tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69226366184647138172024-02-07T04:34:16.460-08:00786 Mercy RulesO Muhammad, We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures. (Quran 21:107)... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-80410913319399484862012-08-13T05:17:00.000-07:002012-08-13T05:17:55.085-07:00I Am Superman - Ramadan 2011 Kindness Contest Theme Song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-89943848983453900992012-08-12T08:16:00.000-07:002012-08-12T08:16:12.830-07:00Bawa Muhaiyaddeen on Zikr<br />
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"You don't have to sit in one place to do this (the zikr.) You don't have to close your eyes and do this. You don't have to have a special place to do this. While you're walking, while you're sitting, while you're sleeping, while you're eating, while you're drinking, while you're working -That will work automatically. Like how the water ripples and goes on the stream consistently. It doesn't stop; it always keeps on moving."
"If you go on saying that amount [43,242 times per day], if you keep on moving your zikr so much, now God glorifies you 400 million million times. He prays to you because He now has to respond to your zikr. So to the sounds of your zikr, He has to respond to that. It's not a sound that has no response. He will respond to every sound of yours. So His sound now comes to you. Your resonance is with Him and His Resonance is with you. That is what you call a reply...
Having transcended the four religions...you get to the station of Sufiyyat. And in that station of Sufiyyat, you merge in God and become one. That is what is meant by Sufism. This kind of prayer and worship is what we have to do."<br />
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~Bawa Muhaiyaddeen,The Third Kalimah CD, tracks 7-9, July 19, 1975. ♥... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-67434491006069445102012-08-06T00:00:00.000-07:002012-08-06T00:00:11.600-07:00The Prophet said, "Nothing ascends to Allah except good."<br />
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Allah's Apostle said, "If somebody gives in charity something equal to a date from his honestly earned money ----for nothing ascends to Allah except good---- then Allah will take it in His Right (Hand) and bring it up for its owner as anyone of you brings up a baby horse, till it becomes like a mountain." Abu Huraira said: The Prophet. said, "Nothing ascends to Allah except good." </blockquote>
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<dl style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; text-align: start;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Where there is hatred, let me sow love.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Where there is injury, pardon.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Where there is doubt, faith.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Where there is despair, hope.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Where there is darkness, light.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>Where there is sadness, joy.</i></dd></dl>
<dl style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; text-align: start;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>O Divine Master,</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>to be understood, as to understand;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>to be loved, as to love.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>For it is in giving that we receive.</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><i>and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.</i></dd></dl>
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<dl style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em; text-align: start;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>Lord, make me a channel of thy peace;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there is hatred, I may bring love;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there is error, I may bring truth;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there is despair, I may bring hope;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there are shadows, I may bring light;</i></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: right;"><i>that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.</i></dd></dl>
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Young people share their Ramadan experiences in essays that the Huffington Post's Paul Brandeis collected. Nayab Mahmood shares from her perspective as a Muslim in Food for Thought: An Interfaith Ramadan. Why I Stopped Observing Ramadan: A Unitarian Universalist's Journey Toward Spiritual Practice is by UU Nicolas Cable. The third essay is My Jihad by Saadia Ahmad who attends college in Providence, Rhode Island.</div>
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<b>the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people." </b></div>
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<b>The Prophet, saw, said, "One is not strong because of one's wrestling skillfully."</b></div>
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<br /></div>... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-9470364468404470022012-08-03T05:35:00.000-07:002012-08-03T10:37:06.171-07:00Zikr and Chechen women making zikr...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.discoverislam.com/poster.asp?poster=DIP2004_25&page=1" target="_blank">What Does Islam Say About War?</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/insights/insight20000804a.html" target="_blank">The Command of War In Islam</a><br />
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<b>Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path.</b></div>
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Muslim Heroes: <a href="http://muslimheroes.org/2012/07/28/259-dr-nurah-rosalie-amatullah-ceo-muslim-womens-institute-for-research-and-development/" target="_blank">259 Dr. Nurah-Rosalie Amat'ullah (CEO, Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development)</a><br />
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<b><br /></b></div>... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-77919551015231675222012-07-29T00:00:00.000-07:002012-07-29T08:03:02.600-07:00We are prayer....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lex Hixon in Atom from the Sun of Knowledge, Islamic Meditations 154</span></div>... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-63248443361266979032012-07-28T09:30:00.000-07:002012-07-28T09:30:51.178-07:00Clean Water --- In Honor of Rachel Beckwith<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/46300983" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/46300983">Rachel Beckwith's Mom Visits Ethiopia.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/charitywater">charity: water</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<a href="http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/tp/ramadan-hub.htm" target="_blank">Ramadan Information from About.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.yusufislam.com/" target="_blank">Yusuf Islam</a> (formerly known as Cat Stevens)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One in </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">seven</span><span style="font-size: large;"> people will go to bed hungry tonight.</span></b></span></div>
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What hidden sweetness is found in this empty stomach!<br />
Man is like a lute, neither more nor less:<br />
When the lute’s stomach is full, it cannot lament, whether high or low.<br />
If your brain and stomach burn from fasting, their fire will draw constant lamentation from your breast.<br />
Through that fire you will burn a thousand veils at every instant — you will ascend a thousand degrees on the Way and in your aspiration.<br />
Keep your stomach empty! Lament like a flute and tell your need to God!<br />
Keep your stomach empty and speak of the mysteries like a reed!<br />
If you keep your stomach full, it will bring Satan to you at the Resurrection, instead of your intellect, an idol of the Kaaba.<br />
When you fast, good character traits gather round you like servants, slaves and retinue.<br />
Continue your fasting, for it is Solomon’s seal: Give not the seal to the devil, disrupt not your kingdom.<br />
And if your kingdom and army should flee from you, your army will return, so raise the banner!<br />
The Spread Table has come from heaven to those who fast, for Jesus son of Mary has called it down with his prayers.<br />
Await the Table of Generosity in your fast — the Table of Generosity is better than cabbage stew.<br />
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- Jalal ud-Din Rumi, translated by William Chittick in<i> “Sufi Path of Love”</i>... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-36079865809761231652012-07-23T00:30:00.001-07:002012-07-23T00:30:01.378-07:00I Can Only Imagine (Ramadan Re-mix)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1V_vjOHDY4k" width="560"></iframe>... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-62091596743775895742012-07-22T10:47:00.001-07:002012-07-22T16:28:34.645-07:00You don't have....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">It means Ramadan</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">is generous,</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">it means Ramadan heals.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">It means Ramadan feeds.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">It means Ramadan clothes.</span><br />
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<b>May the Syrian people be set free from oppression.</b></div>
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<b>May the fruits of my Ramadan fast</b></div>
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<b>hunger taken away.</b></div>
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<b>Amin</b></div>... Lover of Love ...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09573259828983382367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922636618464713817.post-19317290554992600982012-07-20T07:27:00.002-07:002012-07-20T07:40:10.724-07:00May Ramadan Fill All Creation With Peace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">even a baby knows God.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">My imaginary friend is God."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the <a href="http://www.qadiri-rifai.org/english/qrso/index.htm" target="_blank">Qadiri Rifai Sufi Order</a> teachings on <a href="http://www.qadiri-rifai.org/english/pathofsufism/levels_nafs.htm" target="_blank">Levels of the Nafs</a></span><br />
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<b>1.</b> <b>Nafs-i-Ammara, the Commanding Nafs</b><br />
<i>Behold!</i> The <i>commanding nafs encourages evil, except when my Lord bestows mercy. (Qur'an 12:53)</i><br />
Traits: narcissistic, mechanical, conditioned, non-reflective, impulsive.<br />
Habits: pride, enmity, cruelty, lust, stinginess.<br />
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<b>2. Nafs-i-Lawwama: Blaming Nafs</b><br />
<i>But I swear by the accusing nafs that this Scripture is true. (Qur'an 75:2)</i><br />
Traits: conscience, capacity for self-observation.<br />
Habits: backbiting, trickery, conceitedness, hypocrisy, self-consciousness, guilt, fearfulness, wishful thinking, intense desire to please others.<br />
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<b>3. Nafs-i-Mulhama: Inspired Nafs</b><br />
<i>And a nafs and Him who gave order to it and inspired it with a sesnse of what is wrong for it and what is right for it.</i><br />
Traits: generosity, gratitude, modesty, empathy, ardent desire.<br />
Habits: liberality lacking discrimination, mystical inflation, tendency toward spiritual greed.<br />
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<b>4. Nafs-i-Mutmaina: Tranquil Nafs</b><br />
<i>To the righteous soul will be said, "O you nafs in complete peace and satisfaction!" (Qur'an 89:27)</i><br />
Traits: dignity, sincerity, courage, compassion, complete loyalty.<br />
Habits: Attachment to spiritual ambition.<br />
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<b>5. Nafs-i-Radziyya: Satisfied Nafs</b><br />
<i>Return to your Lord, content (Qur'an 89:28)</i><br />
Traits: knowledge of Allah, sincerity, unbounded faith and hope in existential communion.<br />
Habits: mystical intoxication, lack of sobriety and balance.<br />
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<b>7. Nafs-Safiyya: Purified Nafs</b><br />
<i>This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor to you, and chosen for you as your religion Islam. (Qur'an 5:3)</i><br />
Traits: freedom from duality, acceptance of Allah's will, joy of union, freedom from expectation, contentment.<br />
Habits: None remaining<br />
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