to have a house in... which he would spend time alone on Fridays; no one knew...

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Do not question He who is beyond reason, for you will not be content with the answer.

Saadi in his book "Rose Garden": Last night a bird cried out till dawn, ravishing my mind, my patience, my strength, my thoughts. ...

Monday, February 14, 2011

“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and rec...

Advice..

My Dear Son, If you understand this tradition, there is no need for too much knowledge. There is also another story to meditate and reflect...

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Dua

O Allåh! O You who are the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, In You I establish my protection: shelter me with the shielding, protective suf...

Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice: I am afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are. -A...

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Ibn Umar: Rasoolullah (SAW) turned to me and said: “Be in this life like a stranger or a traveler.” Whenever Ibn Umar narrated this to his s...

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Dare to catch fire; Become a believer in spontaneous combustion; Stop caring whether 'they' notice, or applaud or turn their backs. ...

أنا محمّدي ما حييت فإن أمت

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

"There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has f...

Non- Mahram

Imam Muslim narrates from Jarir ibn Abdullah (Allah be pleased with him) who says: ”Iasked Allah's Messenger about the sudden glance on ...

The least likely of your sincere falsehoods is your words: ‘I am a Sufi!’ Contention - Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad :)

Sunday, December 26, 2010

"A tree lives for thousands of years by maintaining a very simple and inexpensive yet totally inspiring existence." A small seed, ...

I try and I try and I try. But I can't get no satisfaction.

Bumbled he, the humble bee, Over roses very thorny, With sweet cargo upon his knee, ...In a poem oh so corny. -- A. Powette

‎'Ask in order to understand, and do not ask in order to find fault, for surely the ignorant man who wants to learn resembles a man of k...

Saturday, December 25, 2010

"What's really unbearable is the eternal mediocre shame of some people; and the lack of bravery which marks them; their prudence; t...

Trust in Allah, but tie your camel -Hazrat Muhammad S.A.W

" Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited wit...

wisdom beyond widom: think like an adult and feel like a child..

Luqman al Hakeem said to his son: “O my son! I have never regretted because of keeping silent. If words are silver, silence is golden.”

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

“God is with the broken-hearted. When your heart breaks, it’s a good thing – the breaking of the heart is what opens it up to the light of A...

Ruin is the road to transformation. From the movie 'Eat Pray Love'

Only a true believer fears hypocrisy whereas the hypocrite himself feels safe from it. - Hasan al-Basri

Monday, December 20, 2010

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "A person is on the religion of their close friends, so be careful of whose close company you kee...

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.” "Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a m...

‎'Tell me, friend, which place you want me to take you to - I want to go to the city of the Messenger, in search of the Station of Radia...

"And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits (of your toil), but give glad tiding...

All the languages you know have their source in Allah. A yearning to be with those who speak your tongue/s is just a shadow, not a soul nece...

Ha-Ya-Ya = (a doubly imperfect verb) To live, be alive, be ashamed, spend (the night) awake, fertilize the earth, keep anyone alive; spare a...

Bayazid Bistami (ra): I shed my self as a snake sheds its skin. Bayazid Bistami (ra) had seen Allah (swt) in a vision (Kashf) and said to Hi...

Saturday, December 18, 2010

"Fall down seven times,stand up eight!" (Japanese Saying)

"O fools awake! The rites ye sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old Who listed after wealth and gained their lust And died...

"Moses said to his people, ‘Turn to God for help and be patient. The earth belongs to God. He gives it to those of His servants whom He...

Rumi..

‘Why do you sit there with your own thoughts? If you are a man, go to the Beloved! Do not say, ‘Perhaps He does not want me’. What business ...

Friday, December 17, 2010

در نوای زندگی سوز از حسین ۔۔۔ اہل حق حریت آموز از حسین ~ اقبال

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Ghalib..

جز قیس اور کوئی نہ آیا بہ روۓ کار صحرا مگر بہ تنگیِ چشمِ حسود تھا آشفتگی نے نقشِ سویدا کیا درست ظاہر ہوا کہ داغ کا سرمایہ دود تھا تھا خواب م...

..yun kehye k shaair ka kaam mehz mushahida he nahin, mujahida bhi us per farz he-gardo pesh k muztarib qatron main zindagi k dajla ka musha...

"What I have lived for" Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search...

The heart's home, first to last, is thy city of union

Thursday, October 21, 2010

The disciples of Isa ibn Mariyam (AS) came to him and asked; “O spirit of Allah, is there anyone else like you alive in our time?” He replie...

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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i. can you hear me talking? can you hear me screaming, in this silence that’s pounding inside my head, pulsing inside my blood and weakening...

Amidst the shadows In the silence of night The sum of our fears Materialize… No sun to warm the skin, No smile to soothe the soul, Just shad...

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

"He who truly knows is the one in whom sound actions, pure supplications, truthfulness and precaution speak out; not his tongue, his de...

Now when I read words, no matter how well conscructed or beautiful, they are still words, there's a discord between recognition of meani...

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Be Lost

Be Lost in the Call Lord, said David, since you do not need us, why did you create these two worlds? Reality replied: O prisoner of time, I ...

Monday, October 4, 2010

Holistic wisdom of Rumi

Whoever is loved is beautiful, but the opposite is not true, that whoever is beautiful is loved. Real beauty is part of loved-ness, and tha...

Saturday, October 2, 2010

"If you come across the gardens of Paradise, then graze therein." They asked, and what are the gardens of Paradise? He said "...

Come! Without You, I've given up on everyone else. ... Come! If I was asleep back then, I'm staying sleepless right now. Come O My S...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Firaq

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...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

‎'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...

Friday, September 24, 2010

"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...

Thursday, September 23, 2010

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...

Monday, September 20, 2010

"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...

Saturday, September 18, 2010

"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...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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...

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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?

Monday, September 6, 2010

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

Friday, September 3, 2010

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 ...

Thursday, September 2, 2010

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...

Friday, August 27, 2010

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

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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

Monday, August 23, 2010

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

lost heart

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...

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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...

Saturday, August 21, 2010

The Meeting of Love and Intellect

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

Lesson of Grave

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...

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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

Monday, August 16, 2010

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

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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

Friday, August 13, 2010

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

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Open your eyes

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...

triple filter test

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...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

the shepherd

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...

Sunday, August 8, 2010

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

Saturday, August 7, 2010

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 ...

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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

Sunday, June 20, 2010

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

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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

Friday, May 21, 2010

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...

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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

Sunday, May 2, 2010

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

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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 ...

Monday, April 19, 2010

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...

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Honor..

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...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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...

Friday, April 9, 2010

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!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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!