But unto him who shall have stood in fear of his Lord's presence
And held back his inner self from base desires
Paradise will truly be the goal
How numerous the tongues that move with the name of Allah
But how meagre the benefit
And how rare the hearts that become genuinely humble at the mention of Allah
Yet how desperate the need of the world for those rare hearts
But how meagre the benefit
And how rare the hearts that become genuinely humble at the mention of Allah
Yet how desperate the need of the world for those rare hearts
Undoubtedly
The ruin of religion comes about when it digresses into empty words and forms
And the mission of religion will not have been accomplished
Until the day it creates in all men
Living Conscience
Pure Mind
And hearts that aim in awe
At countenancing the divine
That is what true dhikr is
The ruin of religion comes about when it digresses into empty words and forms
And the mission of religion will not have been accomplished
Until the day it creates in all men
Living Conscience
Pure Mind
And hearts that aim in awe
At countenancing the divine
That is what true dhikr is
Accounted among the influences of this kind of dhikr
Is that it curbs man's appetite for wealth
Thus
Those who remember Allah
Are never obsessed by greed for more and more
And are certainly never demeaned by greedy or covetous constitutions
Rather
They earn their money honourably
And spend it on their legitimate needs
Without ever thinking to hoard or accumulate it
Is that it curbs man's appetite for wealth
Thus
Those who remember Allah
Are never obsessed by greed for more and more
And are certainly never demeaned by greedy or covetous constitutions
Rather
They earn their money honourably
And spend it on their legitimate needs
Without ever thinking to hoard or accumulate it
Source: Remembrance And Prayer - (Muhammad Al-Ghazali, p. 159)
1 comment:
Really beautiful and true words. We do indeed need those rare hearts more and more today. Thank you for the post :)
Ya Haqq!
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