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Month of the Mawlid

Posted in Islam, Music, Poetry on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Rabi al-Awwal has began. For the importance of this blessed month see this post by Nuraddin Zangi. Also check out the classic qawwali by Sabri brothers posted by Greensufi. May Allah allow us to benefit from the blessings of this month.

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Seek the Wisdom

Posted in Islam, Rumi, Saints, Sufism on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Seek the wisdom
that will untie your knot
seek the path
that demands your whole being.
Leave that which is not, but appears
to be
seek that which is, but is
not apparent.
– Translation by Azima Melita Kolin
and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999

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Pir Syed Naseeruddin Naseer Also Passes

Posted in Islam, Saints, Scholars on February 16, 2009 | 14 Comments »

Golra ka aik aur chand gharoob ho gya!
Pir Syed Naseeruddin Naseer (ra) departed from this world on Friday 13th. He is said to have been preparing for the Friday prayer. Apart from being a scion of the celebrated saadat of Golra Sharif he was also an accomplished poet and scholar. In the ultra conservative world [...]

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Die Before Death

Posted in Islam, Poetry, Rumi, Saints on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The mystery of “die before death”* is this,
that the prizes come after dying and not before.
Except for dying,
no other skills avail with God, O artful schemer.
One Divine favor is better than a hundred kinds of personal effort:
such exertion is in danger from a hundred kinds of mischief.
And the Divine favor depends on dying:
the trustworthy authorities [...]

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