pearls to reach the stars: 12/17/09

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Welcome to pearls to reach the stars. Pearls and stars are metaphors. The pearls are very precious, highly valued things and stars indicate a category of excellence. Thus,the aims of Pearls to Reach the Stars are to stimulate our inner feelings, our minds and arouse our spirit in order that our speech, actions and thoughts are reflected positively, optimistically and virtuously as true muslims who are close to God. The collection of some pearls of wisdom from various authentic and reliable sources to reach the stars like motivational quotes, inspirational phrases , poems, aesthetic expressions, for inner stimulation to become a worthy person. May God forgive us and place us in the group of people who have good intentions, who love and help each other for the sake of Him and may Allah place us in the group of As-habul Yamin on the Day of Judgment in the hereafter. Ameen.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Do not fall into despair if blessings come late,

Do not fall into despair if blessings come late,

even though you keep asking for them,

because Allah has promised to heed prayers.

Yet the wish to be granted will be granted

because He wishes it for you,

not because you wish it for yourself.

Ibn `Ata’ Allah

Happiness is a butterfly

MashaAllah...............

it's a beautiful metaphorical phrase,

wish i could know who wrote it.

Happiness is a butterfly,

which, when pursued,

is always just beyond your grasp,

but which, if you sit down quietly,

may alight upon you.

~unknown~

I looked at all friends

“I looked at all friends

and did not find a better friend

than safeguarding the tongue.

I thought about all dresses,

but did not find a better dress than piety.

I thought about all types of wealth,

but did not find a better wealth

than contentment in little.

I thought of all types of good deeds,

but did not find a better deed

than offering good advice.

I looked at all types of sustenance

but did not find a better sustenance than patience.”

[Umar (r.a)

My son, when you pray.........

My son, when you pray,

do it like a person who is bidding farewell to this world,

and don’t assume you will have

another chance to pray again.

My son, know that a believer dies in between two deeds,

one he offers for today,

where he will get immediate blessings,

and the second deed is what he offers

towards the day of resurrection,

and that is where he will gain the ultimate benefits.

Muadh Ibn Jabal (r.a)

“And that is not difficult for Allah.”

Ibn Ata'llah wrote in his hikam:

Do not leave the remembrance because of your lack of presence of heart with Allah therein, because your heedlessness of the remembrance of Allah is more harmful than your heedlessness during the remembrance of Allah. It may well be that He take you from remembrance in which there is heedlessness (ghaflah) to remembrance in which there is consciousness (yaqadhah); and from remembrance in which there is consciousness to remembrance in which there is presence of heart (hudoor); and from remembrance in which there is presence of heart to remembrance in which there is obliviousness to all but the One Remembered,

“And that is not difficult for Allah.”

How utterly amazing is someone who flees from something he cannot escape

by Ibn Ata'llah

How utterly amazing is someone who flees from something he cannot escape
to seek something that will not last!

"It is not the eyes that are blind,
but the hearts in the breasts are blind."

Do not travel from phenomenal being to phenomenal being.
You will be like the donkey going around at the mill.
It travels to what is set out from.

Travel from phenomenal beings
to the Maker of Being.

"And the final end is to your Lord."