MaulidurRasul saas

Today - Friday, 26 February 2010 / 12 Rabiulawwal.
MaulidurRasul saas.

'Allah is the Light of heaven and of the earth: the symbol of His light is as a tabernacle (or niche, al-mishkat), wherein there is a lamp, and the lamp enclosed in a case of glass: the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted (with the oil) of a blessed olive tree, which is neither of the east, nor of the west, and whose oil is almost luminious, although no fire touches it. Light upon Light. Allah will direct unto His light whom He pleaseth; and Allah proposes parables unto men; and Allah knoweth all things.' (Qur'an XXIV, 35)

'I was a prophet when Adam was still between water and clay'.

(Hadith AtTarmidhi & Musnad Imam Ahmad)

the colour of water

If the believer understood the meaning of the saying

'the colour of the water is the colour of the receptacle',

he would admit the validity of all beliefs and he would recognise God in every form and every object of faith.
Ibn 'Arabi, Fusûs al-Hikam

It is He who is revealed in every face, sought in every sign, gazed upon by every eye, worshipped in every object of worship, and pursued in the unseen and the visible. Not a single one of His creatures can fail to find Him in its primordial and original nature.
Ibn 'Arabi, Futûhât al-Makkiyya

The One Alone

From.."The One Alone" Ibn Arabi

Know that He is never in anything, nor is anything in Him.
He is neither inside nor outside of anything. None can see Him,
whether with the eyes of the head or with the inner eye;
nor can any conceive Him with senses, knowledge, mind, intelligence
or imagination. Only He can see Himself; only He can conceive Himself.
None can know Him; only He can know Himself. He sees Himself by Himself;
He conceives Himself by Himself; He knows Himself by Himself.
None other than He can see Him. None other than He can know Him.
That which hides Him is His oneness. None but Himself can hide Him.
The veil that hides Him is His own being.

He is not within you; nor are you in Him. He does not exclude you,
nor are you excluded from Him. When you are addressed as you,
do not think that you exist, with an essence and qualities and attributes;
for you never existed, nor do exist, nor ever will exist.
You have not entered into Him, nor He into you.
Without being, your essence is with Him and in Him.
Without having any identity, you are Him and He is you.
If you know yourself as nothing, then you truly know your Lord.
Otherwise, you truly know Him not.

Of Love & Loath and Beauty

And The Messenger of God (saas) said:
"Hearts naturally love those who are kind to them and loath those who are cruel"
The above Hadith was narrated by Al-Bayhaqi.
Translation by Hamza Yusuf.
Taken from the book: "The Content of Character"


It is reported that the Messenger of God (saas) said:
"God is beautiful and He loves beauty".
It is God who made the world and brought it into existence.
The entire universe is therefore supremely beautiful.
There is nothing ugly in it.
On the contrary, in it God has brought together all perfection and all beauty.
(Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi)