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I find that people of perpetual sadness are not only the strongest among humanity, carrying the weight of a heavy soul, but their hearts are sacred, for they were broken long ago, crushed by the will of The One.
The shattered fragments come together with cracks weeping light and the sensation of yearning. Their sensitivity is a statement of sincerity. May Allah cause all of our hearts to be softened.
''How is it that those people who are most beautiful pray at night?'
โBecause they are alone with the All Mercuful who covers them with light from His Light!"
- Hasan Ibn Ali
''To be deprived of prayer would be a greater loss for me than to be deprived of being heard and granted.
Prayer can be classified as an intimate conversation between man and God, as an exchange of words of love that console the afflicted heart even if they are not immediately answered.
It is the language of yearning for the beloved!"
The earth as a witness to our love and to our hatred. The cycle of humanity spirals with time as earth spins on its axis.
The act of veiling fortifies against the leeching male gaze. It provides a barrier of sanctity, as with all things precious, and deliberately withholds itself from consumption. It dignifies and rejects, asserting to be seen or unseen on terms which are elusive.
Eternal and Internal Seasons
Alchemical process and the art of going within
Just as the earth goes through seasons, we too, spiritual beings go through changes and internal fluctuations.
These feelings of change, the Call to Action, is a valiant force from Allah and thrust into the hearts of those who are able to perceive it.
As much as we try we cannot create the seasons for ourselves, but we can struggle through the barren winters, toiling in preparation for the fertile spring.
Like harvest, we must prepare for these cyclical changes in the hopes that our heart and spiritual self will reap the benefits of this reflection.
One must change with autumn, go dormant with the frost, revive with the spring and engage with the seed the fruits of summer.
Humans are beings of change. We change physically as we age and deteriorate, our minds change as we gain knowledge and understanding, and our souls change throughout the journey of existence.
A parable on divine yearning, Zulaykhaโs longing~
If she piled up a hundred thousand names-her meaning and intention was always Joseph.
To maintain this state of yearning, of seeking for the Beloved, one must intend to find traces of eternity in all of creation and mundane life.
โPain and difficulties are spring thunderstorms, dark above, flowers and laughter below. This visible world is calamity's home where the body hurts, while the soul grows more aliveโ
Closing words from Imam Al Hadadโs Treatise on Good Manners with Sheikh Musab Penfound.
Gratitude in its deepest sense is insight. Patience is an important milestone on the Path, but one who has reached a station of gratitude is blessed by divine grace.
The heart as a mirror. An unpolished heart layered with the debris of this world can obscure truth and coat souls with despair and cynicism.
A well tended heart can reflect vast amounts of compassion, perceive subtleties of existence, and is able to see through the smog of lies that covers reality from those who do not strive nor prepare to seek it.
Each faculty of ours delights in that for which it was created. Lust delights in accomplishing desire, anger in taking vengeance, the eye in observing beauty and the ear in hearing harmonious sounds.
The highest function of the soul is the perception of truth. In this accordingly it finds its special delight.
Al Ghazali
The souls of mankind are scattered throughout the world, cleaved from a definitive frame of greater unity.
As we navigate our lives, everyone seeks their own definition of personal truth. This truth can be rooted in vices, ego, and that which ultimately leads to the diminishing of the higher self. Alternatively, this truth can be found in compassion, in connecting with the source, and in the acquisition of deeper understanding.
Destiny Prevails
โThere is no soul without a guardianโ
The Angels are instruments of the divine created from pure celestial light. They hear the highest decree, situated in the heavens closest in proximity to God, and they obey with precision and immediacy. Angels are the divine machines that propel our world into motion as well as obliteration.
They do not require sustainance in the way that we do, however they have concious thoughts, opinions, likes, dislikes and feeling. There are countless heavenly sentinels roaming our earth, ascended out of sight but nearer to us than the span of our arms in any direction.
Endearing yourself to God draws the company of Angels to you, and they whisper about the purity of your will among the stars.
The majesty of Angels is otherworldlyโsome are fearsome in design, guarding the most putrid parts of the universe from contamination, while others are beautiful, covered in lavish wings as they vibrate a chorus of heavenly praise between the ether.
The Angels guard us against calamity that has not been written for us, and when the time comes, the Angel of Death will emerge from the realm to collect your soul after its term. The mercy of Angels isnโt what we seek, rather, they are beings of purpose and dedication to the One.
ุงููููููู ูู ุงุฌูุนููู ููู ููููุจูู ูููุฑูุง ุ ููููู ููุณูุงููู ูููุฑูุง ุ ููุงุฌูุนููู ููู ุณูู ูุนูู ูููุฑูุง ุ ููุงุฌูุนููู ููู ุจูุตูุฑูู ูููุฑูุง ุ ููุงุฌูุนููู ู ููู ุฎูููููู ูููุฑูุง ุ ููู ููู ุฃูู ูุงู ูู ูููุฑูุง ุ ููุงุฌูุนููู ู ููู ููููููู ูููุฑูุง ุ ููู ููู ุชูุญูุชูู ูููุฑูุง ุ ุงููููููู ูู ุฃูุนูุทูููู ูููุฑูุง
O Allah, place within my heart light, and upon my tongue light, and within my ears light, and within my eyes light, and place behind me light, and in front of me light, and above me light, and beneath me light. O Allah, bestow upon me light.
โOn that day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earnedโ ~ Yaseen 36:65
The mind :: ุนูู
Part of submission is recognizing that there are unknowns that we cannot grasp. Regardless, we still have an outstanding faculty available to us that aid in perception of the material and immaterial world:
Through the mind, we recognize โ the 5 senses (perceivable reality).
Yet through the mind we also have the ability to comprehend the domain of the unmanifested.
Truth, ultimate reality, is sat in proximity with the soul, however the mind, heart and spirit work in conjunction and depend on various states that affect us.
For the faculty of reasoning, there are various steps to classifying empirical truth and forming arguments of intellect.
Knowledge in a general sense can be divided into two initial categories:
Ilm al Huduri (knowledge by presence) Ilm al Husuli (conceptual/acquired knowledge)