A poet once said...

Abu Nu‘aym said: “Abu ‘Ali al-Rudhbari was asked regarding the person who listens to musical instruments and says that he has reached a station in which the changing of situations does not have an effect. Al-Rudhbari responded, ‘Yes, he has reached. However, that is to hell…’ He also said: ‘Surely, those who are desirous of Allah find the sweetness of [their] desire — at the time when the essence of connecting to His proximity (qurb) is revealed to them — sweeter than honey…’ He also said: ‘In earning the world lies the disgracing of souls, and in earning the hereafter is its honour. How strange is that person who opts for disgrace in seeking that which shall perish over honour in seeking that which shall remain?”

Among his poems there are:

There is no wonder if all of that (wealth) which I have was to go,
Wonder is only in that small amount — how did it remain behind?
Take hold of the remainder of your soul which has become ruined,
Before separation comes, for this is the last breath.​
 
IbnAbdulHakim said:
O he who is busy with his dunya!
Whom illusions of a long lifetime have deluded
Was he not in a state of heedlessness
Until his appointed time drew near?
Verily death arrives suddenly
And the Grave is the collection-box of actions
Be patient over the dunya and its hardships
No death is there except at one’s appointed time



[from imam ibn hajar al-asqalaani's (rahimahullah) "Preparing for the Hereafter"​
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Masha Allah! That line 'And the grave is the collection-box of actions' says it all.

This reminds me of Sural Al Asr.


103:1 By Time,
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103:2 Indeed, mankind is in loss,
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103:3 Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
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"Woh gul, gul nahin, jisme bu nahin
Woh dil, dil nahin jisme Tu nahin"

That flower is no flower which does not have a pleasant fragrance
and that heart is no heart which lacks Allah’s love and remembrance.
 
"Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure,
Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word.
My choicest hours
Are the hours I spend with You -
O Allah! I can't live in this world
Without remembering You.
[Rabia al-Adawiyyah]
 
I LOVED THIS


Finding Life

True love is notheing but drinking the wine of eternity.

In this state, the soul finds life only by dying-
but I wanted things in reverse!

I thought, "First I will know you, then I will die."
He replied, "Whoever knows me never dies."

(Mawlana Rumi)​
 
IbnAbdulHakim said:
"Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure,
Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word.
My choicest hours
Are the hours I spend with You -
O Allah! I can't live in this world
Without remembering You.
[Rabia al-Adawiyyah]
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How can I endure the Next World
Without seeing Your Face...?!

SubhaanAllaah!
 

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