Post by yusuf72 on Jul 14, 2017 3:07:42 GMT -5
As-Salaam alaikum,
In his celebrated book titled: 'AL-GHUNYA LI-TALIB TAREEQ AL-HAQQ (Sufficient Provisions For Seekers of Path of Truth)', Sayyadi Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah be Merciful to him, observed that:-
"This world is an ocean, and your faith [Imaan] is its ship. This is why Luqman the wise [al-Hakim], may
Allah's Mercy be upon him, said: "O my dear son, this world is an ocean. Faith is the ship. The sailor
is your obedient worship [ta'at]. The shore is the Hereafter."
O you who persist in sinful disobedience! coming to you very soon are blindness and deafness, old age
and poverty, and the hardening of people's heart toward you. Your possessions will all be gone because
of losses, confiscations and thefts. Be sensible. Repent to your Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He).
Do not make idols of your possessions and put your trust in them.
Do not become attached to them. Evict them from your heart. keep them in your houses and your pockets,
and with your servants and your agents. Be ready for death, deminish your appetite and reduce your
expectations."
"Abu Yazid al-Bistami, Rahimahullah, is reported as having said: "The experienced believer [al-mu'min al-arif]
seeks nothing of this world and nothing of the hereafter from Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). All he
seeks from his Master is his Master [innama yatlubu min Mawlahu, Maulahu]."
In his celebrated book titled: 'AL-GHUNYA LI-TALIB TAREEQ AL-HAQQ (Sufficient Provisions For Seekers of Path of Truth)', Sayyadi Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah be Merciful to him, observed that:-
"This world is an ocean, and your faith [Imaan] is its ship. This is why Luqman the wise [al-Hakim], may
Allah's Mercy be upon him, said: "O my dear son, this world is an ocean. Faith is the ship. The sailor
is your obedient worship [ta'at]. The shore is the Hereafter."
O you who persist in sinful disobedience! coming to you very soon are blindness and deafness, old age
and poverty, and the hardening of people's heart toward you. Your possessions will all be gone because
of losses, confiscations and thefts. Be sensible. Repent to your Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He).
Do not make idols of your possessions and put your trust in them.
Do not become attached to them. Evict them from your heart. keep them in your houses and your pockets,
and with your servants and your agents. Be ready for death, deminish your appetite and reduce your
expectations."
"Abu Yazid al-Bistami, Rahimahullah, is reported as having said: "The experienced believer [al-mu'min al-arif]
seeks nothing of this world and nothing of the hereafter from Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). All he
seeks from his Master is his Master [innama yatlubu min Mawlahu, Maulahu]."