Posts tagged mosque.

Eyup Sultan Camii

Orda olmak istiyorum…

The heart is enlivened only when it receives the seed of the affirmation of Oneness from a living heart.

― Shaykh Abdel Qadir al-Jilani (qaddasAllahu sirrahu)

The human heart is not unchanging. Nay, changes almost out of recognition in the twinkling of an eye…

― C. S. Lewis

Sultanahmet Camii; Blue Mosque

Acquire patience and endurance, because their relation with true faith is that of a head to body.

― Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (karramAllahu wajhu)

Humbleness and prostration bring nearness to Allah.

― Sayyidina ‘Ali (karramAllahu wajhu)

“Consider everyone you meet to be Khidr and every night to be the Night of Power.”

― Naqshibandi saying

Eyup Sultan Camii; beautiful shot.

I await your invitation ya Hazrat!

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah  (رضي الله عنه), who said that the Prophet  (صلى الله عليه و سلم) said: 

“Allah the Almighty said: 

‘I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom’s length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed.” 

(1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: ‘I am as My servant expects Me to be.’ The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany such belief with right action would be to mock the Almighty. 

(Related by al-Buhkari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah - Hadith Qudsi)

This is so soothing every time I read it.

When people gather together to remember Allah (dhikr): the Angels surround them; mercy covers them; peace descends on them, and Allah remembers them among those who are with Allah.

— Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)

Wazir Khan Mosque - Lahore, Pakistan

“I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.”

— George Bernard Shaw, co-founder of LSE

Istanbul silhouette.

A mosque in Jenin, Palestine (circa 1900 to 1920)