abdur rashiid
07-02-2006, 03:23 AM
On following the practice of Allah's own
The SHAIKH (may Allah be well pleased with him, and grant him contentment) said: O slave of passionate desire, do not pretend to be in the same condition as Allah's (Subhanahu Wata ala), own people! You serve your passions, while they are servants of the Lord. Your longing is for this world, while His people yearn for the hereafter. You behold this world, while they behold the Lord of earth and heaven. You enjoy creature comforts, while His people feel at home with the Truth. Your heart is attached to earthly beings, while the hearts of His people belong to the Lord of the Throne. You are preyed upon by those you notice, whereas they do not even see those whom you notice, but see only the Creator of all things and whatever He may show. His people attain to Him and achieve their salvation, while you remain in pawn to your worldly cravings and perish. They are extinct to the creation, to passion and will and desire, for they have attained to the contact with the King Most High, and He helps them to accomplish what he wants from them in the way of obedient worship, eulogy and praise. Such is Allah's (Subhanahu Wata ala), grace, which He gives unto whom He will. (5:54) In this they have persisted and have persevered, with help from Him and smooth facilitation, so that obedience has become for them a breath of life and a form of nourishment. Accordingly, this world has come to be a blessing and good fortune from their point of view; it seems like Paradise to them, because they never see anything without first seeing the action of Him who created it and brought it into being. They are there to ensure the steadiness of earth and sky and the ongoing process of death and life-renewal, since their Owner has used them as pegs to support the earth He has spread out, and so each one is like a mountain standing firm. Step out of their path, therefore, and do not jostle those whom neither parents nor chil dren could ransom from their purpose. These are the best of those my Lord has created and scattered and dispersed upon the earth, so on them be the peace of Allah and His greetings as long as earth and heaven endure.Ameen
The SHAIKH (may Allah be well pleased with him, and grant him contentment) said: O slave of passionate desire, do not pretend to be in the same condition as Allah's (Subhanahu Wata ala), own people! You serve your passions, while they are servants of the Lord. Your longing is for this world, while His people yearn for the hereafter. You behold this world, while they behold the Lord of earth and heaven. You enjoy creature comforts, while His people feel at home with the Truth. Your heart is attached to earthly beings, while the hearts of His people belong to the Lord of the Throne. You are preyed upon by those you notice, whereas they do not even see those whom you notice, but see only the Creator of all things and whatever He may show. His people attain to Him and achieve their salvation, while you remain in pawn to your worldly cravings and perish. They are extinct to the creation, to passion and will and desire, for they have attained to the contact with the King Most High, and He helps them to accomplish what he wants from them in the way of obedient worship, eulogy and praise. Such is Allah's (Subhanahu Wata ala), grace, which He gives unto whom He will. (5:54) In this they have persisted and have persevered, with help from Him and smooth facilitation, so that obedience has become for them a breath of life and a form of nourishment. Accordingly, this world has come to be a blessing and good fortune from their point of view; it seems like Paradise to them, because they never see anything without first seeing the action of Him who created it and brought it into being. They are there to ensure the steadiness of earth and sky and the ongoing process of death and life-renewal, since their Owner has used them as pegs to support the earth He has spread out, and so each one is like a mountain standing firm. Step out of their path, therefore, and do not jostle those whom neither parents nor chil dren could ransom from their purpose. These are the best of those my Lord has created and scattered and dispersed upon the earth, so on them be the peace of Allah and His greetings as long as earth and heaven endure.Ameen