Walking one evening along a deserted road, Nasruddin saw a troop of horsemen rapidly approaching. His imagination started to work; he saw himself captured or robbed or killed and frightened by this thought he bolted, climbed a wall into a graveyard, and lay down in an open grave to hide. […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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A so-called dragon hunter went to the mountains to trap a dragon. He searched the mountains and finally discovered the frozen body of a great dragon in a cave high up one of the tallest peaks. The man brought the body to Baghdad. He claimed he slew the dragon single-handed […]
O people, come and try to be true ones. That is our mission, as it was main mission for prophets, to call people to be from true ones. That is the honor of Mankind, to be called “true one.” If you are not reaching to that level, to that honor, […]
Al Khafid Ar Rafi’ Al Khafid, The Abaser, Ar Rafi’, The Exalter Exalted and Glorious He is Allah, the Owner of High Ranks and Degrees, the Owner of the Throne. He sends the revelation by His Command to any of His slaves He wills, that He may warn of the […]
The scriptures say that God created us in His image and likeness. So why are we so imperfect? The greatest joy of the parents when they look back at the history of their children is to remember them when they were young and dependents, not autonomous and adults. The most tender period is when they learn […]
Mulla Nasruddin was fishing with his friend. “I think I should get a divorce,” his friend said. “My wife hasn’t spoken to me in three months.” “I’d think twice if I were you,” said the Mulla. “Wives like that are hard to find.”
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone`s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. Rumi
The Indian Sufi Jamali was very fond of travelling and embarked on long journeys. He was a famed poet who was even known in Herat. After visiting Mecca and Medina Jamali visited the Maghrib, the Yemen, Palestine, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and even Sri Lanka to see the footprint of […]
Holy ones means who has holy light. Because night time you can’t see, day time you can see. And if you are getting in trouble or misunderstanding or you are not looking and seeing you must use your heavenly lights. When you are using heavenly lights you may understand if […]
Al Khafid Ar Rafi’ Al Khafid, The Abaser, Ar Rafi’, The Exalter Exalted and Glorious He is Allah, the Owner of High Ranks and Degrees, the Owner of the Throne. He sends the revelation by His Command to any of His servants He wills, that He may warn of the […]
A certain man asked the famous Mulla Nasrudin, “What is the meaning of fate?” Mulla replied, “Assumptions.” “In what way?” the man asked again. Mulla looked at him and said, “You assume things are going to go well and when they do not, you call that bad luck. You assume […]
A fire has risen above my tombstone hat. I don`t want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music and this dawn and the warmth of your cheek against mine. The grief-armies assemble, but I`m not going with them. This is how it always is when I finish a […]
This is the formula for success: to free ourselves from the obsession with worldly occupations so as to be able to concentrate on the spiritual task for which we have been created. Until people can observe the world upwards spiritually and downwards materially, they will always be complaining about […]
Al-Qabid, Al-Basit He is the One who withholds provision for anyone He wishes from His creation by His Justice, and He is the One who gives without limit to whomever He wishes out of His Mercy and Generosity. Exalted is He, the Withholder, and the Giver. So surrender to the […]
As the match potentially contain the fire, we hold the Divine within us. It’s our nature. The will power is a divine attribute present in each of us. Just one person is enough to destroy the entire world, as well as just one is enough to save it. This is our […]
Mulla Nasruddin used to purchase shoes which were too tight for him, one size too small. He was continually complaining and grumbling to everybody, “I will die with these shoes!” People said, “Why don’t you change them?” When he came the next time to the shoe store to change them, […]
Listen, open a window to God and begin to delight yourself by gazing upon Him through the opening. The business of love is to make the window of the heart, for the breast is illumined by the beauty of the Beloved. Gaze incessantly on the face of your Beloved! Listen, […]
Once there was a city, the inhabitants of which were all blind. They had heard of elephants and were curious to see [sic] one face to face. They were still full of this desire when one day a caravan arrived and camped outside the city. There was an elephant in […]
Allah loves the brokenhearted. You are coveting a little water in a clay jug, but when you break it that water rejoins the lake from whence it came. Our egos try to prevent that reunion, and always object to any suggestion of the need to seek reunion. The main purpose […]