Ilahi (Hamd)

Allah has bestowed His grace
Thanks and praise be to Allah!
He has immersed us in His bounties
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

Let us consume His blessed gifts
Let us remember His presence
We hope for His mercy
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

 We were nothing and He brought us into being
He let us behold his countenance
He made us love His Messenger (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

He set us on the straight path
May His servants serve Him
May the Truth call us “My servant”
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

Let us expend all we possess
Let us sacrifice our lives
The Qur’an is our faith
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

Hazrat Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) came into this world,
To intercede for us
Beloved friend of the Truth
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

In Paradise shall be the souls
Of those who love this Beloved (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
Let us love them
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

This is Baghdadi’s supplication
Accept his prayer
I visited the dergah
Thanks and praise be to Allah!

 

I have turned…

Inni wajjahtu wajhi lilladhi
Fatara-s-samawati wa’-l-ard

I have turned my face to the One
Who created the Heavens and the Earth

 

Degrees

I love You from within my soul,
Your path leads inward beyond rules,
Sacred Law and Mystic Path are ways to attain,
Deep within lie Reality and Wisdom,
To abandon religion is rejection,
What is rejection, if more inward than faith?
If you ask me about me, I am not I,
There is an I in me more inward than I,
Solomon knows the speech of birds, they say,
The real Solomon is inside Solomon,
My strength fades, my knees are weak,
What creed is this, more inward than religion?
Yunus’ words are blood and fire,
At Your door stands a servant more inward than a sultan

 - Yunus Emre -

 

Allah

 

E-numre

As-salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah,
 
Det er et problem for muslimer i Danmark at der i mange spise- og drikkevarer tilføjes ingredienser som er tvivlsomme. Disse er kendt som E-numre, og de er tvivlsomme fordi man ikke altid kan sikre sig om hvorvidt de er af vegetabilsk eller animalsk oprindelse. Den eneste måde at finde ud af det på, om det enkelte produkt, er ved at skrive til producenten og spørge dem.
 
For et par år siden iværksatte Islamisk.dk et projekt hvor formålet var at gøre lige præcis dette: At skrive til forskellige producenter og opbygge en database ud fra producenternes svar. Meningen var at gøre databasen tilgængelig for muslimer i Danmark, således at enhver kunne gå ind og se om hvorvidt E-numrene i et specifikt produkt var af animalsk eller vegetabilsk oprindelse.
 
al-hamdu li Llah, med nogle forsinkelser er databasen endelig blevet offentliggjort på hjemmesiden (www.islamisk. dk) således at alle nu kan gå ind og se de (i skrivende stund 88) produkter som en meget ihærdig og engageret gruppe søstre har arbejdet med de sidste par år, må Allah acceptere deres anstrengelser og belønne dem for deres arbejde – og for al den gavn det vil bringe folk.
 
I må meget gerne sende linket (www.islamisk. dk) videre til folk og bekendte. Der er adgang til E-numre databasen fra forsiden såvel som menuen i venstre side under Videnbase > E-numre.
 
Det er et princip i islam, angivet af Allah og Hans Sendebud (Allahs fred og velsignelser være med ham) at den der opfylder andre muslimers behov, for ham vil Allah opfylde hans behov. Så det er et storslået og yderst belønningsværdigt stykke arbejde der er blevet udført, og vi takker Allah for at han har givet os tawfiq til at være en del af det. Må Allah være tilfreds med det og lade det bringe gavn til det muslimske folk.

Allah Hafiz

Abidah

 

Semesterstart hos IslamAkademiet

I Allahs Ophøjede og Strålende Navn, Den Nådefulde, Mest Barmhjertige,

Det er med Allahs nåde og velsignelse IslamAkademiet byder jer alle velkommen til det nye semesterstart.

Torsdag d. 23. april 2009 åbner tilmeldingen til det nye semester. Denne gang tilbyder vi igen to (gratis) kurser:

- KS02: Regler for Koranlæsning (tajwid), som undervises af Ustadh Tariq M. Amin,

og

- HS01: Imam al-Nawawis fyrre hadith – del 1, som undervises af Ustadh Imran bin Munir.

Undervisningen begynder i uge 19.

Sidste frist for tilmelding er torsdag d. 14. maj, men bemærk at der er begrænsede pladser! Dem der tilmelder sig først, får først plads.
Besøg lektionskataloget på http://www.islamakademiet.dk/ for detaljeret information om kurserne.

Bemærk venligst: For at tilmelde dig skal du først oprette en bruger på IslamAkademiet, herefter kan du tilmelde dig et kursus når du har aktiveret din bruger. Ved yderligere spørgsmål henvises der til: Ofte Stillede Spørgsmål.

Vi glæder os til at se dig dette semester.

På vegne af IslamAkademiet
Sommersemestret 2009

 

Vær tilfreds med det du har

Asking for isolation when God has set up working with others is a manifestation of hidden selfishness, while asking to work for a living when God has set you in isolation is a decline in your lofty aspiration.

- Ibn ‘Ata’Allah al-Iskandari -

 

Be careful when you make a du’a

One sufi has said, “Once I yearned to leave aside making a living by intermediates  means. I beseeched to be given instead two pancakes each day that would suffice me and give me respite from the daily weariness of working. Then one day I was thrown into prison. In the dungeon,  I was given only two pancakes each day to keep me alive. This wretched condition persisted for a long time, until my spirit was broken. One day I was considering my sorry state when I heard a voice tell me, “You asked me sepcifically for two pancakes each day but you did not ask me to give you wellbeing. I’ve given you what you begged for, so why complain now?” So I beseeched to God for forgiveness and turned to God for help. Suddenly, I found the door to my prison cell broken. I was able to slip out and be free.”

 

Away! Up and Away!

I reflected on my intention in public teachings, and I saw that it was not directed purely to God, but rather was instigated and motivated by the quest for fame and widespread prestige. So I became certain that I was on the brink of a crumbling bank… Mundane desires began tugging me with their chains to remain as I was, while the herald of faith was crying out:

“Away! Up and away! Only a little is left of your life, and a long journey lies before you! All the theory and practice in which you are engrossed is eyeservice and fakery! If you do not prepare now for the afterlife, when will you do so? And if you do not sever there attachments now, then when will you sever them?”

- Imam Ghazzali –

 

12. Rabi al-Awwal – The Illustorious Night

How  illustorious was the night of the birth of Muhammad, the Chosen One,
That from the doors of Makkah to Syria, the entire  are shined and illuminated.

Not merely Makkah or Syria, but East to West,
Every place shined with his light.

All corners of this world illuminated with his luminosty;
And the universe was fragranced with his glorious character.

At last, he is given a position in the heavens of honour and greatness;
He who becomes the dust of this blessed court, with sincerity and certainty.

No simoom can dry up the grass and greenery;
Which has been moistened and sprinkled by his much needed cloud of mercy.

All praise is to Allah (Most High) that Haqqi [author's pen name]
Has acquired all the riches of the world and faith  from his treasures.

- Written by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Haqq Muhaddith Dihlawi (Haqqi) -

 

Milad-un-Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

As-salatu wa as-salamu ‘ala Ashraf al-Anbiya’i wa al-Mursalin
Sayyidina Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

Allahs Elskede (sallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) for hvem denne jord, dette univers er skabt, blev født den 12. Rabi al-Awwal. Ingen introduktion behøver jeg eller en anden give af denne Storslået Personlighed, som er et eksempel på kærlighed, ydmyhed, tålmodighed, mod, glæde, venskab og jeg kunne blive ved.

Mine ord kan ikke beskrive min Elskede Profets ophøjethed (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), min hjerte kan ikke føle nok kærlighed for den Kærlige (sallalahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), som elsker mig trods mine fejl.

Da Profeten (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) blev født sagde Profetens farfar (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) følgende:

Al-hamdu li’llahi a-ladhi a’tani
Hadha’l-ghulam al-tayyib al-ardani

“All praise is for Allah (most high)
who has granted me this child whose sleeves are so pure.”

Zad sada fi al-mahdi ‘ala al-ghimani
U’idhuhu bi al-bayti dhi al-arkani

“He, in his cradle, is the leader of all children.
I seek protection for him in the House of Allah.”

Hatta arahu baligh al-bunyani
U’idhuhu min sharri dhi shan’ani
Min hasidin mudtirib al-’ayani

“Until I see him strong and powerful,
I seek refuge for him from the evil of the enemy
And that of the envious, with brandishing eyes.”

Profetens fødsel (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) er en stor velsignelse for skabelsen. Han er den, som er Profeternes Segl og den Bedste i skabelsen.

Derfor er den 12. Rabi al-Awwal en dag ulig alle andre dage på året. Det er dagen, hvor Allah Nåde blev sendt til jorden for at frelse os syndige. Det er os en ære at tilhøre denne Storslået personligheds Ummah og må vi gøre os fortjent til denne ære.

Uanset hvor meget salawat vi sender på Profeten (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) så er det ikke nok. Vi skylder os selv at lovprise og ære Profeten (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) på denne dag og resten af året, for sandelig bringer englene vore hilsner til Profeten (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).

 

IslamAkademiet

As-salatu wa as-salamu ‘ala Ashraf al-Anbiya’i wa al-Mursalin
Sayyidina Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

IslamAkademiet, Danmarks første online center for viden, der tager udgangspunkt i  Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama’as lærdom over fjorten hundrede år.

Akademiet udbyder to kurser i dette semester og det er gratis

1) Det helt elementære af den islamiske lære:
Dette kursus giver indsigt i islams helt grundlæggende elementer, herunder grundlæggende islamisk troslære og de fem søjler. Dette kursus er specielt tilrettelagt for konvertitter eller unge muslimer, der gerne vil have en systematisk gennemgang af islams helt essentielle lære, som de kan bruge som fundament i deres personlige udvikling. Ud over at få indsigt i læren om islamisk tro og lov, vil kurset også give en forsmag på islamisk spiritualitet og morallære.

2) Koranens syv oftest reciterede vers (al-Fatiha):
Surat al-Fatiha er Koranens mest reciterede kapitel, uden hvilken bønnen ikke er komplet. Formålet med dette kursus er at få en smule indsigt i noget af den dybere mening, som ligger i dette storslåede koranske kapitel og afdække nogle af dens hemmeligheder. Udover oversættelse og forklaring af versenes betydning, tages vigtige tilhørende emner op, såsom tawhid, shirk, tilbedelse, retledning, innovation (bid’a), bøn mv. I gennemgangen inddrages også kapitlets spirituelle aspekter.

At studere Islam kan ikke være nemmere. Undervisningen foregår online via et konferencesystem.

 

Jum’ah Mubarak

 

The Master and the servant

Once Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) met Iblîs [Satan] and Iblîs said, “Is it not true that only what has been decreed will happen?”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) replied, “That is true.”

Then Iblîs saod, “So throw yourself down from the top of this mountain, and let us see if you live or not!”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) answered, “The servant does not test his Master; rather it is the Master who tests His servant.”

- Abù Na’im -

 

Fire and water

Sufyân al-Thawwrî relates that Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) said, “Love of this world and love of the next world can never reside in the heart of a believer simultaneously, just as fire and water cannot be contained in a single vessel at the same time.”

- Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr -

 

Righteous hearts

Once Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) and his disciples were outside the temple of Hazrat Sulayman (’alayhi sallam), and the disciples said, “O Messiah of God, look at the House of Allah! What could be finer?”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) replied, “Amin, Amin. But I say to you that Allah ta’ala will not leave one stone of this House standing. Indeed, Allah ta’ala will destroy it because of the misdeeds of its people. Allah ta’ala does not build anything of worth with gold and silver, nor even with these stones. Righteous hearts are more beloved to Allah ta’ala than these stones. For Allah ta’ala cultivates the earth with righteous hearts; and, in their abscence, the earth is destroyed.

- Ahmad -

 

Love of this world

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) was known to have said, “Love of this world is the source of every wrong action, and there is much harm in wealth.”

They asked, “What is its harm?”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) replied, “Its possessor is never safe from pride and arrogance.”

They said, “What if he is free of those two? Is there still harm?”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) responded, “Yes, for by nurturing his wealth, he is diverted from the remembrance of Allah ta’ala.

- Ahmad -

 

Al-Ghazzali – The Alchemist Of Happiness

Hujjat al-Islam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali, hvem kender ikke denne storslået personlighed. Han var en fremragende teolog, der efterfølgende beskæftiget sig med videnskaben omkring det sprituelle liv, som vi i folkemunde kender som sufisme. Mange af os har læst de små inspirerende citater, som er guld værd og er årsagen til mange timer dyb reflektion.

Al-Ghazzali: The Alchemist Of Happiness er en dokumentar om Imam Ghazzali og kan stærkt anbefales. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, fra Zaytuna Institute, kommentarer er prikken over i’et.

God fornøjelse

 

 

Walk on the water!

Once someone asked Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam), “How are you able to walk on the water?”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) replied, “With certainty.”

Then someone said, “But, we have certainty!”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) then asked them, “Are stone, clay, and gold equal in your eyes?”

They replied, “Certainly not!”

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) responded, “They are in mine.”

- Ahmad -

 

Use your knowledge…

It is related that Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) said, “It is of no use to know something if one does not act upon it. In truth, an abundance of knowledge only increases one in pride if one does not act accordingly.”

- Ahmad -

 

The luxuries of this world

According to Sâlim bin Abi al-Ja’d, Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) said, “Work for Allah ta’ala and not for your stomachs. Look at the birds: they rise up at dawn and enter unto the evening having neither planted nor harvested, yet Allah ta’ala provides for them. Now if you say to me, ‘Our stomachs are so much larger than those of birds,’ look then at the oxen, the wild beasts and the donkeys; they neither plow nor harvest the earth, yet Allah ta’ala provides for them as well. Beware of the luxuries of this world, and fear them, for the luxuries of this world are filth in the sight of Allah ta’ala.”

- Ibn al-Mabârak -

 

Tag et valg

Hjertet er beboet af de dødelige
Og du søger det guddommelige.
Bestem dig nu for oh menneske,
Vælg, hvem du vil tilhøre…

 

Det usle, ynkelige menneske

Du søger Ham i selskabet, 
Men finder Ham i ensomheden.
Ak, dit usle, ynkelige menneske,
Hvad vil der dog blive af dig?

- Savera -

 

How to fast, pray and give alms…

According to Hilâl bin yousuf, Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) said, “If a day of fasting comes upon one of you, let him oil his hair and beard; let him moisten his lips lest others know he is fasting. If he gives alms with his right hand, let him conceal that from his left; should he pray, let him draw curtain across his door. Surely Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala apportions praise to people just as provision is apportioned.”

- Ibn a-Mubârak -

 

Stand humbly at the doorway

I won’t leave the doorway
till they set right my deficiency
Lest they greet me while I’m bent
with my shameful incapacity

If You are statisfied with me
imagine my honor and my nobility
Yet if You reject me, is there any hope
for my impertinent rigidity?

- Unknown -

 

Make silence obligatory

Make silence obligatory
Unless you are questioned, then say:
‘No knowledge have I’
And conceal yourself with ignorance.

- unknown -

 

Advice from Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam)

According to Malik Bin Anas, Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) said, “Do not speak much without remembering Allah ta’ala, for by doing so, you harden your hearts. Surely a hard heart is distant from Allah ta’ala though you are unaware. Do not, like lords, look at the faults of others. Rather, like the servants, look at your own faults. In truth, humanity is comprised of only two types, the afflicted and the sound. So show mercy to the afflicted, and praise Allah ta’ala for well-being.

- Muwatta af Imam Malik -

 

Cordoba

I

Chain of day and night
Fashioner of events
Basis of life and death
Two tone silken thread
Fiber of attributes
Pitch of prospects
Chain of day and night
Sitting in judgement
Setting a value on us
When we’re lacking
Death is your destiny
Death is my destiny
What else is reality
The flow of one age
Neither day nor night
All crafts vanish
Black and white fade
Annihilation the end

II

But in this form
Hues of eternal life
Splendor of man’s love
Love is life’s base
Death has no claim on love
Love itself the tide
Stemming the torrent
Love is unnamed eras
Love is Gabriels’s breath
Love is the Prophet of God
Love is the Word of God
Love is the radiant rose
Love is raw wine
Love the goblet of Kings
Love draws life’s music
Love is passion for life
Love is fire of life

III

O Mosque of Cordoba
Born of love with no past
Color or stone or brick
Harp or song or speech
Man’s passionate creation
A drop of blood turns
Even stone into hearts
The heart’s voice is joy
Burning and melody
You illuminate the heart
My song burns the breast
You draw man’s heart
To the presence of God
But the passion of love
For God is man’s alone
I spark man’s passion
Though his sight is finite
His heart is wider than the sky
So what if God has rights
He doesn’t earn the pain
I am an Indian infidel
Witness my fervor
In my heart prayers
On lips blessings
Love is my flute
Love is my song
In my every bone
“God is God.”

IV

Witness of man’s worth
Your glory mirrors his soul
Firm columns soar
Palms in Syrian sands
Sinai’s light gleams roof
Gabriel crowns the minaret
A Muslim can never despair
Standing where the Prophets stood
His horizon infinite
Tigris Danube Nile flood his veins
Cup-bearer and horseman
In love a warrior
A sword’s shadow hos armor
“There is no god but God.”

V

You reveal man’s secret
Ardor of hos days
Dissolution in his nights
His submission
As is God’s hand
So is the beliver’s
Man prospers on deeds
He is clay and fire
Divine within
Free of both worlds
His ambition small
His purpose large
Pure-hearted in war or peace
God’s compass revolves
Around man’s faith
And the world is illusion
Man of God is reason’s horizon
The harvest of love
Fire of the gathering
Heaven’s passion

VI

Art lover’s Mecca
Faith’s grandeur
You made Andalusia holy
Only Muslims mirror your grandeur
O those Arab horsemen
Pledged to truth
Revealed this new secret
People who embrace Faith
Renounce the material
They enlightened the west
Yemen’s scent persists
Even today Arabia’s music
Lingers in Andalusia’s breeze

VII

Alas for centuries
No Calls to Prayer
Echo the minaret
In which valley
At which destination
In love’s caravan inducing frenzy
As all Europe swept away the olde order
Repainted the face of the west
So today those torrents stir Muslims
A divine prophecy seals my lips
But let us watch secrets surface
From the ocean’s depth
Watch the sky change hue

VIII

A cloud drenched in twillight
The sun scatters rubies
A peasant’s daughter sings
Youth sails on heart’s boat
On the Guadalquivir
Someone dreams of another age
New order still veiled by fate
Another dawn is approaching
In my mind’s eye
If I unveil my thoughts
Fan the flames of my song
Europe couldn’t endure
Life without revolution is death
As man’s creations are soulless
Without passionate belief
So my song

- Written by Muhammad Allama Iqbal -

 

Be patient with what you despise

Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) said, “You will never obtain what you desire except through patience with what you despise.”

- Al-Ghazzâli -

 

The possessor of this world

‘Ubayd Allâh bin Muslim relates that Hazrat ‘Isa (’alayhi sallam) said, “Woe to the possessor of this world, since he must die and leave the world behind. He places his hope in it and is deceived. He trusts it and is forsaken. Woe to the deluded, for this world shows them what they detest. In the end, they must abandon what they love, and depart for that which they were promised. Woe to the one whose constant preoccupation is this world and whose grave mistakes are his very actions. What shame they will cause him soon enough!”

- Ibn ‘Abi al-Dunyâ -