Did You Know...?

As-Salaam alaikum,

In this blessed religion of Islam, there are certain statements of basic truths that have the capacity to make one improve/increase his/her faith (Imaan), renew his/her himmah (resolution) and engage more in Ibaadat...or worship of Allahu, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.


  In that respect, did you know that:--

 (1) The mystic's love and longing for Allah emanates from the pre-existent
      Light of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, which is the essence
     of all Prophecy and Wilaya. That light irradiates every seeker's heart and
     is the focus of his thoughts, feeling, actions as when the sun moves from
     east-west, its beams moving with it, illumine all the windows of a house
     before returning to their source.

 (2) The practices (awrad) of the faithful (siddiqun) are fasting, prayer,
        recitation of Zikr, reading of the Holy Qur'an, guarding of the
       private parts, the turning of the lower self from desires and
       enjoining what is halal and forbidding what is haram (prohibited).


(3) The Qur'an is like a friend.. the longer the friendship lasts, the more
     you will know of its secrets; as a friend doesn't reveal his secrets to
     someone who sits with him for a few minutes and then leaves.

(4) Patience has 3 stages: first, it means that the servant ceases to
     complain and this is the stage of repentance (tauba); second, he
     becomes satisfied with what is decreed, and this is the rank of the
     ascetic; third, he comes to love whatever his Lord does with him
     and this is the stage of the true Friends of Allah.

(5) Darkness is of 5 types and its lamps are 5-- Love of the Dunya is
     a darkness and its lamp is Taqwa (God-consciousness); Sins are a
     darkness and their lamp is Tauba (repentance); the grave is a darkness
     and its lamp is 'LA-ILAHA ILLALLAH, MUHAMMADUR-RASULLULLAH';
     the Hereafter is a darkness and its lamp are righteous actions; and the
     path is a darkness and its lamp is Certitude.