Better than Angels?

Angels were created without lust and evil, the worst obstacles of humankind. Those who, despite their evil nature, remain pious excel angels in rank.

Enthused by their purity angels denounced the human race so God chose three angels to go to the earth and reform its inhabitants. One angel, espying the corruption, begged God to let him return. The other two, in their earthly form, gave in to lust and fell from grace. Thus God revealed to the other angels the superiority of the devout.

-Al-Hujwiri, “The Kashf al-Mahjub”

The Blessing of Adam

Assalamualaikum Mohd. Adam Firdaus!

If you've ever doubted that the throne of Mercy surrounds us and abounds, just take a long look at the face of your newborn. The feeling of Allah's Greatness, Mercy, Love and Oneness is indescribable.

It just makes you want to stay there and melt away...

Allahu akbar.

The Flames of Love

Love is the flame which, when it blazes, consumes everything other than the Beloved.
The lover wields the sword of Nothingness in order to dispatch all but God:
consider what remains after Nothing.
There remains but God: all the rest is gone.
Praise to you, O mighty Love, destroyer of all other "gods."

-Rumi, Mathnawi [V, 588-590]