Ramadan 2012 - Islamic Relief

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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, 

signifies in the final sense a theft from those

who hunger and are not fed,

those who are cold and are not clothed.

--Dwight Eisenhower--

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May the Syrian people be set free from oppression.

Amin

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May the fruits of my Ramadan fast

be peace in the world,

hunger taken away.

Amin

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Please make a Fatiha, fellow Muslims, for the victims of the Colorado shooting.

May Love Prevail

Amin

May Ramadan Fill All Creation With Peace

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America's present need is not heroics but healing;

not nostrums but normalcy; 

not revolution but restoration.

--Warren Harding--

Police: 14 dead in Colorado Theater Shooting

Damascas Residents Told to Flee As Military Promises 'Violent Clashes

I believe in the religion of Islam.  I believe in Allah and peace. 

Muhammad Ali

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I think that people want peace so much that one of these days

government had better get out of their way 

and let them have it.

Dwight Eisenhower

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Y a    S a l a a m !

May Ramadan fill all creation

with peace and the desire to love.

Amin

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Amin

The Blessed Prophet's Sermon on the Reception of Ramadan

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To reflect on in the hours before Ramadan...

To contemplate on during these last few hours before the start of Ramadan:

The Prophet, may Allah immerse him in continuous peace, said,

"An hour's worth of contemplation is better than

sixty years of worship."

The soul's true happiness lies in experiencing the inner joy, and it will never be fully satisfied with outer, seeming pleasures. Its connection is with God, and nothing short of perfection will ever satisfy it.

                        Bowl of Saki, July 19, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

R A M A D A N

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G E N E R O U S

Muhammad ibn Ya`qub (al-Kulayni), from `Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from al-Nawfali, 

from al-Sakuni, from Abu 'Abd Allah (al-'Imam al Sadiq) (A) that he said: 

"Amir al-Mu'minin (A) used to say: `Arouse your heart to contemplation;

 keep your side clear off the night; and be heedful towards your Lord."

(Usul al-Kafi, II, 5)

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The most superior form of worship is perpetual contemplation on God and His Power.

(Usul al-Kafi, II, 55)

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"GOD IN EVERY HEART"

Snatam Kaur

(make it your mantra)

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“Say: 'I give you only one admonition, 

That you stand before Allah either two by two, or one by one and reflect.” 

34:46 Quran

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IN THE HOURS BEFORE RAMADAN

One woman realizes

the universe

is engaged in wazifa.

A new mother

looks into her infants eyes

and notices

even a baby knows God.

A little boy

tells his grandpa,

"My imaginary friend is the Real.

My imaginary friend is God."

A cat naps in the sun,

using purrs for tasbeh,

dreaming, "Ya Nur!"

A flower bud waits to open,

hoping for Life to witness it.

Ten people die

on a day of war

when it all would stop

if they would gather

together

and chant "Ya Salaam!"

(by K.Nur)

On the Nafs

From the Qadiri Rifai Sufi Order teachings on Levels of the Nafs

1. Nafs-i-Ammara, the Commanding Nafs
Behold!  The commanding nafs encourages evil, except when my Lord bestows mercy. (Qur'an 12:53)
Traits: narcissistic, mechanical, conditioned, non-reflective, impulsive.
Habits: pride, enmity, cruelty, lust, stinginess.

2. Nafs-i-Lawwama: Blaming Nafs
But I swear by the accusing nafs that this Scripture is true. (Qur'an 75:2)
Traits: conscience, capacity for self-observation.
Habits:  backbiting, trickery, conceitedness, hypocrisy, self-consciousness, guilt, fearfulness, wishful thinking, intense desire to please others.

3.  Nafs-i-Mulhama: Inspired Nafs
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.
Traits: generosity, gratitude, modesty, empathy, ardent desire.
Habits: liberality lacking discrimination, mystical inflation, tendency toward spiritual greed.

4.  Nafs-i-Mutmaina: Tranquil Nafs
To the righteous soul will be said, "O you nafs in complete peace and satisfaction!" (Qur'an 89:27)
Traits: dignity, sincerity, courage, compassion, complete loyalty.
Habits: Attachment to spiritual ambition.

5.  Nafs-i-Radziyya: Satisfied Nafs
Return to your Lord, content (Qur'an 89:28)
Traits: knowledge of Allah, sincerity, unbounded faith and hope in existential communion.
Habits: mystical intoxication, lack of sobriety and balance.

7. Nafs-Safiyya: Purified Nafs
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)
Traits:  freedom from duality, acceptance of Allah's will, joy of union, freedom from expectation, contentment.
Habits: None remaining

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