As Salaamu Alaikum
A THOUGHT
THE WORLD OF LOVE
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The world of love has neither beginning nor end; there is no guide to it save
a bleeding heart. He is a lover who from the first step he takes, immerses
himself from head to foot in blood becoming like so much mud.
0 Lord, I have said many foolish things; I have said much that was true and
much that was not. Though the sinner commit a hundred worlds of sins, yet one
atom of Thy grace will efface them all.
We have nothing but sins to offer, no acts of devotion. What can we bring to
counterbalance our sins? Only a small handful of things.
Since such is our case, 0 Lord, do not abandon us to ourselves. Thou transcends
the categories of quantity, quality, and cause; Thou art beyond and outside of
the world.
0 Lord, Thy mercy is a universal sea; a single drop of it would suffice for us.
If Thou were to wash the pollution of Thy sinful creatures in that sea, The
water would not be darkened for a moment but the case of a whole world of
people would be brighter.
What loss would that sea of mercy suffer if Thou gavest one drop of water to
Thy creatures?
~ FARIDUDEEN ATTAR ~
PoEtEsS
"Scarlet headscarf I wear is as red as a rose with a perfect pose but I care
what's inside me!"…Zohra Moosa (Deaf Poet)
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy
Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of
camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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