Friday, March 30, 2012

Smile, darlings

Strange Miracle
O Wondrous creatures,
By what strange miracle
Do you so often
Not smile?







   
Forever Dance
I am happy even before i have a reason.
I am full of Light even before the sky
Can greet the sun or moon.
Dear companions,
We have been in love with God
For so very, very long.
What can Hafiz now do but Forever
Dance!
 

My Brilliant Image
One day
the sun admitted,
I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The infinite Incandescence
That had cast my brilliant image!
I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!


*All poems by Hafez. Photo credits to my little sister (:

Monday, March 12, 2012

I seek refuge in God from Satan, the accursed.


"(God) has revealed to me that you should adopt humility so that
no one oppresses another."
-Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him

"She said: 'Keep your treasures,
Me, I'm worth more than that.
Bars are still bars even if made of gold.
I want the same rights as you
and respect for each day,
Me, I want only love.'"
-Aicha by Khaled

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Being
rich does not mean having a great amount of property, but
[it] is being content [with what one has]."


"Lord knows the way she feels
Everyday in His name she begins."
-Aicha by Outlandish
 
"Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever has not kindness has not faith."
-Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him


A person once asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be
upon him): "What is faith?" The Prophet replied: "When a
good deed becomes a source of pleasure for you and an
evil deed becomes a source of disgust, then you are a
believer."

Narrated Masruq: "I asked (the Prophet Muhammad's wife)
Aisha which (good) deed was most loved by the Prophet.
She said: 'A deed done continuously.'"

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Shall I
tell you who are the best among you?...The best of you are
those who when seen are a means of God being brought to
mind."

Respect.

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