Take note of the fact that I am a follower (of the religion) and not an innovator.
Uthman Ibn AffanRead
If the hearts are pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah's words (the Qur'an).
Interpretation
Pure hearts are spiritually fulfilled by the recitation of the Qur'an.
This quote by Uthman Ibn Affan emphasizes the idea that individuals with pure hearts find deep satisfaction and spiritual nourishment in reciting the words of Allah, specifically the Qur'an. It suggests that the act of recitation is not just a ritual but a profound source of joy and connection to the divine for those who approach it with sincerity and purity of intention.
In practice
During a community gathering focused on spirituality.
Take note of the fact that I am a follower (of the religion) and not an innovator.
Acquire wisdom from the story of those who have already passed.
Had our hearts been pure, we would never tire with the Dhikr of Allaah.
Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil before the worst amongst you are given authority over you and then when even the best of you make dua against them, their duas will not be accepted.
Allah the Exalted loves him who forgoes worldly life, the Angels love him who rejects the vices, and the Muslims love him who gives up greediness in respect of the Muslims.
Worrying about the dunya is a darkness in the heart, while worrying about akhirah is a light in the heart.
May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants-while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.
Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish anything, except perhaps breathing. One must not be greedy.
The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.
The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he canβt play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all.
For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?
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