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CONTEMPLATIONS
Posted June 12, 2009
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People May doubt what you say, but they always will
believe what you do 2.
Adornment of the people of knowledge and virtue are
calmness, decency and respectability. 3.
How many a true saying is abandoned, because the teller
is inglorious amongst the people! And how many false saying is accepted,
because the teller is of high rank and honour”! [Arabic Poem] 4.
Sound mind in a sound body [Arabic proverb] 5.
People love to receive but always dislike to give 6.
People are fixated in erecting buildings but neglect the
building of men! 7.
Time is like wealth- as with wealth the value of time is
measured by how well it is spent and used. A miser is one who does not spend
from his wealth except a little; similarly the one who does not spend his time
well is a miser too. 8.
‘I have no country but Islam’ [Iqbal] 9.
Successful are those who do not delay today’s work till
tomorrow 10.
Only the weak hide behind pre-destination [al-qadar] 11.
The difference between the worldly [dunyawiy] pleasures
and those of the heaven, heavenly pleasures are unadulterated while worldly
pleasures are contaminated with pain and grief. 12.
A Muslim’s character is always political! 13.
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There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile
speaks them all. 15.
Tajwid, the art of learning to speak to God 16.
”From the signs of ones success in the end is turning to
Allah in the beginning. Whoever’s beginning is radiant his end will also be
radiant”. [Ibn 'Ataillah] 17.
Sign of man’s success in this life does not lie in how
much wealth he has accumulated, but true success lies in the legacy he leaves
behind 18.
Repentance [Tawbah] is like a washing machine that cleans
your sins. Which make are you? 19.
People require food once or twice a day but they require
knowledge at every breath [Imam Ahmad] 20.
Seekers of the Akahira are elevated while seekers
of the Dunya are debased 21.
Salah, the court of God on earth, so
decorate yourself with humility when you stand in front of him 22.
You may find things in the river which you will not find
in the ocean [Arabic proverb] 23.
Hope necessitates action 24.
Hope without patience is like a ship sailing on dry land 25.
The difference between Secularism and Islam is ‘the
difference between monotheism [Tawhid] and polytheism [Shirk]’. [Sh Salman
al-‘Awdah] 26.
Dhikr [Remembrance of God], like a magnet
it pulls one to God. 27.
The mind of the youth is like an empty vessel, easy to
fill. 28.
Fiqh without tasawwuf [spirituality] is like a
body without a soul. 29.
The Dunya is like a play in which everyone has a part to
perform 30.
The Dunya is like a station in the journey to God 31.
‘The one who is (truly) imprisoned is the one whose heart
is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have
enslaved him’. [Ibn Taymiyyah] 32.
The a’mil [worker] without knowledge
is like a traveller without a path [Hasan al Basri] 33.
The concern of the Scholars is to nurture and the concern
of the foolish is to narrate. [Hasan al-Basri] 34.
Whoever lives for himself [only] dies small and whoever
lives for his Ummah dies great. [Syed Qutb] 35.
The Dunya is like a mirage, when one comes close to it,
it fades away 36.
A learned man who doesn’t restrain his passions is like a
blind man holding a torch, he guides others but not himself. [Shaykh Sa’di,
Gulistan, p.207] 37.
Scholars are like doctors, they heal the wounds of
ignorance. 38.
Narrating stories [Qisas] is in fact following them since
qassa means to follow 39.
Al-Nafs [soul] can be your greatest ally
and your greatest enemy if it is not nurtured in the obedience of Allah. 40.
For everything you leave there is a substitute, but if
you depart from Allah there is no substitute for him. [Arabic poem] 41.
The Dunya is like a dream, a person believes all that he
sees are true and real 42.
The word شمس “shams” (sun in Arabic) is
feminine, and قمر “qamar” (moon in Arabic) is
masculine. The sun burns itself out to give light and life to everything
around, and the moon isمنير muneer, meaning it reflects the
light. Within itself it has no light; it radiates the brilliance of the sun. So
when we shine as men, the implication is that we are reflecting the glorious
light of our women. [Sh Abdullah Adhami] 43.
Wudhu [Ablution], purification from the
visible and non- visible dirt 44.
Purifying the Hands, is to refrain it from harming others 45.
Purifying the Mouth, is to renounce saying and eating
that which is forbidden 46.
Purifying the Nose, is to prepare it to smell the
fragrance of paradise 47.
Purifying the Face, is to ornament it with modesty and
shyness 48.
Purifying the Neck, is to free it from the
disobedience of Allah 49.
Purifying the Chest, is to relieve ones heart from
bearing malice against others 50.
Purifying the Feet, is to chain it from approaching sin more
to come Insha’Allah…..50 to to reach 100 Abdullah
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