They fluttered like two butterflies
over the turquoise domes of Isfahan.
Children’s book illustration by Ayesha Gamiet.
The foundations of our path are five:
— Uṣūl al-Ṭarīqa by Sīdī Aḥmad Zarrūq.
O community of Muslims, roll up your sleeves, for the matter is momentous. Prepare for an imminent journey. Garner provision now as the journey is long. Lighten your loads, for before you is an ascent most steep! Only those traveling lightly shall bear its climb.
O humanity, before the Hour comes, you will see wonders, vast tribulations, and difficult times. Darkness will prevail, and foulness will take the forefront. Those who enjoin right will be oppressed, and those who condemn vice will be suppressed.
Hence, strengthen your faith for that time, and cling to faith as you would clench on for dear life. Flee to righteous deeds, and force yourselves to perform them. Be patient during the difficult times, and you will eventually arrive to eternal bliss.
— Translated by Hamza Yusuf.
(Source: sandala.org)
“To Damascus, years are only moments, decades are only flitting trifles of time. She measures time, not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise, and prosper and crumble to ruin. She is a type of immortality… Damascus has seen all that has ever occurred on earth, and still she lives. She has looked upon the dry bones of a thousand empires, and will see the tombs of a thousand more before she dies. Though another claims the name, old Damascus is by right the Eternal City.” — Mark Twain
(Source: majdimam.com)
“To Allah we belong, and to Him is our return” — Qur’an, 2:156.
“O Mighty! O Invincible! Keep away from us the evil of the unjust.”
“I will give you one good reason why everything is going to be alright: Allah.” — Imām Muḥammad ᶜAbd al-Laṭīf Finch
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