It is God and God alone Who can rule the universe and can arrange our life according to His just and good predestination and according to His perfect plan and excellent will. By Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu The Sufi mystics of Sunni Islam always insist that the measure of a true spiritual person…
By Hazrath Inayath Khan Seek the Good in Man Those people who glorify God for His beauty, should see the beauty of God in all His creatures. It is of no use to praise God for His beauty, and then to criticize and find faults in His creation. For one’s life to be prayerful, one…
“Politicians and world leaders are trying their best to achieve arms control and so forth, and this is very useful. At the same time, we who have certain beliefs have a duty and responsibility to control our own bad thoughts. This is the real disarmament, our own arms control. With inner peace and full control…
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you…
If you have the desire and spirit to learn, you can draw valuable lessons from your own experiences as well as those of others. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan A person whom I know has no formal degree in business, but yet he is a very successful businessman. I once said to him, “You don’t have an…
He who is negligent awakens in the morning by considering what he is going to do, And he who is wise by considering what God will do with him. (Ibn Ataullah al-Iskandari, Alexandrian Sufi) “Man must become spiritually revived before being able to revive the world about him. The greatest lesson that all true reformers…
Major Attributes of the Faithful The trial and test of humans comes when they are able to show gratitude during difficulties, when they remember how merciful God has been to them in the past and put their trust in Him for their future. By Nikhat Sattar We seem to be perpetually overwhelmed by pressures. Concerns…
If we are genuinely remorseful for our sins, God is forever compassionate. By Sadia Dehlvi The Sufis teach that if you are aware of your humility, then you are among the arrogant ones. One of the evils in modern societies is racism, believing that one is born superior and hatred for those who belong to…
There are many things that we consider as a way of life, and do not think twice about their relevance to sin or purification. Eating heavy and late dinners especially at wedding receptions is a common feature of society. By Nikhat Sattar The core of the Islamic faith is purification of the self (tazkiyah-e nafs),…
We too, can free ourselves from the stress and burdens of our lives without fleeing them or changing them. What we should change, is our hearts. By Rose Deighton The world we live in is fast and whirling. We run for work and race to get home. We sleep too little, we eat too much,…
