It is related that the gifts of alms, prayers, and Qur’anic recitation sent by the living to the dead reach them carried by the angels on plates of light, and adorned with silk handkerchiefs, and they say to them: ‘This is a gift from so-and-so’, and in this way they find joy and delight.
~The Lives of Man: Imam ‘Abdallah Ibn ‘Alawi al-Haddad {رضي الله عنه}

‎The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.


It Felt Love


How

Did the rose

Ever open its heart


And give to this world

All its

Beauty?


It felt the encouragement of light

Against its

Being,


Otherwise,

We all remain


Too


Frightened.


A true friend warms you with their presence; trust you with their secrets and remembers you in their prayers.


A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.


the angel of death has an itinerary

Allah the Almighty has said: “O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its.