Islam and Spiritualism
Obedience towards parents has been in very clear terms made subservient,
to the cause of worshipping none, but the True One Allah. Abraham, who even
Allah the most merciful, refers to as a kind hearted man, was admonished, when
he supplicated for his father Azar,...
One of the most beautiful
realities of good deeds is that they give birth to more good deeds, just as
sins give birth to more of their likes. Hence, the doer of good is rewarded by
Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) with another
opportunity of worship to open up before
him. He pounces at it with enthusiasm, so He opens yet another door of worship,
until his entire life becomes an alternation from one form of worship to another.
If you are experiencing this, then you are enjoying another hopeful sign of
Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā)’s acceptance....
Fear has many facets and it manifests itself in various formats, at
various stages of man’s growth and maturity. A child ordinarily is fearsome of
darkness; an adult might fear the unknown. To attain spiritual maturity it is
necessary to overcome fear of such nature. However, a true believer is devoid
of fear....
Brotherhood shuns turmoil, turbulence, strife and dissension. The
religion of Islam knows no nationalism or racialism, it has no geographic
delimitations, and it co-extends with Faith. Islam creates a spiritual
nationality which blends together people of every nation and every race...
The Holy Quran is replete with verses exhorting mankind to exercise patience in
suffering...
Why can’t we thank Allah for allowing us to see what a beautiful morning
he made and how pretty does the sunshine look when....
Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) underwent tests of Allah for forty years before
Allah chose him for disseminating His illuminating Message to a people living
in a world of darkness. At the beginning, the infidels treated the Prophet
(Pbuh) in a most brutal manner, annoying and tormenting him in every way.....
‘Good’ manifests only positive attributes. The connotation, here is that
any object that is of say no useful value, when given in charity, is really no
charity. Charity, that is good, can be a worthy advice, a useful knowledge, a
kind word; it could be money or property....
Mysticism seems to me to be the opposite of dreamy; it’s the pursuit of
the Real. We might define the mystic as someone who senses that God is not some
external authority figure separate from His/Her creation, but a Reality living
within His/Her creation....
Salah, must exhibit our
fear of Allah, in a calm manner... It should be conducted with serenity,
tranquility, dignity and humility. Our hearts must tremble with the thought
that we are standing before Lord, in humility, devotion and submission….
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) is quoted on pride; “The one who possesses half
of mustard seed of Kibr in his heart shall not be granted admission to Jannah;
and the one who possesses half of a mustard seed of Imân shall not enter the
(Eternal) Fire.” ...
It forms the foundation of
our religion and without it; one cannot say that they live a real life. This is
due to the fact that the abode and home of Taqwa is the heart, and we are more hearts
and souls than we are bodies. This becomes even clearer when we visit someone
that we knew or someone that we befriended after they pass away….
“I am amazed at what a powerful channel I become when I am not eating or
drinking,” Ameena Meer, 50, a writer based between Los Angeles and New York,
wrote in an email. “My ‘sixth sense’ becomes remarkably clear.”....
Whilst, it is preferable to recite and understand the Holy Quran in
Arabic; but if Arabic language is not understood, then it is best to recite the
Book in Arabic and together read its translation in a language that is clearly
understood....
Ramzan is considered a month of restraint when an adherent of Islam
strives to foster good wishes and care for humankind and develop piety in
himself. The Prophet once exclaimed, “It is not good for a man upon whom Ramzan
enters and then passes, before he was purified.”...
However Some Muslims are depressed due to their
great amount of sins and stop worshiping, thinking that their sins are
unforgivable. They forget that God Almighty is the Most Forgiving and the Most Merciful
and He forgives all sins, greater or minor. Therefore we should not be
depressed....
“The
institution of fasting in Islam has legitimate object of restraining the
passions by abstinence for a limited and definite period, from all
gratifications of senses and directing the overflow of animal spirits into a
healthy channel”....
Fast from whatever or whomever is polluting
your soul. Read some Quran, do some dhikr. Study the Prophet’s life. Take a
quiet stroll in a nearby park and revel in God’s creative spark. Be kind to
yourself and to those around you....
In the Quran,
lying, cheating, backbiting, eating pork, consuming alcohol are among the
lesser sins, while murder, adultery, usurping rights of orphans, usury, falsely
accusing others of adultery and associating partners with God are major
sins....
Of course I
don’t want to ‘take advantage’ of Lord’s forgiveness and continue to wrong
myself. But I do realize we are all humans and that I will err. When I do, I
will never lose hope in his immense mercy and His forgiveness. That’s the
biggest hope out there no matter what they say!...
Acts of the
imagination, then, are also acts of courage. And I believe that as we summon
the will to awaken from the sleep of complacency and face what is painful and
difficult, Insha Allah we will also start to perceive more of what is beautiful
and true. As Maulana tells us...
And if My
servants ask you [meaning Muhammad] about Me – behold, I am near; I respond to
the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me: let them, then, respond
unto Me, and believe in Me, so that they might follow the right way....
Islamic
civilization has an abundance of human exemplars, most of them Sufis, who have
been the living embodiment of this Fitra, this innate pure nature. Each Insan
al Kamil (perfected or completed human being) brings forth the beauty and depth
of true humanness. Sufism is something natural and innately human. ...
I would like to
argue that if radical Muslims do three things that are in accord with their
being Muslims, their radical Islamic ideology will be debunked. First is that
if radical Muslims would contemplate or meditate on the names and person of
Allah, then they would see that their radical ideology is very much opposed to
the very person and names of God....
Perhaps in my
metaphorical interior garden, that’s when whatever Divine Qualities are needed
for my spiritual and psychological growth spontaneously burst forth from the
fertile soil I’ve been tending; flowers that were always there behind the
shadows, waiting to manifest their many hues....