Heaven at your feet...

There are times when you are lost in a world...
A world where you forget what really matters.
There are things that once were of high stature in your life but now are neglected..
There are people who mean the world to you yet are now forgotten...

Walking down memory lane I came across every moment that made my heart jump
I came across every person whom my heart smiled to...
However, above every thing I cherished in one way or another in my life, mum and dad, you are right there at the very top.

On top of the world, emanating your light upon me, and showing me the way...
Your perfect love is of outstandingly indescribable traits.
The joy you bring to my soul with just a smile I can neither define nor explain...
Your eternal pleasure and love do I yearn to attain...
The key to Paradise is only in your hand, and it is at your feet that heaven does lay.

Nothing more than a delusion

"Haroon ar-Rasheed (r) once prepared a lavish banquet and adorned his castle with the adornment of this dunya. He invited so many guests, and as the special guest, he invited the famous poet Abul A’tahiyah. When he arrived, Haroon ar-Rasheed said "Describe for us this bounty, this beauty we are now in.” The poet said: "Live as you wish, safe, in the shade of the towering castles.” Haroon ar-Rasheed said: "This is excellent.” Abul A’tahiyah said: "That whatever you desire is brought to you whether it is in the morning or evening.” Haroon ar-Rasheed said: "This is beautiful! Then what is next?” Haroon ar-Rasheed broke down in tears for the poet said:

"When the souls quiver in the shade of the rattling chest at that moment then you will know for certain that all of this was nothing more than a delusion.”

The moment to cast off laziness...

A Quote From Salahuddeen Ayyoobi

[Abu Shamma, Kitab ar-Rawadatain (History Book)]

We hope in Allah - Subhannah wa Ta'aala - Who leads the hearts of Muslims to calm [concerning] what torments them and ruins their prosperity.

Where is the sense of honour of the Muslims?...
The pride of the Believers?..
The zeal of the Faithful?.

We shall never cease to be amazed at how the disbelievers - for their part - have shown trusts, and it is the Muslims who have been lacking in zeal. Not one of them has responded to the call. Not one intervenes to straighten what is distorted; but observe how far the Franks have gone. What unity they have achieved. What aims they pursue. What help they have given. What sums of money they have borrowed and spent. What wealth they have collected and distributed and divided amongst them[selves]. There is not a king left in their lands or islands, not a lord or a rich man who has not competed with his neighbours to produce more support and rival his peers in strenuous military efforts. In defence of their religion they consider it a small thing to spend life and soul; and they have kept their infidel brothers supplied with arms and champions of war; and all they have done and all their generosity has been done purely out of zeal for him [who] they worship in jealous defence of their faith.

The Muslims, on the other hand, are weakened and demoralised; they have become negligent and lazy, the victims of unproductive stupification and completely lacking in enthusiasm. If - Allah forbid - Islam should draw reign, obscure her splendour, blunt her sword there would be no one, east or west, far or near who would blaze the zeal for Allah's Deen, or choose to come to the aid of Truth against falsehood. This is the moment to cast off laziness, to summon from far and near all those men who have blood in their veins; but we are confident (Note: Our Brother in Islam speaks concerning himself and the small party of believers who began with him and who then became a large party); but we are confident thanks to Allah - Alhamdulillaah - in the help that will come from Him and [we] entrust ourselves to Him in sincerity of purpose and deepest devotion.

All mankind is from Adam and Eve...

“... All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood.... O People! No Prophet or Apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well, therefore, O People! and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the Qur’an and my Sunnah (i.e., sayings, deeds, and approvals) and if you follow these you will never go astray..."

-PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAW, IN HIS LAST SERMON-