Thursday, 19 March 2009

Ghurba - Eksil



And remind them of the Days of Allah

{Quran, 14:4}

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A pleasant morning to you, O you faint traces of a dwelling. But can one lost in times gone by in truth find life pleasant?

Imru' al-Qays

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Give me back the nights of my gatherings!

'Umar ibn al-Farid

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I was an angel and paradise was my abode,
It was Adam who brought me into this flourishing
monastery in ruins.

Hafez

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The element of sorrow relates to a recollection of man's original abode and his terrestial exile from that abode...

...Within every moment of joy (farah) lies a sorrow.

Seyyid Hossein Nasr In: Roloff Beny, Persia - Bridge of Turquoise

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The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Islam began as something strange and will revert to being something strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.”

{Sahih Muslim}

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There is not a thing more stranger than the Sunnah. And what is more stranger than it, is the one who knows it.

Yunus ibn 'Ubaid

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