امام غزالی کے صوفی اقوال
اپنے آپ کو بڑا جاننا حقیقت میں خدا سے لڑنا ہے کیوں کہ بڑائی اور کبریائی صرف اسی کو سزاوار ہے۔
جو شخص حرام مال کھاتا ہے اس کے تمام اعضا گناہ میں پڑ جاتے ہیں، خواہ وہ چاہے یا نہ چاہے۔
نماز میں حضورِ قلب کی تدبیر یہ ہے کہ جو کلام پڑھے اس کے معنی سمجھے اور ان پر خیال جمائے رکھے۔
عورت میں ایک کمزوری ہے جس کا علاج تحمل ہے اسے رنج نہ دینا چاہیے بلکہ اس کا رنج سہنا چاہیے۔
عورت میں ایک کمزوری ہے جس کا علاج تحمل ہے، اسے رنج نہ دینا چاہیے بلکہ اس کا رنج سہنا چاہیے۔
فقیر یا قرابت دار کو صدقہ دے کر نہ جتاؤ بلکہ اس کے قبول کر لینے سے خود اس کے احسان مند رہو کیوں کہ اس نے تمہارے لیے ذخیرۂ آخرت جمع کیا۔
غصہ ایک آگ ہے جو قلب میں اسی طرح چھپی ہوئی ہے جیسے راکھ میں چھپے ہوئے انگارے، جذبہ تکبر اس آگ کو نکال لاتا ہے، شاید یہ وہی آگ ہے جس سے شیطان کی تخلیق ہوئی ہے۔
سب سے بڑا دشمن ہے وہ دوست جو تمہاری اچھی حالت کا دوست ہو اور آڑے وقت پر کام نہ آئے، اس سے بچو۔
حاسد اس شخص کی طرح جو اپنے دشمن کو پتھر مارنے کے لیے پتھر پھینکے لیکن ہو پتھر دشمن کو لگنے کے بجائے اسی کو مجروح کردے اور دشمن دیکھ دیکھ کر ہنسے۔
جو شخص صدقہ کے ثواب کا فقیر سے زیادہ اپنے آپ کو محتاج نہ جانے اس کا صدقہ قبول نہیں ہوتا۔
Do not buy the enmity of one man for the love of a thousand men. -
Do not buy the enmity of one man for the love of a thousand men. -
OMAR ASKED THE PROPHET WHAT THINGS WERE ESPECIALLY TO BE SOUGHT IN THE WORLD. THE PROPHET ANSWERED - A TONGUE OCCUPIED IN THE REMEMBERENCE OF GOD, A GREATFUL HEART, AND A BELIEVING WIFE.
OMAR ASKED THE PROPHET WHAT THINGS WERE ESPECIALLY TO BE SOUGHT IN THE WORLD. THE PROPHET ANSWERED - A TONGUE OCCUPIED IN THE REMEMBERENCE OF GOD, A GREATFUL HEART, AND A BELIEVING WIFE.
LET YOUR HEART BE IN SUCH A STATE THAT THE EXISENCE OR NONEXISTANCE OF ANYTHING IS THE SAME. THEN SIT ALONE IN A QUIET PLACE, FREE OF ANY PREOCCUPATION, EVEN THE RECITING OF THE KORAN OR THINKING ABOUT ITS MEANING.LET NOTHING BESIDES GOD ENTER YOU.ONCE YOU ARE SEATED IN THIS MANNER, SAY - ALLAH ALLAH,.KEEPING THOUGHT ON THESE WORDS.
LET YOUR HEART BE IN SUCH A STATE THAT THE EXISENCE OR NONEXISTANCE OF ANYTHING IS THE SAME. THEN SIT ALONE IN A QUIET PLACE, FREE OF ANY PREOCCUPATION, EVEN THE RECITING OF THE KORAN OR THINKING ABOUT ITS MEANING.LET NOTHING BESIDES GOD ENTER YOU.ONCE YOU ARE SEATED IN THIS MANNER, SAY - ALLAH ALLAH,.KEEPING THOUGHT ON THESE WORDS.
does money upset the hearts of learned men ? He answered - man whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.-
does money upset the hearts of learned men ? He answered - man whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.-
DEAR FRIEND ! YOUR HEART IS A POLISHED MIRROR. YOU MUST WIPE IT CLEAN OF THE VEIL OF DUST THAT HAS GATHERED UPON IT, BECAUSE IT IS DESTINED TO REFLECT THE LIGHT OF DIVINE SECRETS.
DEAR FRIEND ! YOUR HEART IS A POLISHED MIRROR. YOU MUST WIPE IT CLEAN OF THE VEIL OF DUST THAT HAS GATHERED UPON IT, BECAUSE IT IS DESTINED TO REFLECT THE LIGHT OF DIVINE SECRETS.
no one who posssess snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jwels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt untill it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away-
no one who posssess snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jwels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt untill it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away-
TO COMPLETELY TRUST IN GOD IS TO BE LIKE A CHILD WHO KNOWS DEEPLY THAT EVEN HE DOES NOT CALL FOR THE MOTHER, THE MOTHER IS TOTALLY AWARE OF HIS CONDITION AND IS LOOKING AFTER HIM.
TO COMPLETELY TRUST IN GOD IS TO BE LIKE A CHILD WHO KNOWS DEEPLY THAT EVEN HE DOES NOT CALL FOR THE MOTHER, THE MOTHER IS TOTALLY AWARE OF HIS CONDITION AND IS LOOKING AFTER HIM.
no one who posssess snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jwels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt untill it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away-
no one who posssess snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jwels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt untill it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away-
IBRAHIM ADHAM SAID - FAITH IN GOD WILL BE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IF THREE VEILS ARE CAST ASIDE . - 1. FEELING PLEASURE IN POSSESSING ANYTHING. 2. IAMENTING OVER THE LOSS OF ANYTHING.3. ENJOYING SELF PRAISE.
IBRAHIM ADHAM SAID - FAITH IN GOD WILL BE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IF THREE VEILS ARE CAST ASIDE . - 1. FEELING PLEASURE IN POSSESSING ANYTHING. 2. IAMENTING OVER THE LOSS OF ANYTHING.3. ENJOYING SELF PRAISE.
people count with self satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak. Caliph Omar said - weigh well your words and deeds before they are weighed at the last judgement.
people count with self satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak. Caliph Omar said - weigh well your words and deeds before they are weighed at the last judgement.
ALL MY BROTHERS ARE BETTER THAN I. HOW IS THAT'?..EVERY ONE OF THEM CONSIDERS ME MORE WORTHY THAN HIMSELF. AND WHOEVER RATES ME HIGHER THAN HIMSELF IS INFACT BETTER THAN I.
ALL MY BROTHERS ARE BETTER THAN I. HOW IS THAT'?..EVERY ONE OF THEM CONSIDERS ME MORE WORTHY THAN HIMSELF. AND WHOEVER RATES ME HIGHER THAN HIMSELF IS INFACT BETTER THAN I.
I ONCE HAD A BROTHER IN IRAQ. I WOULD GO TO HIM WHEN TIMES WERE BAD AND SAY - GIVE ME SOME OF YOUR MONEY.? HE WOULD THROW ME HIS PURSE FOR ME TO TAKE WHAT I WANTED. THEN ONE DAY I CAME TO HIM AND SAID - I NEED SOMETHING. HE ASKED - HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT ? AND SO THE SWEETNESS OF BROTHERHOOD LEFT MY HEART.
I ONCE HAD A BROTHER IN IRAQ. I WOULD GO TO HIM WHEN TIMES WERE BAD AND SAY - GIVE ME SOME OF YOUR MONEY.? HE WOULD THROW ME HIS PURSE FOR ME TO TAKE WHAT I WANTED. THEN ONE DAY I CAME TO HIM AND SAID - I NEED SOMETHING. HE ASKED - HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT ? AND SO THE SWEETNESS OF BROTHERHOOD LEFT MY HEART.
one day the prophet Abraham invited a person to dinner, but when he learned that he was an infidel he canceled the invitation and turned him out. Immediately the divine voice reprimanded him saying - you didn’t give him food for a day even because he belonged to a different religion, yet for the last seventy years i am feeding him in spite of his heresy. had you fed him for one night, you would not have become poor on that account.
one day the prophet Abraham invited a person to dinner, but when he learned that he was an infidel he canceled the invitation and turned him out. Immediately the divine voice reprimanded him saying - you didn’t give him food for a day even because he belonged to a different religion, yet for the last seventy years i am feeding him in spite of his heresy. had you fed him for one night, you would not have become poor on that account.
prayers for the dead are on the same footing as gifts for the living. the angel goes in to the dead with a tray of light, bearing a cloth of light, and says - this is a gift for you from your brother so and so, from your relative so and so. And he delights in it just as a living person rejoices in the gift.
prayers for the dead are on the same footing as gifts for the living. the angel goes in to the dead with a tray of light, bearing a cloth of light, and says - this is a gift for you from your brother so and so, from your relative so and so. And he delights in it just as a living person rejoices in the gift.
each faculty of our delights in that for which it was created; lust delights in accomplishing desire, anger in taking vengeance the eye is seeing beautiful objects, and the car in hearing harmonious sounds. The highest function of the soul is the perception of truth.
each faculty of our delights in that for which it was created; lust delights in accomplishing desire, anger in taking vengeance the eye is seeing beautiful objects, and the car in hearing harmonious sounds. The highest function of the soul is the perception of truth.
the soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Mecca takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning the camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the heart. -
the soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Mecca takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning the camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the heart. -
arrogance and conceit in a person may be recognized by three signs -
1. when alone does he feel gloomy, and in company feel happy.
2. when people praise hime, does he perform more worship !
3. when they speak badly of him, does he perform very little worship ? -
arrogance and conceit in a person may be recognized by three signs -
1. when alone does he feel gloomy, and in company feel happy.
2. when people praise hime, does he perform more worship !
3. when they speak badly of him, does he perform very little worship ? -
THE FOLLOWING PRAYER WAS TAUGHT BY THE PROPHET TO HIS COMPANIONS - O GOD, GRANT ME LOVE OF YOU, AND TO LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, AND TO LOVE WHAREVER BRINGS ME NEARER TO YOU. O GOD, MAKE YOUR LOVE MORE PRECIOUS TO ME THAN COOL WATER TO THE THIRSTY.
THE FOLLOWING PRAYER WAS TAUGHT BY THE PROPHET TO HIS COMPANIONS - O GOD, GRANT ME LOVE OF YOU, AND TO LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, AND TO LOVE WHAREVER BRINGS ME NEARER TO YOU. O GOD, MAKE YOUR LOVE MORE PRECIOUS TO ME THAN COOL WATER TO THE THIRSTY.
To earn lawful livelihood for household, is the task of abdal. To bring them up teaching good mannes and best of conduct is greater holy war.
To earn lawful livelihood for household, is the task of abdal. To bring them up teaching good mannes and best of conduct is greater holy war.
WHEN THE ANGEL OF DEATH CAME TO TAKE ABRAHAM'S SOUL, ABRAHAM SAID - HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FRIEND TAKE HIS FRIEND'S LIFE. GOD ANSWERED HIM - HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FRIEND UNWILLING TO MEET OR GO WITH A FRIEND ?
WHEN THE ANGEL OF DEATH CAME TO TAKE ABRAHAM'S SOUL, ABRAHAM SAID - HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FRIEND TAKE HIS FRIEND'S LIFE. GOD ANSWERED HIM - HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FRIEND UNWILLING TO MEET OR GO WITH A FRIEND ?
ABU SULAYMAN AL DARANI USED TO SAY - IF I OWNED THE WHOLE WORLD TO PUT IN THE MOUTH OF A BROTHER OF MINE, I WOULD STILL DEEM IT TOO LITTLE FOR HIM. HE ALSO SAID - I FEED A MORSEL TO A BROTHER OF MINE AND FIND THE TASTE OF IT IN MY OWN THROAT.
ABU SULAYMAN AL DARANI USED TO SAY - IF I OWNED THE WHOLE WORLD TO PUT IN THE MOUTH OF A BROTHER OF MINE, I WOULD STILL DEEM IT TOO LITTLE FOR HIM. HE ALSO SAID - I FEED A MORSEL TO A BROTHER OF MINE AND FIND THE TASTE OF IT IN MY OWN THROAT.
By contemplative knowledge we mean that the veil is raised, that the Divine Glory is revealed so clearly that it cannot be doubted and this would be possible to man if the mirror were not dimmed by rust and impurities due to the defilement of this world.
By contemplative knowledge we mean that the veil is raised, that the Divine Glory is revealed so clearly that it cannot be doubted and this would be possible to man if the mirror were not dimmed by rust and impurities due to the defilement of this world.
It is incumbent on a man to dive deep into the sea of love; if the wave of love lands him on the shore of favour, he had attained the highest achievement.
It is incumbent on a man to dive deep into the sea of love; if the wave of love lands him on the shore of favour, he had attained the highest achievement.
It is better to disclose good deeds of others and connive their evil acts.
It is better to disclose good deeds of others and connive their evil acts.
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jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
