Moon-light
“What is the moon except a reflection of the sun. The beauty you see in me is just a reflection of your own light; its splendour dazzling only from the darkness of the world which surrounds it. My reality is just a rock which disappears when those of true reality emerge” – Anonymous
Aspiration
“The aspirant needs four things: 1) A luxurious mount, 2) An expansive house, 3) A fine garment, and 4) A radiant lamp. The luxurious mount is patience; the expansive house, intelligence; the fine garment, modesty and piety; and the radiant lamp, knowledge that benefits. My counsel to you is to uphold oaths, allegiances and promises. Guard the…
Irrational Faith?
Who said religion was irrational? Proposition 1: You cannot disprove the existence of an eternal heaven and hell. The most you can do is say is that it is ‘unlikely’. Proposition 2: Every human will die, hence happiness in this world is finite. Proposition 3: Every human being seeks to maximise their own happiness. Conclusion…
This is why I write
Mark Gonzales summarises my feelings about writing in a way I never could. Beautiful. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MAF97lmI6U]
Amusing ourselves to death
This is perhaps one of the most striking passages I have read for a while. It describes the modern world with startling accuracy. In our fear of an increasingly authoritarian rule, we have allowed a far more dangerous vision to come true: heedlessness Below is the foreward of Neil Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death:…
Hamster
It’s funny. We look at hamsters running on their wheels with amusement; why do they spend so much time and energy running after nothing? Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to spend all that effort on something more tangible or meaningful? But so long as you keep on feeding it, the hamster won’t care. It doesn’t…
The New Mandela
Nelson Mandela; reformer, visionary and model for us all. He sacrificed more years in prison than years I have been alive. He was shunned as a terrorist and isolated by the global community. Supporting his cause was the inconvenient thing to do, but its fruits are something we all reap today. ‘The ANC is a…
Charming the Money Snake
— Written by a good friend We frequently use Abdur Rahman ibn ‘Awf (RA) and Uthman ibn Affan (RA) as examples to state that “there is nothing wrong with being rich, it’s how you spend the wealth”. This is true but it’s a “premature” conclusion. Imam Ghazali writes on the topic of “Love of wealth”:…
The means of reliance
“Yusuf (as) ran to the door when he knew it was locked. When it seemed worthless to do so, he sought whatever means he could and relied on Allah to save him” Shaykh Ahmad Dabbagh This is the story of Prophet Yusuf (as) when he was being seduced by Zulekha, the wife of his owner. It…
On the Path of Knowledge 