True Warrior


In the wind
One shattered night
The hope for peace
Came down to one fight

The raging enemy
As powerful as could be
Intimidating and fearless
Standing before me

Young child, scared and unaware
The night held a secret
No fortune-teller could tell
Tonight a boy would die
To give life to a butterfly

In the end my story is not rare
For every true warrior
The fight is always fair
Live or die
There are no other rules
Live or die
No warrior dies a fool


Rafay Mustafa Seyal

Smiling Body


When the smiling body lay dead
The hands of the people trembled
Turning and twisting it
Until they could not stand it

Why is he smiling?
Why he's dead! How can he smile?
It's so sad
Mothers fathers sisters brothers are crying
And you lay there smiling. . .
Why oh why?

I knew it was my time to die
I saw a flash of light
A window into the journey ahead
And I had to smile
Because I saw the light of His face
Smiling back at me


Rafay Mustafa Seyal

When I was alone


With my self
I knew death was coming
To get me
And take me home
So I sat down
Smiled and waited
Excited about the journey ahead
Then death came and said:
I made a mistake.
It was not your time.

I said I must go! I must go back to my maker!
No. It's not your time
My God, what will I do?

My soul lived life happy playing ukulele but one day death come back
He said you are being requested, now you must come

There was no time for words

Now the glory of the stars seem small

How little the earth was, here is much better. . .


Rafay Mustafa Seyal

Is he gone


Where did he go?

He was just here

I saw him

He was sitting there

He was singing a song

Something beautiful

About rainbows and dreams

I thought I would see him in a few minutes

But he disappeared forever

Never to be seen by my eyes again

God how sweet his voice was

Is he really gone?

He was just here



Rafay Mustafa Seyal

Oh!  What a glorious day!
                                  I awoke,and seemingly you had gone.
                              ....after a tryst like that,of course i am
happy
                                      And after bathing I had a good cry
for an hour or so
                         And for all my wailing and gnashing of teeth at
your disapearance
                                   none of it could convince me you
weren't still there...


                         ~isham

peace be with you

the love and longing speaks thought your heart, my brother

love mehdi 

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While the Prophet was saying something in a gathering, a Bedouin came
and asked him, "When would the Hour (Doomsday) take place?" Allah's
Apostle continued his talk, so some people said that Allah's Apostle
had heard the question, but did not like what that Bedouin had asked.
Some of them said that Allah's Apostle had not heard it. When the
Prophet finished his speech, he said, "Where is the questioner, who
inquired about the Hour (Doomsday)?" The Bedouin said, "I am here, O
Allah's Apostle ." Then the Prophet said, "When honesty is lost, then
wait for the Hour (Doomsday)." The Bedouin said, "How will that be
lost?" The Prophet said, "When the power or authority comes in the
hands of unfit persons, then wait for the Hour (Doomsday.)"

The Dervish said,
"It is good to be thankful to Allah that you are so well provided
for."

The Shakir said
  "Don't be fooled by appearances, by all the external things and
ideas of man, for this too shall pass."

hey,what's a shakir? Is that a fakir who is also a sheik?...  also here is
some food for thought.so many people mistake simple words like the antedote
between the shakir and the dervish.

         Isn't everything around us is not the work of man,but of god? and
even the human twists we apply to gods creation is still the will of god. So
refusing to create separation between god,or god's will and what is given us
to experience from day to day seems like just a higher dimensional
perspective than the more common view that dunya is bad etc.
    it seems to me that what is leaving thru the process of spiritual
purification is all the falsity that one has accrued from a lifestyle that
is frozen in a definition of lack and fear,which is something that has been
taught us by the other limited beings we are surrounded with.
    Seeing Allahs will in what we are given, and being thankful for it... for
the earth and all her blessings,for a beautiful day, seems like common sense
to me.  how will allah give more if we can't even be thankful for what we
have?
    Being greatful for the gifts in my life has definitely opened the door
wider for god's love and my experience of it. praise leads to
gratitude,which leads to  more love between people,and all the places there
is a lack will be filled. eventually this leads to compassion which is more
evolved than unconditional love......it's the love plus the wisdom to know
how to really help someone.And that wisdom comes from being focused on god.
       And yes that gives the experience that all this is creation,a
dream.....but for all the sham and dissapointment and pain,it is still also
full of beauty and love and pleasure. this creation is very real for us
untill true knowledge dawns,so why not treat it as god's body with love and
gratitude,never forgetting for a moment our creator,and never forgetting our
experiences are given to us as a gift ...and yes they will pass,it all
will....even more of a reason why we should cherish this moment, It is our
divine gift from god~  Isham



>From: "Sheikh Mehdi abd al Qadir Malang" <mehdimalang@...>
>Reply-To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Sufi_Poetry] fill a hole in to escape not dig it deeper
>Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:15:02 -0000
>
>
>The Dervish said,
>"It is good to be thankful to Allah that you are so well provided
>for."
>
>The Shakir said
>  "Don't be fooled by appearances, by all the external things and
>ideas of man, for this too shall pass."
>
>
>
>

Shakir \/ fakir same word different countries. If we look to deeply
at something, do we see the water at the bottom of the well or do we
just see the darkness Mehdi
------------------------------------------------------
These spiritual window shoppers, who idly ask,
How much is that? Oh, I am just looking.
They handle a hundred items and put them down,
shadows with no capital.

What is spent on love and two eyes wet with weeping.
But these walk into a shop, and their whole lives pass suddenly in
that moment, in that shop.

Where did you go?  "Nowhere."
What did you have to eat? "Nothing much."

Even if you don't know what you want,
buy something, to be part of the exchanging flow.

Start a huge, foolish, project like Noah.

It makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.

Jalaluddin Rumi
Mathnawi, VI, 831-845

Are we a rose or the thorns? Do we spend years asking for a light and
when it comes put it out because it is to bright?  When the teacher
comes are we to busy and send the teacher away only to spend years
looking for a teacher. Do we really seek the truth or the truth we are
comfortable with? Do we stand in the shadow of our own light and
complain about the darkness? Do we question every question? Do we ask
for knowledge only to dismiss it if it makes us uncomfortable? Let go
of words set out to seek the inner light the inner love. Let that be
your guide it is in this way the love and beloved become one.  The
tongue has no bone and yet it crushes.
Mehdi

(the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham asked
Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle! How is the Divine Inspiration
revealed to you?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Sometimes it is
(revealed) like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration is
the hardest of all and then this state passes  off after I have
grasped what is inspired. Sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a
man and talks to me and I grasp whatever he says." 'Aisha added:
Verily I saw the Prophet being inspired Divinely on a very cold day
and noticed the sweat dropping from his forehead (as the Inspiration
was over).
---------------------------------
the Quran) to make haste therewith." (75.16) said "Allah's Apostle
used to bear the revelation with great trouble and used to move his
lips (quickly) with the Inspiration." Ibn 'Abbas moved his lips
saying, "I am moving my lips in front of you as Allah's Apostle used
to move his." Said moved his lips saying: "I am moving my lips, as I
saw Ibn 'Abbas moving his." Ibn 'Abbas added, "So Allah
revealed 'Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste
therewith. It is for us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad)
the ability to recite it (the Qur'an)' (75.16-17) which means that
Allah will make him (the Prophet ) remember the portion of the
Qur'an which was revealed at that time by heart and recite it. The
Statement of Allah: 'And 'when we have recited it to you (O Muhammad
through Gabriel) then you follow its (Qur'an) recital' (75.18)
means 'listen to it and be silent. Then it is for Us (Allah) to make
it clear to you' (75.19) means 'Then it is (for Allah) to make you
recite it (and its meaning will be clear by itself through your
tongue). Afterwards, Allah's Apostle used to listen to Gabriel
whenever he came and after his departure he used to recite it as
Gabriel had recited it."

we are both the rose and the thorns and neither! and all questions point
back to the one who asks!


>From: "Sheikh Mehdi abd al Qadir Malang" <mehdimalang@...>
>Reply-To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Sufi_Poetry] pathways
>Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:06:36 -0000
>
>Are we a rose or the thorns? Do we spend years asking for a light and
>when it comes put it out because it is to bright?  When the teacher
>comes are we to busy and send the teacher away only to spend years
>looking for a teacher. Do we really seek the truth or the truth we are
>comfortable with? Do we stand in the shadow of our own light and
>complain about the darkness? Do we question every question? Do we ask
>for knowledge only to dismiss it if it makes us uncomfortable? Let go
>of words set out to seek the inner light the inner love. Let that be
>your guide it is in this way the love and beloved become one.  The
>tongue has no bone and yet it crushes.
>Mehdi
>
>
>
>

Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established till two (huge)
groups fight against each other, their claim being one and the same."

Ameen Sheik, an  APT WORD for these TIMES!

Thank you for being a vangaurd of the faith and for the faithful, muchlov for the sake of Allah(  sr. tal)

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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:29:50 -0000
From: "Sheikh Mehdi abd al Qadir Malang"
Subject: hadith

Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established till two (huge)
groups fight against each other, their claim being one and the same."





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In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate

"Each of us who came here with wisdom must learn from this school.
Heaven does not come from building beautiful churches, mosques, and
temples. Man must build his church, mosque, and temple within
himself. The house of God must be built within. The place of worship
must be seen within. The completeness of God must be built within
the self. If man can understand his story and the story of God and
then build a church within himself, that is victory."

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Allah+s Apostle said in Hajjat-al-Wada, "Which month (of the year) do
you think is most sacred?" The people said, "This current month of ours
(the month of Dhull-Hijja)." He said, "Which town (country) do you
think is the most sacred?" They said, "This city of ours (Mecca)." He
said, "Which day do you think is the most sacred?" The people
said, "This day of ours." He then said, "Allah, the Blessed, the
Supreme, has made your blood, your property and your honor as sacred as
this day of yours in this town of yours, in this month of yours (and
such protection cannot be slighted) except rightfully." He then said
thrice, "Have I conveyed Allah's Message (to you)?" The people answered
him each time saying, "Yes." The Prophet added, "May Allah be merciful
to you (or, woe on you)! Do not revert to disbelief after me by cutting
the necks of each other."

The Meaning of Man by Sidi Ali al-Jamal of Fez
"Part of what the Shaykh said to me [-may Allah profit us by him!] Is,
"My son,All the arts are such that whoever is annihilated in his art,
norms will certainly  be broken for him in it. Whoever is not
annulated in his art never has norms broken for him in it because
annulation is required.Its recompense from Allah ta'ala is braking
norms in it. The author of the hakim said "How can norms be broken for
you when you have not broken the norms in yourself." If you want to
see a wonder in a thing, then be annihilated in it and norms will be
broken foe you in it. Whatever you touch with sincerity only touches
you with sincerity.  What touches with lies, only touches you with
lies" Annihilation here means sincerity in seeking.

Greeetingd from Canada,
                            Did any one listen the the great documentary
on Sufi Poetry on Canada's CBC Radio One program "Ideas" ?

Layla
Ahmad al-Alawi
  English version by
Martin Lings
Full near I came unto where dwelleth
Layla, when I heard her call.
That voice, would I might ever hear it!
She favored me, and drew me to her,
Took me in, into her precinct,
With discourse intimate addressed me.
She sat me by her, then came closer,
Raised the cloak that hid her from me,
Made me marvel to distraction,
Bewildered me with all her beauty.
She took me and amazed me,
And hid me in her inmost self,
Until I thought that she was I,
And my life she took as ransom.
She changed me and transfigured me,
And marked me with her special sign,
Pressed me to her, put me from her,
Named me as she is named.
Having slain and crumbled me,
She steeped the fragments in her blood.
Then, after my death, she raised me:
My star shines in her firmament.
Where is my life, and where my body,
Where my willful soul? From her
The truth of these shone out to me
Secrets that had been hidden from me.
Mine eyes have never seen but her:
To naught else can they testify.
All meanings in her are comprised.
Glory be to her Creator!
Thou that beauty wouldst describe,
Here is something of her brightness
Take it from me. It is my art.
Think it not idle vanity.
My Heart lied not when it divulged
The secret of my meeting her.
If nearness unto her effaceth,
I still subsist in her substance.
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/A/alAlawiAhmad/Layla.htm

When asked about the Afghan Malang Sheikh Qadir said
"They are holy ones thought to be touched by the hand of Allah. Some
go about naked, moving with the seasons; others dress in women's
clothes; still others wear elaborate, often outlandish, concoctions
of their own design. Usually Afghan, Iranian, Pakistani, or Indian
Sufi Muslims, Malang travel from place to place, fed, honored, at
times feared by local populations, or at least held in awe. Often,
they spout unintelligible gibberish, words they claim to be from
Allah or a local saint. At other times, they quote the Qur'an. Some
Malang are immediately recognizable by their distinctive dress and
accoutrements: a long robe, chains and bead necklaces, a wooden or
metal bowl called Kaj Kol that they hang over their shoulder, and a
staff called Asah. Children follow them and they will play with them.
They see the world not as we see it but in the way of the moth
seeking the light. Not as male or female but as the lover seeking the
beloved. La ill la ha ill la la lights the way before them.  Some say
they left their religion, but I ask how can someone leave something
when belief has fled from them and knowledge is there friend. At that
point, the truth and seeker are one and yet no one understands them."

Aslam Alakum my brother

The blessed Nabi [salahewasalam] said Islam is the final truth and
all Muslims are brothers. It is the responsibility of all native Arab
Muslims to help all who ask to learn Arabic fluently and to help
spread the Deen. The problem with Muslims today is they forget there
religion and love the Duna more'

Salaam

Mehdi


----- Original Message ----
From: sidi Muhammad Abdullatif Shah <royal_tijara@...>
To: Mehdi Malang <mehdimalang@...>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:03:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Islamforsoul] ├╚═╦ ┌ф
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alaikum salam
no need, cos is only for arab peopel
abdullatif


--- Mehdi Malang <maehdimalang@...> ha scritto:

> Aslam Alakum
>  My brother InshAllah please is there way to fix
> your postings so I can read them.
> Jazakalahir
> Mehdi
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: H.H. Prince As-Sayyid Muhammad Abdullatif
> Al-Hashimi <>
> To: Islamforsoul@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:54:08 AM
> Subject: [Islamforsoul] أبحث عن سيدة عربية مسلمة
> للزواج
>
> أبحث عن سيدة عربية مسلمة للزواج
> أنا إيطالي مسلم رجل مرتب و شريف و حساس و بصلي و اصوم
> و اتمنى اني أحج
> بيت الله
> أنا أسلمت عندما كان عمري 17 سنه من حوالي 10 سنين
> الحمد لله
> انا ابحث عن سيدة عربية مسلمة من اي عمر سواء حتي لو
> مطلقة او أرملة لا
> يوجد مشكلة و لكن يجب أن تكون مهذبة و شريفة و حساسة و
> مقتصدة
> أريدها سيده مليئه بالحب , ذكية , حساسة , متفهمة تكون
> متحملة و عبقرية
> ليس من الضروري أن ترحل بعيداً عن أهلها . بإمكانها أن
> تعيش في بلدها لأنني
> أحب أن أعيش بين ايطاليا و الشرق الأوسط
> أرجو الجدية مع وجود صورة و نية حقيقة للزواج
> أبحث عن سيدة عربية مستقلة ماديا جميلة وانيقة عازبة
> أو مطلقة أو أرملة.
> لاتمانع رغبتي في أن أتزوج زوجة آخرى في المستقبل

hey sheik medhi! what's up? how abut a phone number ok.?
             Love ~isham


>From: "Sheikh Mehdi abd al Qadir Malang" <mehdimalang@...>
>Reply-To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Sufi_Poetry] Afghan Malang
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 16:45:42 -0000
>
>When asked about the Afghan Malang Sheikh Qadir said
>"They are holy ones thought to be touched by the hand of Allah. Some
>go about naked, moving with the seasons; others dress in women's
>clothes; still others wear elaborate, often outlandish, concoctions
>of their own design. Usually Afghan, Iranian, Pakistani, or Indian
>Sufi Muslims, Malang travel from place to place, fed, honored, at
>times feared by local populations, or at least held in awe. Often,
>they spout unintelligible gibberish, words they claim to be from
>Allah or a local saint. At other times, they quote the Qur'an. Some
>Malang are immediately recognizable by their distinctive dress and
>accoutrements: a long robe, chains and bead necklaces, a wooden or
>metal bowl called Kaj Kol that they hang over their shoulder, and a
>staff called Asah. Children follow them and they will play with them.
>They see the world not as we see it but in the way of the moth
>seeking the light. Not as male or female but as the lover seeking the
>beloved. La ill la ha ill la la lights the way before them.  Some say
>they left their religion, but I ask how can someone leave something
>when belief has fled from them and knowledge is there friend. At that
>point, the truth and seeker are one and yet no one understands them."
>
>
>

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My daughter asked me to answer this question off the Internet.
     The word Muslim means one who has surrender their life to god.
The Islamic faith has the same problems as all other religions;
people take personal belief and culture plus bad interruption and act
upon that. In Islam, it states if you harm an innocent person, you
harm the whole world. I have even read In Christian pamphlets put out
by a church that Allah is a moon god these ideas come from uneducated
people. When Jesus prayed he spoke Aramaic. The word for god in
Aramaic is Allah. I have even heard Muslims hate Christians. How can
one religion hate another when they both have Jesus teaching in the
same book? The Quran has Jesus teachings and talks about the second
coming. Many Muslims have a Quran and a Bible. The world is to full
of people and governments saying I am right and everyone else is
wrong instead of saying, lets work together and bring peace into the
world
"As it states in the Quran: `Oh you who believe, stand up firmly for
justice, as witnesses to God, even if it be against yourselves, or
your parents, or your kin, and whether it be against rich or poor;
for God can best protect both. Do not follow any passion, lest you
not be just. And if you distort or decline to do justice, verily God
is well-acquainted with all that you do.'" (Quran 4:135)

40 Sayings Of A Modern Sufi Master
Asif Naqshbandi
May 16, 2000
  Translated by Asif Jehangir Naqshbandi Jamaati I am a biomedical
engineer. I became initiated into the Naqshbandi Order a few years
back and in my spare time I help to translate the works of great
Muslims of the Subcontinent into English.

Selection of wise sayings by a Naqshbandi Sufi Master from Pakistan.

Here is a compendium of forty (40) wise sayings of one of the
greatest Sufi saints of the 19th/20th centuries, Hazrat Pir Sayyid
Jamaat Ali Shah Sahib quds-sirruhu (c.1840 -1951) of Alipur Sharif,
Sialkot, Pakistan. The Shaykh was one of the great saints of the
Punjab and a sayyid also from both maternal and paternal sides of his
family. His ancestors, all sufi masters themselves, hailed from
Shiraz in Iran and came to the Subcontinent when one of them
accompanied Emperor Humayoun back to Delhi after his exile in Iran
where Humayoun had originally met him. The Shaykh's ancestors
honoured the court of Humayoun with their presence but when Akbar
began to deviate from the religion of Islam and announced his Din i
Ilaahi they left the imperial court in protest. Akbar was loathe to
see such saintly persons go but they were adamant and so he granted
them a piece of land in Alipur area as a parting honour. Here the
Shaykh's ancestors settled in the subcontinent and their descendants
have remained there ever since.

Hazrat Jamaat Ali Shah sahib was renowned for his saintliness even as
a young child and after completing his religious studies (he was an
expert in all of the branches of fiqh but especially in the sciences
of hadith) he went throughout the width and breadth of the
subcontinent working tirelessly for Islam and the Muslims. He laid
the foundation stones--and funded-- hundreds of mosques throughout
the Subcontinent from Peshawar to Hyderabad, Deccan. He was a leading
personality in all of the major movements of that time such as the
Khilafat movement and he was especially active against the Arya Samaj
movement and helped to save the iman of countless Muslims with his
tireless efforts. He also was one of the key defenders of the Ahle
Sunnah faith against the rise of Qadianism and also was an opponent
of the reform movements like that of the Wahabis.

He had a wonderful, awe-inspiring personality and was gentle and
loving towards all, yet was afraid of no one when it came to
defending the religion of Allah's Messenger sal Allahu alayhi wa
sallam; this is demonstrated by his leadership of the Muslims during
the Shahid Ganj Mosque incident where the Shaykh led the opposition
to the plans of the British rulers in Lahore as well as his refusal
to pray behind the official Wahaabi Imams in the Haramain appointed
by King Saud and his refusal to visit the King when he was ordered to
do so to explain: "I am a faqeer, he is a king" was his famous reply.
In the end it was Saud who relented and allowed the Shaykh to pray by
himself! He received medals from the Sultan of Ottoman Turkey for his
services to Islam and for his amazing generosity in helping the
people of Madina during a drought there for which he received the
title "Abu'l Arab".

However, apart from his vast learning, it was as a Sufi shaykh that
the saint was loved by the populace and it is estimated that he had
over 1 million murids [disciples] from Afghanistan to the southern
tip of India; he received the khirqa [cloak] from his Shaykh very
soon after taking bayah [pledge of spiritual allegaince] and was thus
the representative of his Shaykh early on. He was authorized to
accept murids into many Sufi Orders but it was as a Naqshbandi Master
that he is famous for, carrying the great secret of this Order. He
transformed the lives of countless people and sinners repented at his
hands by the thousand and many others themselves reached the highest
levels of spiritual development by his attention. His karaamaat
[miracles] are too many to recount and there are many eye-witnesses
to them.

He was extremely generous and magnanimous towards all, especially the
poor, and he would not eat alone and the poor had been invited to
share his table with him. Though possessing great family wealth the
Shaykh spent it all on Islam and the poor, himself living frugally in
the manner of the great Naqshbandi Sufis of the past.

He was a big supporter of the Pakistan movement and amongst his
admirers was one Muhammad Iqbal, the poet. Also, he wrote many
letters to Quaid e Azam offering advice and support and he was
instrumental in getting the populace to vote for the Muslim League:
he issued a fatwa saying that he would not read the janaazah prayer
of anyone of his mureeds who did not vote for Pakistan. He sent a
tasbih and prayer mat to the Quaid too and asked him to pray
regularly.

As a Sufi he occupied the status of a Perfect Master and he was loved
by all and sundry. It is for his love of the Holy Prophet of Allah
alayhi salaat o salaam that he is especially famous for (like Mawlana
Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi alayhirahmat, his younger contemporary with
whom he had a great friendship and admired). He passed onto his
Creator in 1951 but until the very end he stuck passionately to the
commands of the Shar'iah, never missing a prayer and often he would
pray all night long. Inna lillaha wa inna ilaayhi raaj'iun.

I was fortunate enough to be initiated into this great Sufi family by
the great grandson of Hazrat Sayyid Jamaat Ali Shah, my Shaykh Hazrat
Sayyid Munawwar Hussain Shah Jamaati sahib a few years ago. I am
translating the biography of the Shaykh into English and insha Allah
I shall be succesful in this task.

As a taster, here is a sample of 40 sayings of the Shaykh (malfuzat)
which I have translated. Each one is an ocean of wisdom and may Allah
help us to benefit from them and to act on the advice. Ameen.

Forty Utterances [Malfuzat] of The Most Venerable Shaykh, Amir-E-
Millat Hadrat Sayyid Jamaat Ali Shah Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi [May Allah
sanctify his mighty secret!]



In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

He (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

1.If the name of Allah is uttered even once with the tongue, it is
the dhikr (remembrance) of the tongue; if Allah is remembered once
with the heart, then that is equal to thirty five million utterances
(dhikr) of the tongue. Such is the dhikr of the heart. There are 35
million blood vessels in the body, and all are connected to the
heart. If Allah's name is uttered even once (with the heart) then all
the vessels utter it too.

2.In a river, a boat travels on the water and the greater the amount
of water, the more at ease the boat will be. However if that very
water enters the boat, it will capsize. The heart is as the boat and
the sorrows and heartaches of the world are the water; everyone's
boat has sunk except that of the people of Allah—those who do dhikr—
which always stays afloat.

3.Allah [May He be Exalted!] has created Hell for the enemies of the
Holy Messenger [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam] and Paradise for those
who are his lovers. Those people who worry about whether they will go
to Heaven or Hell after death, should ask themselves whether they are
lovers of His Excellency (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) or amongst his
enemies.

4."Kullu jadeedin lazeezun"; you may like every new thing of this
world but in your Faith [Deen] you must stick with the same, ancient,
Islam as that of your Predecessors.

5.If a man has bad (sinful) actions [`amal] so be it, but Allah
forbid that his Belief [`aqeedah] is bad. In a hadith it is written
that run from a leper as you would from a lion; those with bad Belief
are lepers of the heart—protect yourself from them, in fact do not
even sit where they have sat.

6.Constant contemplation [fikr] about prayer [salat; namaz] is given
the name prayer i.e. a person is busy doing some work but his heart
is always thinking about the (next) prayer so that sometimes he asks
about the time, sometimes he looks at his watch, at other times he
looks at the (position of) the sun, to make sure that he doesn't miss
the (correct) prayer time. Until such templation is achieved, the
prayer is just a ritual and a habit which is being performed. May
Allah Almighty grant us such contemplation!

7.If a farmer uses a plough all his life but does not plant the
seeds, can his crops grow? Of course not! Using the plough is fasting
[sawm], prayer [salat], pilgrimage [Hajj] and sowing the seeds is
charity [zakat]. If one does not give zakat, all his praying, fasting
and making the pilgrimage is in vain.

8.If two tasks need to be performed, one for the Faith [Deen], the
other for the world [dunya], then perform the one for the Deen first.
Through it's blessing [baraka'] the worldly task will also be
achieved.

9.Every supplication [dua'] has two wings: lawful earnings, and a
truthful tongue. Whoever earns through lawful [halal] means and
speaks the truth, his supplication will definitely be accepted.

10.Whoever asks from you in fact does you a favour, for he asks you
for a paisa [a hundredth of a rupee] and Allah rewards you for
(giving) it seven-hundred fold.

11.Saying, `La ilaha il Allah' (there is no god but Allah) makes one
a muwwahid (monotheist), not a Believer (mu'min). So when will you
become a Believer? When you say `La ilaha il Allahu Muhammadur Rasul
Allah' (there is no god but Allah (and) Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah). For us the greatest blessing (ni'mat) is that of Iman
(Faith).Even Satan recites `La ilaha il Allah', but why is he still
known as the Accursed? He (even) says, `Inni akhafullaha Rabbal
aalamin' (Verily, I have fear of Allah, the Lord of the Worlds).

All the different groups in the world are believers in the Oneness of
God [tawhid], whether they be bhangis, choorhay-chamaar,Christians,
or some other group, but why are they accursed (mala'un)? Because
they only say, 'There is no god but Allah' but omit `Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah'.

12.When the blessed name of the Chief of Both the Worlds (Muhammad),
sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, comes on one's tongue, all one's
lifetime of blasphemy [kufr], polytheism [shirk], and all one's sins
are erased.

13.In this day and age it is common to hear that do not praise His
Excellency Muhammad), sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, beyond his limit.
But only one who knows a limit can go beyond it. If someone does not
know the limit, how will he exceed it? Apart from Allah Almighty no
one knows the limits of the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam);
reading his noble kalimah once is enough to wipe out a lifetime's
sins! This much we do know about his limits:

Muhammad Mustafa, O Kaif, is praised by Allah Forget about Man: no
one can truly praise him!

Muhammad is the Divine Secret, his secrets who knows?

In shar'iah he is a man, in reality [haqiqah] God knows!

14.In , `Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah', there is laudation
[na'at] of the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam; those who do not
like the Prophet's laudation [na'at], should also refrain from
saying, "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."

15.The earth does not eat the bodies of the Prophets, neither does it
touch them. The Prophets pray [perform namaz] in their graves.

Use analogy [qiyas] then, and think what the state of The Prophet
will be like (in his grave).

16.The Messenger of Allah, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, said that
whoever sends salutations upon me I will answer his salutations.

17.His Excellency (Muhammad), sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, said that
whoever sends blessings [durud-i-sharif] upon me with love, I hear it
with my own ears.

18.The Holy Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam ,after veiling
himself from this world, is, without doubt, alive and still upon his
Prophethood (in his blessed grave) and is pleased by the worship and
good deeds of his Community [ummah] and saddened by the sins and
disobedience.

19.A loose, unbridled, camel never reaches it's destination and
wherever it goes it is beaten and hit. A camel in a line (of camels)
however, no matter how thin and weak it is, definitely will reach
it's destination.

20.The body has been given to use, and not to nourish and make fat:

You must awake, so awaken now, whilst beneath the heavens' shadow

You shall have until Judgement Day to sleep --beneath the earth's
shadow!

21.By putting one's head on the dust (in prostration), a man becomes
purified:

What right do we have to put our feet on the ground

When, in prostration, we've never put our head on the ground?

22.Do not stay in the company of people with incorrect beliefs
[aqidah], in fact do not even sit where they have sat.

23.Wherever the water touches during wudu'[ritual washing], that
place will not burn in the hellfire.

24.If after mendicancy [faqr], the faqir becomes a dog of the world
[dunya] again;

The fool after being purified, has become embroiled in filth again!

25.In the verse of Surah Fatiha, `Guide us to the straight path, the
path of those whom You have favoured', there is proof of taqlid and
its

necessity.

26."Fatta bi `u millata Ibrahima hanifa'n". There have been 124, 000
prophets but this command, "Therefore follow the religion of Ibrahim

who was separate from every falsehood" proves that it is obligatory
[fard] to do taqlىd of an Imam.

27.Everybody's grave will be dark but the grave of those who pray the
tahajjud prayer will be full of light. The reading of the Ayat ul
Kursi

(Verse of the Throne) after each prayer (namaz), and the Sura
(beginning with)Tabarakulladhi each night will definitely result in
there

being no punishment in the grave.

28.Just as it is obligatory [fard] to send blessings [durud] upon the
Holy Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) during the prayer [salat],
likewise it is also obligatory to send blessings [durud] upon his
Family [إ l], otherwise the prayer will not be (valid).

29.Nothing is had before it has been destined [qismat] and before
it's appointed time [waqt].

30.Allah Ta'aala has created the heart [dil] for his remembrance
[dhikr], and has not created it for worries.

31.When people from previous nations sinned, there faces used to
metamorphose but His Excellency, the Holy Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi
wa sallam), declared, "Allah the Pure will not change the faces of
those who believe in me."

32.The Day of Judgement [qiyamat] will come when from amongst Allah's
servants, no one remains to pronounces Allah's name.

33.Respect the great men of religion [buzurg], if they become angry
(with you) then there is no hope for salvation. To insult one is to
insult them all. If a chicken lays a rotten egg, then even if that
one egg is placed beneath a thousand other chickens, a chick will
never emerge from that egg.

34.Read the Word of Allah (Qur'an) only for Allah. Reading it for
worldly reasons [dunya], is like giving rubies in exchange for a few
worthless pennies; it is another matter if, after reading for Allah,
Allah Himself gives you worldly benefits for the sake of your reading
(for Him).

35.He who has no shame [ghairat] has no faith [iman].

36.To accept an invitation (to dine) [dawah] is Sunnah. His
Excellency the Holy Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said that
even if someone makes you an invitation which is at a distance of
three miles away, and invites you for something simple, you should
still attend.

37.At the time of entering Madina Sharif , you must pay full
attention to its etiquette [adab]. At the very least, one's facial
appearance should be that of a Muslim: the latest fashions, and
hairstyles, etc. should be avoided.

38.If one wishes to give anything in the way of Allah, one should do
so in one's own lifetime. After we die, neither our wife nor our
children

will give anything in our name; in fact, it will be difficult even
for them to come to read the Fatihah at our graves!

39.If there are ten people doing dhikr and one person who is
abstaining [ghafil], the remembrancers [dhakir] will make the
abstainer radiant too [nurani].Staying [suhbat] with company wherein
Allah's dhikr is performed will bring contentment.

40.It is said that after death the dead person does not receive
spiritual reward [thawab]. The situation is this, that the soul does
not die; when the soul does not die, why then will it receive no
reward?!

amin to that brother~isham


>From: "Sheikh Mehdi abd al Qadir Malang" <mehdimalang@...>
>Reply-To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>To: Sufi_Poetry@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Sufi_Poetry] Do u think that Muslims r bad or good?what exactly
>about them?
>Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:53:04 -0000
>
>My daughter asked me to answer this question off the Internet.
>     The word Muslim means one who has surrender their life to god.
>The Islamic faith has the same problems as all other religions;
>people take personal belief and culture plus bad interruption and act
>upon that. In Islam, it states if you harm an innocent person, you
>harm the whole world. I have even read In Christian pamphlets put out
>by a church that Allah is a moon god these ideas come from uneducated
>people. When Jesus prayed he spoke Aramaic. The word for god in
>Aramaic is Allah. I have even heard Muslims hate Christians. How can
>one religion hate another when they both have Jesus teaching in the
>same book? The Quran has Jesus teachings and talks about the second
>coming. Many Muslims have a Quran and a Bible. The world is to full
>of people and governments saying I am right and everyone else is
>wrong instead of saying, lets work together and bring peace into the
>world
>"As it states in the Quran: `Oh you who believe, stand up firmly for
>justice, as witnesses to God, even if it be against yourselves, or
>your parents, or your kin, and whether it be against rich or poor;
>for God can best protect both. Do not follow any passion, lest you
>not be just. And if you distort or decline to do justice, verily God
>is well-acquainted with all that you do.'" (Quran 4:135)
>
>
>

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