Let’s talk “respect”. Who should we respect? How do we show that respect? Obviously good manners show respect. But are we always polite? We’re Commanded to respect our parents and the elderly yet so many young people treat their parents poorly and show impatience with the elderly. I like to see polite people, especially the [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Respect
Posted in Charity, Exemplary Behavior, tagged Karma, Manners, Respect, Titles on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hypocrisy or Belief
Posted in Faith, God, Obligations, tagged Belief. Trusts, Hypocrisy, Lies, Promises on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just as we can’t clean our houses unless we see the dirt, we can’t free ourselves from hypocrisy until we see it in our selves. We must look in the mirror of our hearts and truthfully admit what’s there. A hypocrite is one who gives his word then doesn’t keep it. When a hypocrite speaks, [...]
Part of you has gone!
Posted in Destiny, Wisdom, tagged Days, Son of Adam on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days.
Whenever each day passes then part of you has gone.
Hasan Al- Basri
Riches
Posted in Motivation on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.
Temptations
Posted in Disobedience, God, tagged Forget, Temptations on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The origin of every temptation is in forgetting God.
The Opportunity
Posted in Perfection, Truth, trials, tagged Opportunity, Poverty, Sickness on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Often, to men and women of Love and sincerity, come pain, trials and suffering. These are the purifiers of the souls which enable them to attain proximity to their Lord and without which no one can achieve. It is in time of great calamities, such as wars, some people stand out from others. It is [...]
Pain Lightened
Posted in Destiny, trials on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The pain of trials is lightened immeasurably by the knowledge of Who Sends the trials and why He sends them. It is also extremely helpful to remember He never sends more than we can bear and His Knowledge of us is greater than our knowledge of ourselves.
You Say You Love God
Posted in Be Thankful, Charity, God, Good Deeds, Good Intentions, Good Manners, tagged Criterion, Love God, Peace on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You say you love God. How do you show that love? Do you have a criterion for good and evil which you scrupulously adhere to? Are you a pious person? Do you always offer prayers – give often and much to help those less fortunate than you – offer moral support to your friends – [...]
Give it Up
Posted in Love, tagged Eternity, Intellect on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Give up the intellect for Love and see
In one brief moment all eternity.
Reaching God
Posted in Destiny, God, Good Deeds, tagged Abandonment of Faults, Friendship, Nearness to God on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If we were destined to reach God only through our abandonment of faults, our prayers and good deeds we would never reach Him. However, He has said when His faithful servant constantly seeks His Nearness through optional prayers it will attract His Friendship. Then when He wishes to bring us near to Him He absorbs [...]
Opposites
Posted in Humility, Motivation, Obedience on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Certainly all things are hidden in their opposites – gain in loss and gift in refusal, honor in humiliation, wealth in poverty, strength in weakness, abundance in restriction, rising up in falling down, life in death, victory in defeat, power in powerlessness and so on. Therefore, if a man wishes to find, let him be [...]
