The Mu'min

Penitence for his Mu'min drawn to the fountain of light.
To immerse his soul in the cosmic-light of the enchanted plight,
And to build a shrine of virtues for the unabated sight,
To cross the borders of mind, soul and angel-light.

We learn what we live

I found this great poem, i have no idea who it is written by but its great. Enjoy:

**Turning negatives into positives**

We learn what we live.

If we live with criticism, we learn to condemn.

If we live with ridicule, we learn to be shy.

If we live with shame, we learn to feel guilty.

If we live with blame, we learn to become inferior.

If we live with invalidation, we learn to discredit.

If we live with alienation, we learn to exclude.

If we live with hostility, we learn to fight.

It is how we live.

If we live with tolerance, we learn to be patient.

If we live with fairness, we learn justice.

If we live with stimulus, we learn to be creative.

If we live with encouragement, we learn how to empower.

If we live with acknowledgement, we learn to incorporate.

If we live with support, we learn to be inclusive.

If we live with security, we learn to have faith.

We live what we learnt.

Hassan Al Basri

Lately I have been reading about Hassan Al Basri, and subhanallah what can I say about this great man. May Allah bring the likeness of him among us, he was the son of Zayid bin thabit and the freed slave women of umm salama (the prophet saw’s wife).

He studied under Ali(ra). His wisdom and god fearing-ness is truly amazing. Hassan Al Basir said: We laugh and yet - who knows? - perhaps Allah has looked at some of our works and said: "I will not accept anything from you." Woe to you, son of Adam! Can you fight Allah? Whoever disobeys Allah is fighting Him. By Allah! I have met seventy veterans of Badr. Most of their garments were wool. Had you seen them you would have said they are crazy, and had they seen the best among you they would have said: "Those people will have no part in the Hereafter." Had they seen the worst among you they would have said: "Those people do not believe in the Day of Reckoning." I have seen people for whom this world was cheaper than the dust under their feet. I have seen people the like of whom would come home at night, not finding more than his own portion of food, and yet say: "I shall not put all of this into my belly. I shall certainly give some away for Allah's sake." Then he would give away some of his food in charity, even if he were more in need of it than its recipient.

May Allah swt bless him and give us an iman similar to his.

A Tree Knelt In Praise

I know that I shall never see
A poem that bows quite like our tree
A tree who like us loved to pray
In adoration every day

A tree who humbly knelt in praise
To God and never chose to raise
Itself above the other trees
Instead remained as if on knees

A tree who gave our scholars shade
And never asked that it be paid
A tree whose needles never hurt
But gently fell upon the dirt

A tree whose worth cannot be told
Or ever lent or bought with gold
A tree who showed us all its height
With God by bowing with delight

It taught us all to clearly see
A Garden lies beneath a tree
And then it showed us with a sigh
That trees, like us, must also die

In an age of folly, play and mirth
A tree has died with brow on earth

Hamza Yusuf

Subhanallah, what a great poem. Imagine fully submitting to the will of Allah and doing nothing but worshiping him. How great would it be to be in such a state. How i envy the people who have trained themselves to be among such a group of people.

I pray that Allah makes us among those who submit to his will and are constantly aware of him.

Random questions

Every day I yearn for nothing but to be close to my lord, and I know I can’t for my heart truly isn’t pure.

I have too many disease; hate, envy, pride among the many others, The hardest battle on the face of the earth Is not overcoming shaytan but overcoming your naf.

Umar(ra) said that our nafs are stronger that 70 shaytans. And the greatest accomplishment in my eyes is to over come the naf or ego to be close to my lord.

Why should be hate a being that we have absolutely no control over, a being that was created Allah(swt) do we hate the fact that we can’t control them or their actions?.

Why do we get angry over things we have no control over, isn’t it a waste of energy to be angry about something that is totally out of our hands something that only Allah controls?

Why do we feel pride; do we really deserve the things we have? Do we deserve our sight? Does a blind person deserve losing his/her sight? Of course not, its something that Allah destined for them but shouldn’t we also be greatful to Allah for giving us our sight? The ability to see the true beauty of his creation, his splendor.

How many of us are truly thankful for the beauty that surrounds us; if we are thankful why do we disrespect the earth so much? Shouldn’t we take care it and only use it for the purpose worshiping the creator, understanding the creator and seeing the beauty of his creation?