Paradise One

Imam ibn al-Qayyim says on page #230

” An experienced person told the following remarkable account: I once saw an ant that found a half locust; she tried to move it, but she failed to carry it from the ground. So she moved a little distance and called a group of ants. The narrator adds: I took away that half locust from the ground, so that when the ant and its companions came she went around and they went around, but could not find it, so they went back. Then I replaced the half locust, and when the ant came, she saw it, she tried to carry it but failed. So she walked a little distance, bringing her group. They came and went round the place and when the group did not find anything, they made a circle round the ant, attacked it and cut it limb from limb. I sat there observing all this. “

SubhanAllah.

Asalamu Alaikum,

Amazing quote I came across on brother Yursil’s blog:

“And when, as a result of this soul searching you begin to read from books of Sufi knowledge, of the Prophet (S), of Abu Bakr (R) and Ali (R), of Rumi, of Attar, you only feel your longing more strongly and feel that you are even thirstier. Through all this reading you have tasted only a trickle, just enough to know how sweet a spring this is. By now you must realize that books are not the best vessel for wisdom of the heart, for the heart itself is the vessel, and the precious draught is passed from heart to heart. Where may such heart springs be found in a time that has turned verdant fields into desert wastes? Wandering through huge desert wastes, how many of us may just happen to stumble upon an oasis? First you may stumble upon one hundred mirages! But you must keep on, don’t turn back saying, “I have found only illusions.” No, no one said you have embarked on an easy journey, so you must be perseverant.”
- Shaykh Maulana Nazim al-Hakkani

InshaAllah, for those of us living in developed nations, lets stop taking things for granted. Engage in dhikr and reflection. And as the video suggested, get out and do something real!

please. InshaAllah.

SubhanAllah.

nothing I can say will even begin to do justice to the power and beauty of this speech.

May Allah (swt) bless Habib Jifri a thousand times over. AMEEN.