“The poet, Jalaluddin Rumi said that “Suffering is a gift. In it is a hidden mercy.” Suffering teaches us patience, sabr, and it also teaches us Ridhaa, which is total reliance on Allah, and a serene acceptance of whatever Allah decrees…” To read on, please click on the picture above.
By Arshad Gamiet
“Six hundred years before Magna Carta limited the power of kings, Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon on the plain of Arafat during the Hajj. It was a remarkable speech for its time. It set down human rights and responsibilities that are still found wanting today, long after Magna Carta and despite the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. ..”
by Arshad Gamiet
“When rudeness is met with unexpected kindness it immediately changes the paradigm. The one who insults you thinks he’s in control. He wants to provoke you but your courtesy and your dignity throws him off balance. Many of Islam’s enemies were thus conquered by kindness. Allah has the key to all hearts.”
by Arshad Gamiet
“Without faith, people see the world in 2 dimensions only. They only see themselves and everything that’s out there, the natural world, the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms: earth, water, wind and fire. That’s all: just the human Self and everything around it…”
By Arshad Gamiet
“A good Muslim personality is constructed from the inside, not from the outside. It begins with the right attitude, the right disposition of the heart… When the attitude is right and the qalb, the spiritual heart is sound, everything else, including the hijabs, niqabs, burqas, beards, thobes and turbans may (or may not) take care of themselves later… Let’s always keep our sense of perspective, and remember our priorities.”
By Arshad Gamiet
“Never belittle even the smallest good deed that you can do, in Allah’s Name. He will infuse barakah, He will magnify your good deeds far beyond your wildest imagination…”
“People without faith live in a 2-dimensional world; they’re only aware of themselves and what’s around them, the material world. They do not acknowledge the vital 3rd dimension: Allah, The One who created everything…
“The Holy Quran uses both rhetoric and reason in a powerful way. It addresses us, the readers, not as passive consumers of information, but as critical and sentient human beings. It engages both our intellect and our innate sense of balance, fairness, reason, logic and beauty, which are gifts from Allah…”
