Friday, March 02, 2007

Unity is Reality

Unity is Reality.
You cannot be "in" it and then "out" of it.
You can only "feel' separation,
but Unity is not about feeling one way as opposed to another.
That is separation and in Reality there is no separation.

- Ali Ansari

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Allah is Near

The Almighty Allah says,
"When a servant thinks of Me, I am near.
When he invokes Me, I am with him.
If he reflects on Me in secret, I reply in secret,
And if he acknowledges Me in an assembly,
I acknowledge him in a far superior assembly."

-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah

Monday, February 26, 2007

An Important Hadith (As if they are not all important!)

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "A strong believer is better and dearer to Allah than a weak one, and both are good. Adhere to that which is beneficial for you. Keep asking Allah for help and do not refrain from it. If you are afflicted in any way, do not say: `If I had taken this or that step, it would have resulted into such and such,' but say only: `Allah so determined and did as He willed.' The word `if' opens the gates of satanic thoughts".

- Muslim

A Lesson in Tawhid

In order to worship God, you must know God.
In order to know God, you must recognize his unity.
In order to recognize his unity, you must deny any possibility of describing how God is present, where he is present, and when he is present.

- Junayd: Tawhid