I Can’t Explain You (Oh Messenger of God) by Aaron Haroon Sellars 4/24/08 I could not write about you For fear Fear of your presence And fear of My hearts’ brittleness That I might die In this pursuit Yet wishing to die In this state of intoxicated love This is the conflict within me Lan...

They seem to have not been hurt by the Bernie Madoff scam. Donations are down because of the economy and staff have had their work week (and pay) reduced by one day. My every contact with the Simon Wiesenthal Center (I’ve been to at least 20 of their events) has shown me an organization that i...

1. early 7th century, Medina,Prophet's Mosque It was the dawn prayer congregation at the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina where a poet by the name Ka'b joined that morning. Ka'b ibn Zuhayr was considered one of the most outstanding poet of his time and continued his poetic talent after his father, wh...

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No assembly ever meets to remember Allah which is not attended by the Angels and not covered by Allah's Mercy and where Allah the Almighty does not remember those among them who are close to Him. - saying of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him Above is a hadith or islamic tradition, al...

1.On many occasions Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace, after finishing the morning prayer in the mosque, he would face the companions and ask, "Who amongst you had a dream last night?" So if anyone had seen a dream he /she would narrate it. The Prophet would say: "Ma sha'a-llah" (God has willed it...

A bedouin (desert dwelling nomadic person) came to the blessed Prophet Muhammad and asked him on the following topics, followed by counsel of the Prophet. True wisdom is timeless, hence exact similar traces of wisdom can be found from enlightened ones of all ages, all traditions. Bedouin: I wish to ...

Prophets. The wisest of the wise. Said by followers to be speaking on behalf of or directly and divinely inspired by their god. Their revelations are the foundation of religion or religious beliefs. I wanted to dedicate this entry to peeling back the onion of religion, and asking the important quest...

Great saint Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili (b. 1196/1197 - d. 1258), may God sanctify his station was the Qutb of his time and the founder shaykh of the Tariqa ash Shadhiliya. When al-Shadhili, approached Medina, may God ennoble and exalt it increasingly, he stood before the door of the sacred precinct (...