musaafir-e dasht

I had always seen the beauty of my country in pictures, but beholding It with naked eye was an altogether a different experienc - a humbling one it was! I can never forget those awe-inspiring moments spent with husband in those serene lands where, for the first time in life, I felt the joy of being so close to nature... I had once read somewhere, "there's no wifi in forest, but you'll find a better connection." For the first time in my life I experienced that 'connection' which had hitherto remained hidden from my perception. The sight of the mountains and sky high trees covered with clouds early in the morning, and the sound of the Neelam River flowing, that came from somewhere deep down was an experience, that will forever remain etched in my memory. I will always remember how it felt like standing against the picket fence in the backyard of the resort where we were staying in, gazing at the magnificent beauty of the far away mountains of Kashmir, only the ...

From An-Noor : A Connection With Allah Cannot Be Established Merely From Books   Hazratwala (RA) mentioned:   Many things are are not acquired merely from books but rather they are acquired through listening.  For example, a mother teaches her infant the proper way of addressing its father by telling the child, “Say dad, say dad.”  Similarly when one sits with the Ahlullah, their ears secretly steal.  They listen to the nice things told to them and take it all in.  Then the ears of their soul hear and this enables their souls to proclaim the zikr of Allah by saying “Allah, Allah!”  The mother wants that her child learn to say “dad” quickly so that when the child lifts its small hands up and says “dad”, then that will stir up a great sense of mercy within the father.  Likewise, the Prophets (AS) and awliyaa’ desire that the servants of Allah quickly learn to say “Rabba” so that their Rabba enshrouds them with His mercy.  In a simil...

Source: kashkol-e Majzuub  by Khawaja Azeez ul Hasan Majzuub rahimahullah

... give good tidings to the patient, who, when a suffering visits them, say: "We certainly belong to Allah, and to Him we are bound to return." Those are the ones upon whom there are blessings from their Lord, and mercy as well; and those are the ones who are on the right path. - Al-Baqarah , 156-157 Yesterday's sunset brought with it the grim news of the setting of yet another shining star of this Ummah.   A star - that's what his name in Urdu meant - indeed he was. Arif Billah Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb passed away last night in Karachi. This insignificant is way too devastated to write anything about him at this moment. Last night, however, when I opened up Ruh ki biimaariyaa~ aur un ka ilaaj  - a classic manual for getting rid of spiritual maladies, which Hazratwala recommended to all of his disciples and anybody who had any kind of connection of with him - I came across this poignant poem penned down by Hazrat rahimahullah himself when his ...

Gham-e hasti ka Asad kis se ho juz marg ilaaj sham'a har rang me~ jalti he sahar hone tak Except death, O Asad, what healeth the sorrow of existence, The candle, in all shades burn, till the dawn breaks -           ( Translation by NA ) 

The heart burns with desire, Perfection, it seeks, Dreams, it wishes to fulfill… It dreams of treading the path, Walked by the people of Noor . Light they are, Noorun ‘ala noor, Light upon light, they become. The heart that dreams, The heart that wishes, Is hitherto unaware, Of the reality of the path; The silence, The solitude, The pain, The breaking of the idol called ‘desire’, All come before the fire of Love Makes one a majnun , And takes away the burden of consciousness. When the lover annihilates, And only the Beloved remains, Only then it is, Light upon light. Whosoever He wills, He guides. - Bint Akram

"Don’t be so proud of your latest phones and gadgets, for the only tool of communication which will save you are your prayers." Reblogged from here

Just read this reminder on Facebook posted by Timelenders' Yameenuddin Ahmed: Beware! Our qualification should help us recognize our ultimate purpose. If it isn't doing so then we are at a new heights of ignorance. Isn't this frightening? The fear of losing one's ultimate purpose while one moves up the ladder of educational qualification. What are all these certificates worth if they cannot help me remember my ultimate purpose in this life? In that case, they are only certificates of ignorance.

A friend just shared this wonderful quote by Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah . Words surely have great potential to melt hearts... Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is more keen for the benefit of the slave than his own self, his heart would have melted out of the love for Allah and would have been torn to pieces out of thankfulness to Allah.  Therefore if the pains of this world tire you, do not grieve. For it may be that Allah wishes to hear your voice by way of duaa. So pour out your desires in prostration and forget about it and know; that verily Allah does not forget it.  Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah  

گناہوں پر جسارت بھی بری ہے  مگر مایوسیاں کفر عیاں ہے  (مولانا حکیم محمّد اختر صاحب (دامت برکاتہم -   May Allah SWT bless Hazrat DB with complete and lasting shifa. aameen

source I could not sleep last night. Have only had one or two such restless nights in my life before the last one... I feel so sick of television and the noise that comes out of it is getting unbearable with every passing day. Sheer cacophony. But there is so much going on in the country at the moment that nobody in the family would dare to unplug the idiot box, which continues to transmit its idiocy into our lives. Anyway, this post is not about the hazards of the idiot box. I will have ample occasions in the upcoming days and years to rant about them when I will practically try to get rid of this device in my life with the help of Allah SWT and those around me. This post is about my country, which is probably going through the toughest of times in its history. The events that have materialised lately should plunge all of us into the thinking mode. The issues that are haunting my mind at present are as follows:  1. Who is Tahir ul Qadri? We know he is a self-procl...