"What am I going to do today?"
says the man depending on his self
ending each day unfulfilled
unable to meet his wants,
until he poses the question again,
rising in strength,
"What is God going to do with me today?"
Comfortable, ready, open for all that may.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Disciplining children effectively
Sound advice attributed to Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (may God bestow Mercy upon him) in Mufti Taqi Uthmani's 'Discourses on the Islamic Way of Life', chapter on 'How to bring up children', adapted here ever so slightly...
When you have to hit your child,
refrain from doing so in anger.
Instead, wait until your anger subsides,
closing your eyes and taking in a deep breath if necessary,
fake your anger and then hit the child.
This is to be clear in your intention:
to discipline the child, and not to vent your frustation.
Anger unchecked will propel you over the edge.
When you have to hit your child,
refrain from doing so in anger.
Instead, wait until your anger subsides,
closing your eyes and taking in a deep breath if necessary,
fake your anger and then hit the child.
This is to be clear in your intention:
to discipline the child, and not to vent your frustation.
Anger unchecked will propel you over the edge.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Warn your families and guard your selves
"And enjoin upon your family prayer, and be constant on it."
Strange, no?
We are commanded first to enjoin prayer upon our family
and thereafter to regularly observe it ourselves.
The other way around in sequence I would have expected it.
One to think about and investigate.
That's verse number 132 of Surah Taa-Haa by the way; the 20th Surah.
Strange, no?
We are commanded first to enjoin prayer upon our family
and thereafter to regularly observe it ourselves.
The other way around in sequence I would have expected it.
One to think about and investigate.
That's verse number 132 of Surah Taa-Haa by the way; the 20th Surah.
O believer
O you who believe
Your Lord calls you
with a most endearing call.
Naught does He address you
except in that which is your connection,
'O you with belief in Me'.
Your Lord calls you
with a most endearing call.
Naught does He address you
except in that which is your connection,
'O you with belief in Me'.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Between hope and fear
Cautious, wary, treading carefully
the fearful.
Positive, active, yearning mercy
the hopeful.
Between the two
the faithful.
A perfect faith
Between hope and fear.
A balance struck.
Fear; so much as to counteract hope.
Hope; so much as to counteract fear.
The two wings of a believer flying him home to His Lord.
O Allah, apportion us with fear of You so much so that acts as a barrier between us and disobedience to You.
the fearful.
Positive, active, yearning mercy
the hopeful.
Between the two
the faithful.
A perfect faith
Between hope and fear.
A balance struck.
Fear; so much as to counteract hope.
Hope; so much as to counteract fear.
The two wings of a believer flying him home to His Lord.
O Allah, apportion us with fear of You so much so that acts as a barrier between us and disobedience to You.
Monday, 25 April 2011
Congratulations resistant soul...
Congratulations for the one who never found pleasure praying,
never throughout his life,
yet he persisted
in obedience to God's command.
Congratulations on him who continued praying
through compulsion and heaviness,
finding no enjoyment,
of an increased reward.
Congratulations
for enthusiasm was never demanded,
nor a condition for the acceptance of deeds,
only sincerity.
O Allah, accept from us our deeds. Indeed You are the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
never throughout his life,
yet he persisted
in obedience to God's command.
Congratulations on him who continued praying
through compulsion and heaviness,
finding no enjoyment,
of an increased reward.
Congratulations
for enthusiasm was never demanded,
nor a condition for the acceptance of deeds,
only sincerity.
O Allah, accept from us our deeds. Indeed You are the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Dhikr
A man who remembers God in his heart
builds on his relationship with God.
As the remembrance increases, deepens and strengthens
so the love of God starts to find settlement in his heart.
He begins to feel unease around sin,
distant from cruelty, unwilling to violate the rights of others.
His being begins to grow fit
for the peace, serenity and joy of Paradise that awaits.
(Some thoughts thought(!) whilst reading a passage in Mufti Taqi Uthmani's Spiritual Discourses Volume 4 about how 'Dhikr' is beneficial for us ourselves and does not benefit God or increase His dominion in any way.)
builds on his relationship with God.
As the remembrance increases, deepens and strengthens
so the love of God starts to find settlement in his heart.
He begins to feel unease around sin,
distant from cruelty, unwilling to violate the rights of others.
His being begins to grow fit
for the peace, serenity and joy of Paradise that awaits.
(Some thoughts thought(!) whilst reading a passage in Mufti Taqi Uthmani's Spiritual Discourses Volume 4 about how 'Dhikr' is beneficial for us ourselves and does not benefit God or increase His dominion in any way.)
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