Aphorisms
- The search for Truth, for the Truth conscious, for the men of heart, for the Imam of the age, or for the intimate of mysteries, involves no geographical journey. There is a great difference between the voyages of Sindbad and the travels of the seeker after Truth. The ego should attain to a state of self-realization before it embarks on its journey toward Truth. The clearer the mirror of the heart, the easier for it to receive the flashes of Truth. Approach to Allah is though prostration, with your brow brought low. Prostration is here below and connection on High. Divine blessings on the Prophet (SAW) are invoked here and accepted there. The first thing therefore is self-reformation, enabling yourself to know what the radiance of Truth really means. Abu Jahl sees the prophet (SAW) but cannot have access to him (SAW), whereas Uawys of Qaran has access to him (SAW) although he has never been near him (SAW) physically. Destinations hail sincere seekers after Truth at the very outset.
- Wonders stare us in the face but we pay no heed. What miracle the ordinary stupid looking brute, the cow, is It is a marvel of Nature. It is a wonderful feat _____ great miracle of converting grass into milk! Why don’t we consider?
- To sorrow over your lot, to have sympathy for yourself, to prove yourself pitiable among people, is no man with more that he can bear. Ailing and feeble spirits always complain whereas healthy souls give thanks. To criticize life is to criticize the Creator, and such criticism deprives on of faith.
- A man once asked another _____ “Brother, when did you tell the first lie of your life?” He replied _____“The day I proclaimed that I always spoke the truth.”
- If you want to translate knowledge into action, you require a ‘guru’ besides your faith.