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For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.

Bayazid Bastami (rehmatullah aleh)

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Any knowledge that does not help you transcend yourself is just ignorance in disguise.

Sana'i (the poet)

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النور You shall never be ashamed to show Allah all the dimmed and fallen stars within yourself when He Who has once placed the universe’s light inside your ribcage can ignite them again.

ibtasem // “Surely this is easy to Allah” [35:22] (via ibtasem)

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Head-scarves were worn in Europe, mostly in Russia and in many parts of Europe and the Balkan region. In some branches of Judaism, women are required to cover their heads with scarves. Head scarves and veils are used by Christian women in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, Assyrian Church of the East, and Roman Catholic Church. Why is it that the Western society only views Muslim women as oppressed and their head scarves  as a symbol of their oppression?!

Sharing this beautiful comment that I read on Facebook.

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Don’t be robotic with Allah when making du’a. Don’t just sit there and recite your du’a. Have a heartfelt conversation with Him. Don’t suppress your emotions, let them flow. Talk to Him. Tell Him how you feel, why you feel the way you feel, why you need Him to answer you. Show Him how needy you are of Him. Beg Him. Cry to Him. 

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Nothing should stand between you and God. No imams, priests, rabbis or any other custodians of moral or religious leadership. Not spiritual masters and not even your faith. Believe in your values and your rules, but never lord them over others. If you keep breaking other people’s hearts, whatever religious duty you perform is no good.

Shams Tabrizi (via saalik)

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If the fact that people turn away from you or speak ill of you causes you suffering, return towards the knowledge of God in you; if this knowledge is not sufficient, then lack of satisfaction in the knowledge of God is a far greater trial than that people speak ill of you. The purpose of this slander is that you should not rely on people; God wishes to bring you back from all things so that nothing may distract you from Him.

Imam Ibn ‘Atā-Illāh(may God be pleased with him)

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O Lord, what kind of fountain is Thy love, of which I sipped but one drop and wept rivers. 

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زآنکه عشق مردگان پاینده نیست Love of the dead is not a lasting love زآنکه مرده سوي ما آینده نیست Because the dead don’t come back from above, عشق زنده در روان و در بصر Love of the living in your soul and blood هر دمی باشد ز غنچه تازه تر Each moment makes you fresher than a bud, عشق آن زنده گزین کاو باقی است Save love for him, eternal and divine, واز شراب جان فزایت ساقی است The Saqi with the soul-expanding wine! عشق آن بگزین که جمله انبیا Choose love of Him, from whose resplendent face یافتند از عشق او کار و کیا The prophets find their mission and their grace––

Masnavi;  Mawlana Rumi

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دانش منحصرا برای به دست آوردن مواد مورد استفاده گزش دوست دارید یک مار. اما به عنوان یک تصفیه کننده از خود درونی، آن بهترین دوست شما می شود Knowledge used exclusively for material gain bites you like a serpent. But as a purifier of the inner self, it becomes your best friend.

Rumi ( 1207-1273 )

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Don’t worry if your heart hurts today. Hearts change everyday. And He is the turner and healer of hearts.

Yasmin Mogahed (via al-mousawiq8)

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نُرَقِّعُ دُنْيَانَا بِتَمْزِيقِ دِينِنَا فَلا دِينِنَا يَبْقَى وَلَا مَا نُرقِّعُ 

“We try to mend our dunya by ripping apart our deen.

So our deen does not remain nor we rectify our dunya.”

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One of the tragic aspects of human existence is that when we remove God from our search, whatever we call God, if the Buddhists talk about Ultimate concern/Ultimate reality; this is still coming approximating our understanding of God. God is ultimate concern; if we remove ultimate concern from our lives, we have to find substitutes. This is human nature. We will find a substitute to fill that hollow space within man because man is essentially a hollow being.

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

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Mazar-i-sharif, Afghanistan

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When God wishes to help, He lets us weep. Wherever water flows, life flourishes, wherever tears fall, divine mercy is shown.

Rumi رومی   (via bornbetweentwosigns)