God is His own Sovereign. His Sovereignty need not be “established” by men except in their own hearts. Then we will have a theocracy of luminaries, which is the only reality that matters, and for that we need only to learn true Surrender and teach true Surrender. And that is the pure Islam. Theocratic totalitarianism is not the sovereignty of God. It is paternalistic enforcement and very definitely the sovereignty of men. It is the attempted domination of the world by fearful and repressed minds, no matter what philosophy or religion they purport to be maintaining. It is always in the mindset of a like-minded group of people and is Not the Islam of trusting liberation ("La Iqraha Fi-d-Din") but that of religious slavery.
~ Ali Ansari
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Problem Solving
Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which the problems were created.
~ Albert Einstein
~ Albert Einstein
Monday, June 26, 2006
How You Deal With Others Is How You Will Be Dealt With
If it's mercy and peace we seek in life, then we must first embody that which we seek...
A wise man once said to his son, "My son, do not become resentful when you are afflicted with trials, for indeed that is tantamount to having bad thoughts about one's Lord, and also, it gives pleasure to one's enemy.
Do not mock others, for indeed by Allah, every time I ever mocked anyone, I was afflicted in the same way as the person who I mocked. In this world, man is a target of arrows that come to him successively: some pass him by, some fall short, some fall to his right and others to his left, and some strike him.
Know that for every deed, you are rewarded, and how you deal with others is how you will be dealt with. And whoever is dutiful to his parents, his children, will be dutiful to him.
Avoid greed with ambition, for both represent poverty in the present.
Fear Allah as much as you are able. And if you are able to make today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today and your secrets better than your outward deeds, then do so.
Beware of deeds that you have to apologize for, for one never has to apologize for goodness.
When you stand for prayer, perform the prayer of one who is saying farewell, as if you feel that you will never afterwards pray again (i.e., that you will die).
Adhere to modesty, and you will be of its people.
Do not inflict harm upon others; rather give them good, and forgive if you are able to.
Do not be miserly if you are asked for something and do not tarry when one seeks help from you. Whoever is stingy, then Allah will make things narrow for him; and whoever gives, then Allah will give him a replacement for what he gave."
- From "Gems and Jewels" (p. 141), compiled by Abdul-Malik Mujahid
A wise man once said to his son, "My son, do not become resentful when you are afflicted with trials, for indeed that is tantamount to having bad thoughts about one's Lord, and also, it gives pleasure to one's enemy.
Do not mock others, for indeed by Allah, every time I ever mocked anyone, I was afflicted in the same way as the person who I mocked. In this world, man is a target of arrows that come to him successively: some pass him by, some fall short, some fall to his right and others to his left, and some strike him.
Know that for every deed, you are rewarded, and how you deal with others is how you will be dealt with. And whoever is dutiful to his parents, his children, will be dutiful to him.
Avoid greed with ambition, for both represent poverty in the present.
Fear Allah as much as you are able. And if you are able to make today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today and your secrets better than your outward deeds, then do so.
Beware of deeds that you have to apologize for, for one never has to apologize for goodness.
When you stand for prayer, perform the prayer of one who is saying farewell, as if you feel that you will never afterwards pray again (i.e., that you will die).
Adhere to modesty, and you will be of its people.
Do not inflict harm upon others; rather give them good, and forgive if you are able to.
Do not be miserly if you are asked for something and do not tarry when one seeks help from you. Whoever is stingy, then Allah will make things narrow for him; and whoever gives, then Allah will give him a replacement for what he gave."
- From "Gems and Jewels" (p. 141), compiled by Abdul-Malik Mujahid
The Playground of the Nafs is the Mind
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
~ Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher
~ Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher
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