Our life of poverty is as necessary

Our life of poverty is as necessary

 as the work itself.

 Only in heaven will we see

 how much we owe to the poor 

for helping us to love God better

 because of them.

Mother Teresa

A "No" uttered from the deepest conviction

A "No" uttered from the deepest conviction 

is better than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, 

or worse, to avoid trouble

Gandhi ji

Happiness is when what you think

Happiness is when what you think,

 what you say, and 

what you do are in harmony

Gandhi ji

I am the slave of the Master of Prophets

I am the slave of the Master of Prophets

And my fealty to him has no beginning.

I am a slave of his slave, and of his slave’s slave,

And so forth endlessly,

For I do not cease to approach the door

Of his good pleasure among the beginners.

I proclaim among people the teaching of his high attributes,

And sing his praises among the poets.

Perhaps he shall tell me: “You are a noted friend

Of mine, a truly excellent beautifier of my tribute.

Yes, I would sacrifice my soul for the dust of his sanctuary.

His favor should be that he accept my sacrifice.

He has triumphed who ascribes himself to him!

 Not that he needs such following,

For he is not in need of creation at all,

While they all need him without exception.

He belongs to Allah alone, Whose purified servant he is,

As his attributes and names have made manifest;

And every single favor in creation comes from Allah

To him, and from him to everything else.” 

 Yusuf al-Nabhani

I desired to praise the Chosen One

I desired to praise the Chosen One and was hindered

By my own inability to grasp the extent of his glory.

How can one such as I measure an ocean, when the ocean is vast?

And how can one such as I count the stones and the stars?

If all of my limbs were to become tongues, even then –

Even then I could not begin to praise him as I desired.

And if all of creation gathered together in an attempt

To praise him, even then they would stint in his due.

I have altogether ceased trying – awestruck, clinging to courtesy,

Tempered by timidity, glorifying his most exalted rank.

Indeed, sometimes silence holds within it the essence of eloquence,

And often speech merely fodder for the faultfinder.”

( Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi)

Life is most persistent

Life is most persistent 

and urgent question is:

What are you doing for others?

Martin Luther