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To continue on the first line of the poem we now have reached the term "faqeer". We find faqeer to be translated as beggar and because we are worldly people we assume this is about bank balance and finances. Allah swt forgive our immaturity and lack of knowledge, ameen. It actually goes a lot deeper than our checkbooks.

Just to give an overview this is where faqr comes in on the path to becoming an abdullah in word and deed:

To become an abdullah one first ...

To continue with the previous post, another distinguishing trait of a murshid kaamil is that he has no greed. I have visited many threads on this forum and was saddened to read the views people have, even those who are students in tasawwuf, of a murshid. It is sad to see the level of contempt they hold a shaikh in. They have learned a lot of this and that but have failed to learn the primary criteria of a murshid. A murshid has no greed in him. He who has greed is not a murshid.

A ...

In the previous post I had posted a poem. Ghaliban this poem was written by a shaikh from the Punjab area commonly known as Bulleh Shah (ra). A lot about this shaikh is unknown or it is in legends which are not authentic, but what we know is that he was a very pious person. The poem starts with these lines:

Teach me the lesson given by the murshid, O Faqeer, annihilate just annihilate yourself.

Bulleh Shah (ra) starts this poem as if he is speaking to someone and asking ...

Walking down the road the other day I came across a mother with two small children, a toddler lagging behind without a care in the world and a hyper active 3-4 year old running ahead heedlessly. The poor mother began shouting angrily at the older child to stop running and to be careful while keeping an eye on the toddler behind and urging him to come and hold her hand.

I smiled to myself at the time but this picture stayed with me and I kept thinking how worried the mother was for ...

Some poetry that I like to read and listen to and ponder over, taken from this thread:

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...ranslate/page2

Teach me the lesson given by the murshid, O faqeer, annihilate, just annihilate yourself

Teach me the lesson given by the murshid, O faqeer, annihilate, just annihilate yourself

Do not assume this annihilation as THE annihilation, rather annihilate ...