O you who believe, do not be down-beat or in a state of despair. Allah fashioned you with His own Two Hands. He made you, but He was not, is not and will not be in need of you. However, He made you inherently, inseparably and intricately in need of Him so that He is never […]
Read moreRamadan – The Time of Our Life
“O’ Ramadan, what a great school you are? Here to be with us, to teach us the personality of the people of Paradise.” Ramadan – The leader of the months Ramadan comes but once a year. It is the leader over all the other months. The last 10 nights of Ramadan are the best nights […]
Read moreThe Circle of Love – Divine Love
“My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved to Me than the obligation I have enjoined upon him. And My servant continues to draw near to me with Nafil (supererogatory) deeds until I Love him. When I Love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with […]
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Enslaved by love “Love can make a freed man a slave, shacked and bound. Love can make an intelligent man appear as a fool, irrational and reckless.” When true love (Ishq) takes hold of a person, the lover becomes blind and deaf to the world except to his beloved to such an extent, even the […]
Read moreProvision and Service
“You are a combination of limitedness, weakness, need and poverty. With the eye of limitedness you look at His perfection, with your eye of poverty you witness His Richness and Mercy, with your weakness you acknowledge His Power and Might and through your needs you realise His variant blessings and bounties. Thus servant-hood is your […]
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