Friday, 24 January 2014

Qur'an: The desires of the heart

"Beautified for people
is the love of that which they desire;
of women and sons,
heaped-up sums of gold and silver,
fine branded horses,
and cattle and tilled land.
That is the enjoyment of the worldly life.
And God has with Him the best return."

(Surah 3, Verse 14)

How lucky man is
to have in the desires of his heart
a means
to distinguish himself:
to realise the temporariness of his wants;
to act on them only in what is necessary;
to overcome them for deeds eternal.

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Qur'an: The Ever-Living, the All-Sustaining

"God:
there is no god but Him,
the Ever-Living, the All-Sustaining."

(Surah 3, Verse 2)

Herein lies a declaration and a proof:
God has no beginning and no end,
and it is He Who sustains all that exists.
And can there be two gods
who have no beginning and no end,
and sustain all that exists?
And can there by any other than God
who is worthy of adoration and worship?