ON THE BLIND MEN AND THE AFFAIR OF THE ELEPHANT

There was a great city in the country of Ghûr, in which all the people were blind. A certain king passed by that place, bringing his army and pitching his camp on the plain. He had a large and magnificent elephant to minister to his pomp and excite awe, and to attack in battle. A desire arose among the people to see this monstrous elephant, and a number of the blind, like fools, visited it, every one running in his haste to find out its shape and form. They came, and being without the sight of their eyes groped about it with their hands; each of them by touching one member obtained a notion of some one part; each one got a conception of an impossible object, and fully believed his fancy true. When they returned to the people of the city, the others gathered round them, all expectant, so misguided and deluded were they. Read the rest of this entry »

Noble features of Rasul-Allah (saw)

In the name of Allah the Merciful and Compassionate.

Praised be Allah, who created the universe, embellished its form and order, and caused His prophet Muhammad (s.a.v)-may Allah praise him and grant him peace- to be well mannered; and who, having adorned his conduct and purified his qualities and character, selected him as His chosen and His beloved. Praised be Allah who selected him as His chosen and His beloved. Praised be Allah who guides the copying of Hz. Muhammad (s.a.v)’s attributes by them whose refinement he desires, and who prevents the assuming of his character by them whose debasement He desires. May Allah bless our lord Hz. Muhammad (s.a.v), the lord of the messengers, his good and chaste family, and may He grant (them) peace.

                   The Account of Allah’s Disciplining Hz. Muhammad (s.a.v),

His Friend and His Chosen, by the Qur’an

The Apostle of Allah was very humble and supplicatory of Allah, continuously asking Him to adorn him with fine qualities of breeding, and the noble qualities of character. While praying he used to say, “O Allah, embellish my external and internal natures;’ and, “O Allah, cause me to shun the disapproved qualities of character.” Thereupon Allah answered his prayer-faithful to his statement, “If you will call me, I will answer you” [Qur’an 40:62]-by sending down the Qur’an and disciplining him through its teaching, so that Hz. Muhammad’s nature was the Qur’an. Read the rest of this entry »

ALIVE WE ARE , WE DON’T DIE

[Somuncu Baba (k.s), Shaikh Hamidi Wali Aksarayi ] Read the rest of this entry »

Become Small and Escape

My love you, my grandchildren. Shall we go out for a walk to get some fresh air? Look something teribble must be happening! People are running away as if they are afraid of something. Listen to them shouting and yelling, “Run, run for life!”  “Brother, Sister, Father! Come don’t be left behind! The world is being destroyed!” “The gales and storms are coming! The earth is opening up and caving in!” “ The end of the world is here!” Their cries of fright fill the air.

Why are they running? Where are these hordes of people going? Look at them pushing and shoving each other, all crowding into one narrow path and running toward a tiny opening at the end of the path. Look, they are trying to creep into it. But the opening is so small, and the crowd is so huge!

Watch carefully and you will see that a few of the small people do manage to fit through, but the big people are unable to. Even though they ran so fast and pushed the smaller ones behind so they could get there first, they cannot fit into that hole. They are too big. But the small ones manage to creep through any available space, ducking under the arms or crawling between the legs of the big people. This is really amazing! Those who were important in the world are being left behind, while the small ones are entering the opening and escaping the destruction. Read the rest of this entry »