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Within tears, find a hidden laughter; seek treasure amid ruins, sincere one. - Mathnawi [VI, 1586] |
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| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | Finding Treasure in Tears | May 4, 2009 |
| Nana | God's Love | April 16, 2009 |
Tenderly may God's love heal your sorrow. Gently may the prayers of friends ease your hurting. Softly may God's peace replace your heartache with warm and loving memories.
Remember, even though every day is one day further from the last day you saw your loved one, it's one day closer to the next time you will.
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | Blessed Are Those Who Understand | April 8, 2009 |
Sometimes in order to help He makes us cry.
Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake.
Fortunate the heart that burns for His sake.
Laughter always follows tears.
Blessed are those who understand.
Life blossoms wherever water flows.
Where tears are shed divine mercy is shown.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake.
Fortunate the heart that burns for His sake.
Laughter always follows tears.
Blessed are those who understand.
Life blossoms wherever water flows.
Where tears are shed divine mercy is shown.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
From "The Bounty of Allah"
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | The Ecstasy of God | March 29, 2009 |
True ecstasy is passive: it overwhelms the heart without any intention or deliberate effort. It is the fruit of spiritual devotion and worship. The deeper is your devotion to God, and the more intense is your worship, the more likely you are to receive ecstasy from God. In a state of ecstasy the heart is lost to God.
-Qushayri, "Risalah"
-Qushayri, "Risalah"
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | Do Not Grieve the Thorn | March 25, 2009 |
Why should I grieve because of a thorn? Once it had made laughter known to me. Whatever you lost through the stroke of destiny, know it was to save you from adversity. One small affliction keeps off greater afflictions; one small loss prevents greater losses.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
From "The Bounty of Allah,"
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | Charity for God's Sake | March 2, 2009 |
Charity for God's sake has a hundred signs within the heart--
the good deed, a hundred tokens.
Though in charity riches are consumed,
a hundred lives come to the heart in return.
A sowing of pure seeds in God's earth, and then no income! Impossible.
-Mathnawi [IV, 1757-1759]
the good deed, a hundred tokens.
Though in charity riches are consumed,
a hundred lives come to the heart in return.
A sowing of pure seeds in God's earth, and then no income! Impossible.
-Mathnawi [IV, 1757-1759]
From "Jewels of Remembrance"
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | Breaking Away the Clutches of Self | March 2, 2009 |
When clutches of the "self" break away,
they clap their hands and break into dance
as their imperfections fade away.
The musicians within strike the tambourine,
and the seas burst into foam at their ecstasy.
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
they clap their hands and break into dance
as their imperfections fade away.
The musicians within strike the tambourine,
and the seas burst into foam at their ecstasy.
-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
From "The Bounty of Allah"
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | Loving None Other | March 2, 2009 |
O Beloved of hearts, I beseech only You.
Have pity this day on those who turn to You.
My Hope, my Rest, my Delight,
this heart can love none other but You.
-Rabi'a, "Rabi'a the Mystic"
Have pity this day on those who turn to You.
My Hope, my Rest, my Delight,
this heart can love none other but You.
-Rabi'a, "Rabi'a the Mystic"
From "The Bounty of Allah"
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | What is Prayer? | March 2, 2009 |
Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.
-Ibn Sina, “Kitab al-Najat”
-Ibn Sina, “Kitab al-Najat”
From "366 Readings From Islam"
| Michelle Samadani-Luba (Nini) | The Three Qualities of God's Friend | March 2, 2009 |
The sign of the friend of God is that he has three qualities: a generosity like that of the ocean, a compassion like that of the sun, and a humility like that of the earth.
-Bayazid in 'Attar, "Tadhkirat"
-Bayazid in 'Attar, "Tadhkirat"
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