The bee goes to every flower regardless of its colour, to take something sweet from it.
"Just like bees, we must take the honey from every flower (every culture) and use it to better every flower (everyone)"
Abdallah of Mile-End
Listen:
Every petal of every flower chiming;
love me, love me, love me.
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Rahim
O Lord...
Once I wanted You so much
I did not even dare walk past Your house,
And now
I am not even worthy to be let in.
- Rabi'a al-Adawiyya -
We love to serve, not to be served. When we serve, Allah is happy with us, and this brings more attraction to the Divine Presence and Allah opens that state more for us. However, to be served, brings pride and weakness to the heart and causes us to recede from the Divine Presence. [Shah Naqshband (q) ]
A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem
O our Lord,
Grant us the Serenity to accept things that we cannot change,
the Courage to change the things we can,
and the Wisdom to know the difference.
O our Lord,
Forgive us for whatever we have missed out during this blessed month of Ramadhan,
and with your permission, bless us to reach the next Ramadhan.
Certainly no might nor will have we other than what is Yours.
Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La illaha illa llah, Allahu Akbar,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem.
maksud la ilaha illallah
makbud la ilaha illallah
mawjud la ilaha illallah
adzhim la ilaha illallah
Praise to all Allah in our happiness and sadness
-Salam-
