Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Material Desires and the Desire for Allah....

She heard a voice in her ears: 'Be careful, lest you want me to fulfill your material desires, and take away your desire for me. Material desires and the desire for me cannot exist within the same heart.'

-Attar, "Rabi'a"

Another revealing statement on the current sickness of our age called 'materialism.' Where do we as Muslims stand in relation to this question? Let's all take a good hard look at ourselves and find out...