(38) There is no hindrance for the Prophet with respect to what God has ordained and made lawful for him. This was God’s way with those (Prophets) who passed before. The command of God is a decree determined (in due measures for every thing, event and individual). (39) (The Prophets are those) who convey God’s Messages and feel great awe of Him; and they hold none but God in awe. God suffices as One Who reckons and settles the accounts (of His servants). (40) O believers, (know) that Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets. God has full knowledge of everything. Read More »
Gary Miller – Basis for Muslim Belief (54 Minutes)
“…and ask a Muslim, where is your miracle… Muslim can go over and take his miracle off the shelf and hand it to you…”
Gary Miller – Amazing Qur’aan Part 1 (60 Minutes)
Spring’s Gift with Hamza Yusuf
I envy the sand that met his feet
I’m jealous of honey he tasted sweet
Of birds that hovered above his head
Of spiders who spun their sacred web
To save him from his enemies
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Abdal Hakim Murad – European Perspective on Muslim Influences…
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This series of audio lectures are probably one of the best introductions to understanding Islam as it is and as it relates to today’s world.
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“One of the great cliches of comparative religion is that the higher aspects of religious experience can not be conveyed in human languages”
“It’s not sufficiently acknowledged, between the 8th and 16th century Islam was the dominant civilization”
“More than 38% of the world Muslims live as minorities, China 40 million, India 100 million, America 15 million”
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“…the tahajjud (Night Vigil Prayers) is when the real spiritual work is traditionally done”
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“Seek out Laylatul-Qadr (Night of Power) from the days of Ramadan… it is better then a thousand months… something happens within you that changes you for the rest of your life, that’s the sign of Laylatul-Qadr that can not be duplicated.”
“The best thing one could do is to get rid of the outward things that are unbecoming and unbefitting for the Divine presence and work on the supreme name until the absence from oneself is realized…”
“Imam Shafi’i was asked: How did you get such good character?
He replied: By taking my critics seriously”
Abu Hazim said: “If you seek in this world what suffices you, the least of this world will suffice you.
If you seek in this world what will fulfill you, and you’re not fulfilled by what suffices you, nothing in this world will fulfill you.”
“Qur’an is essentially telling us is that creation is a sign, the whole of existance is a sign…we’re given the tools… we need to decode the signs” (Hamza Yusuf)
“Islamic revivalism can be interpreted as the second intervention of Islam in trying to bring Western civilization into balance. When Europe of the middle ages preoccupied with a religious supremacy which even ruled over reason and science, it was Islam which introduced Greek rationalism and science into Europe…Islam gave the west through its Arabian universities much of the source material of the enlightenment which made the west what it now is. Today Islam is trying to reintroduce the idea of Holy into a western society…” (Thomas Cleary quotes from a British Economy Magazine)
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“Eisenhower said: Preventive war is an invention of Hitler, frankly,
I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing”
“Wars are started by few and suffered by many… Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent”
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Highlights:
“It’s rare to find a Sufi book in English which doesn’t have 3 mistakes… in each page.”
“Their inward states were different, their hearts were attached to Allah and nothing besides, they didn’t talk behind each other”
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