Bismillah

 

Mumin

 

Surah al-Fatiha

 

Mennesket må dykke ned …

Mennesket må dykke ned i det hav, der indeholder den konstante stræben efter at nyde meningen med tilværelsen.

- Allama Iqbal -

 

Kontakt med det meste virkelige

Selvet er et skinnende lys, gennem hvilket sandhed bliver synlig for en person; midlertidige objekter fjernes fra hans åsyn, og hans selv er i kontakt med det mest virkelige.

- Allama Iqbal -

 

Universets harpesang

Hvorfor er du tavs som morgendug på et rosenblad?
Åbn dine læber, for du er universets harpesang.

- Muhammad Iqbal Bang-i-Dina (urdu) s. 191, Lahore 1924 -

 

Et veritabelt paradis

Med god vilje og sund fantasi er det muligt at omdanne denne verden af synd og elendighed til et veritabelt paradis.

- Allama Iqbal -

 

Hylster!

Man siger, at kroppen er sjælens hylster.
Vær ikke så tåbelig at forsøge at forstå sjælens sande betydning.
Vor krop er ikke et hylster, men sjælens måde at udtrykke sig på.
At kalde det et hylster er forkert.
Hvad er sjæl eller sind? Det er følelse, ekstase, brand og smerte.
Det er ønsket om at kontrollere universet.
Hvad er krop? Dens bestemmelse er at tilpasse sig verdens dufte og farver.
At blive fortrolig med det fire-dimensionale rum.
Denne skelnen mellem “nær” og “fjern” skyldes intellektet.

Kilde: Bashir Ahmed Dar Iqbal and Post-Kantian Voluntarism, Lahore 1956.

 

‘As if I’m there!..’

Assalamu ‘Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,

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Secret to Success

A young man asked Socrates (Greek philosopher 470-399 B.C.) the Secret to Success.

Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water got up to their neck Socrates took the man by surprise and ducked him into water.

The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there untill the man started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of water and the first thing the man did was to take a deep breath of air.

Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there.”

The man replied, “A I R.”

Socrates said, “that is the Secret of success. When you want Success as badly as you wanted the air you will get it. There is no other secret.”

Just as a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce results.

 

Determination

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. For I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness, or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the another about with us in our minds whereever we go.

- Anonymous -

 

Fiasko og succes

Oh Allah (subhanahu wa t’ala),
Tak for enhver fiasko
med hvilket jeg med tiden har lært
at værdsatte al det succes
jeg også med tiden har fået.

- Savera -

 

Knowledge

Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu anhu) said,

Knowledge is of two kind, natural and acquired. Acquired knowledge is useless without the other. When the light of the eye is closed, justas the light of the sun rendered useless.

The first meaning is understood from the following hadith. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, God has not created anything more honourable than intellect. The fourth meaning is understood from the following hadith: When a man comes close to the doors of religion and good deeds, he comes closer to intellect.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to Abu Dard’a (radi Allahu anhu): Increse intellect, then your nearness to Lord will increase. Abu Dard’a (radi Allahu anhu) said: May my parent be sacrificed to you, how will it be in my case? The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Avoid illegal things prohibited by God and fulfil the obligatory duties ordered by God, you will then become a man of intellect. Do good deeds, your honour and fame will increase in this world and you will gain for that proximity to your Lord and honour in the next world.

- Fra bogen “Ihya Ulum-id-Din”, skrevet af Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazzali -

 

Maddad Ya RasulAllah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)

Kaali Ghata Phir Se Dikhaye Dene Lagi
Badloon Se Ajab Sa Shor Sunayi Dene Laga
Phir Se Kirchi Kirchi Huwa Mera Dil
Phir Se Guzre Waqt Ne Chakarna Shuru Kiya

Na Aansoo Aankh Se Tapke
Na Hi Dil Ko Araam Aya
Bache Huye Dil Ke Eik Kone Ne Sada Di
Maddad Ya RasulAllah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)
Maddad Ya RasulAllah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).

- Savera -

 

I was there, sitting…

I was there, sitting in a corner of your life, observing your comings and goings, your painful falls, your leaps of joy and hope. I was there, sitting in a corner of your life, observing you live as a small child, cry like an adult, suffer like a human being…

I saw your solitude, I would have liked to be your brother. I would have liked to know everything about you, to understand you, to accompany you, to listen to you, to speak to you… I would have wanted to feel you, to feel you deeply, to forefeel you. I was sitting in a corner of your life, sad for your sadness, powerless… strong out of my love. I would have liked to be your brother. I saw your solitude.

I was sitting and I saw your prayers, I heard them without always having understood them. You did not talk about yourself expect through others: you prayed the poor, the oppressed, the abandoned. You prayed them as much as you prayed for them. I was sitting in a corner of your life, I saw your solitude… I would have liked to be your brother.

A stranger… that does not like what the people like and that the people end up liking. It was this teaching, of course, and we loved you so, so much… and your solitude. I prayed to understand, cried of not grasping. I observed your comings and goings sitting in a corner of your life

A passer-by. You were a passer-by, a brother, a friend. I knew nothing of your pains, nothing of your joys, nothing of your wounds. Nothing of you. I was sitting in a corner of your life, I would have liked to be your brother and I met your solitude… I remembered the hermit’s story who knew and said nothing. That companion of Moses who refused the questions. He taught him patience and humility, the question without the response, togetherness and solitude, doubt and certainty, love and detachment…

I was sitting in a corner of your life, I observed you. I had a thousand question, you had but one answer. I wanted to speak, you were speaking the silence. You were so near and yet so far. I looked for your being and you taught me the meaning. Saint Augustine distinguished between two sufferings; you taught me two loves. I liked not knowing how to love you for I learned to love beyond this love. No one is enough for anyone, isn’t it?… In a corner of your life, I observed this love.

You loved. I loved you. I observed your prayers, I leaned closely to the whispers: We ask You for Your Love, the love of those whom You love, deeds which will allows us to attain Your Love… and you cried and you smiled. I was sitting in a corner of your life, I would have liked to be your brother, I saw your solitude, I liked your freedom.

I liked your strength and I pray that He welcomes your fragility. No one, ever, is enough for anyone. I remained there, sitting, in a corner of your life.

- Tuesday 21 June 2005, by Tariq Ramadan -

 

Strange are the times!

Crows swoop on hawks,
Sparrows do eagles stalk.
Strange are the times!

The Iraqis are despised
While the donkey are prized.
Strange are the times!

Those with coarse bankets are kings;
The erstwhile-kings watch them from the ring.
Strange are the times!

It’s not without reason or rhyme ,
Stange are the times!

Says Bulleh, kill your ego
And throw away your pride.
You need to forget yourself
To find Him by your side.

- Bulleh Shah -

 

The Prophetic Ethics Our Daily Challenge

It is reported that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My Lord gave me nine (bits of) advice and I give them to you. He advised me:

• To be sincere whether in private or in public - Al-Ikhlas (Sincerity)
• To do justice whether in anger or in happiness - Al-`Adl (Justice)
• To be moderate whether in riches or in poverty - Al-Qasd (Moderation)
• To join (in relations) with those who (try) to cut me off - Silat ar-Rahm (Keeping the ties of kinship)
• To give to those who deprive me - `Ata’ (Generosity)
• To forgive those who do wrong to me - Al-`Afw (Forgiveness)
• That my silence be thoughtful - Fikr (Thinking and reflection)
• That my speech be mindful (of Allah) - Dhikr (Remembrance and speaking of Allah)
• That my vision be to take admonition. - `Ibrah (Learning and taking lessons)
  

(Reported by Razeen).

Yderligere uddybning af den ovenstående Hadith kan læses på The Prophetic Ethics Our Daily Challenge

 

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Fattigdom

Fattigdom er essensen, og alt andet er form;
Fattigdom er kuren, og alt andet er sygdommen.
Hele verden består af forfængelighed og indbildskhed;
Men fattigdom er den virkelige kerne og mening med eksistensen.

- Rumi -

 

Uden Ham er vi intet…

Han er magt, ved hvilken vi er magtfulde.
Vi er velkendte ved Hans Navn eller brømmelse.
Vi går hinsides toppene og fortsætter vor vej;
Vi overkommer alle vanskeligheder med lethed.

Vi ejer intet verdsligt, men er absolut rige,
Og er værdige og respektable ved Hans Værdighed.
Vi følger selvfordybelsens vej, så
Hvad der end sker, er en kilde til viden om Gud.

- anonym -

 

Den Elskede

Sommetider viser Du Dit Skømme Ansigt,
Men Det er tilsløret, uden at kunne ses fuldstændigt,
På denne måde opildner Du os til at konkurrere om at kunne se Dig
Og forøger vor ild.
Når jeg uden slør ser den Elskede
Som jeg er forelsket i,
Sker der noget med mig
Og jeg bliver forvirret på min vej.
Den Elskede tænder et bål i mit hjerte
Og slukker det derpå ned en støvregn.
Det er derfor I finder mig brændt bort
Og druknet i et ocean.

- anonym -

 

Hjertet befinder sig…

Profeten Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sagde at hjertet befinder sig mellem den Al-barmhjertiges to fingre; Han drejer det fra tilstand til tilstand, og giver det hvilken som helst form, Han ønsker minder os om denne kendsgerning.

- Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 2: 173; Al-Tabari, Jâmi’ al-Bayân, 3:126 -

 

There is no god but Allah

 

Alting er beruset…

Alting er beruset med vinen af kærlighed til Gud og tiltrækningen af denne kærlighed. Himmelske objekter og engle er berusede; himlene og Jorden er berusede; elementer og planter er berusede; og dyr, mennesker og alle andre væsener (er berusede).

- Bediüzzaman Said Nursi -

 

Jeg føler mig som omsluttet af Gud’s rigelige gaver

Jeg er, af natur, så tiltrukket af havets brølende stigen
At jeg føler mig som omsluttet af Gud’s rigelige gaver.

- anonym -

 

Nidkærhed

Nidkærhed har forvirret mig, nidkærhed har brændt mig.
Nidkærhed har sat sig mellem søvn og mine øjne.
Nidkærhed har invaderet mig; nidkærhed har lagt beslag på mig.
Nidkærhed har overvældet mig, nidkærhed har slået mig med ærefrygt.

- anonym .

 

Oprigtig kærlighed kræver lydighed

Du taler om Gud, mens du er ulydig over for Ham;
Jeg sværger ved mit liv, at dette er meget sært.
Hvis du var oprigtig i din kærlighed, ville du adlyde Ham,
For en elsker adlyder den, han elsker.

- Râbi’a al-’Adawiyya -

 

Fjernhed og nærhed

Vennen er mig nærmere end jeg selv;
Hvor er det sært, at jeg er fjern fra Ham.
Hvad kan jeg sige og hvad kan jeg gøre, at
Men Hans er hos mig, er jeg fjernt fra Ham.

&

Jami, bekymr dig hverken om nærhed eller fjernhed;
Der findes hverken nærhed eller fjernhed, ej heller forening eller adskillelse.

- anonym -

 

Kærlighed til Vennen

Et hjerte uden Vennen, og i søgen efter Ham, kan ikke befries for vanskeligheder og smerte. [Angående] et hoved, hvori der ikke findes Kærlighed til Vennen, forsøg ikke at finde nogen mening og i værdi i dét, for det består af knogler og hud-

- Rumi -

 

Guds bolig

Hjertet er Guds bolig, rens det for andre end Ham,
Så den Al-Barmhjertige kan stige ned til Sit hjem ved nattetid.