A SPIRITUAL WEEKEND RETREAT AT PULAU BESAR MELAKA                                            8^TH – 10^TH. JULY 2011

My personal Log of the event.

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In the name of Allah S.W.T. my utmost syukur Alhamdulillah to HIM for giving me the insight and syahadah for me to compile my humble spiritual experience in HIS Gift of Merciful and Compassion that allows me the opportunity of my presence through all of the jemaah members in the weekend Spiritual Retreat at Pulau Besar Melaka during the short period of time, 8^th-10^th.July 2011.

Even then, Before I could begin to compile this experiences through my writings as for my personal reference, I  have always pray that the True Guidance from Allah S.W.T  will at all times guide me with my sincere trepidation and honesty dictation in my confession and revelation of this significant spiritual experience. ..SubahanaAllah.

At the same time, I have also reminded my self to continue with the Zikirullah and Astafar – in order to avoid the conflict from the influence of the Iblis & Syaitan to deviate my mind and soul from being ‘riak’ and restrain myself from groundless assertions and conjectures. 

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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.0          <!--[endif]-->First of all,  I would like to thank Allah S.W.T, ALL ALMIGHTY for Gracing HIS COMPASSION with the utmost delicate arrangement to make this Faithful Spiritual mission a success. ( we are HIS humble servants, we can only planned for ourselves, But  the Ultimate Decision is HIS- He knows what is best for us) . With our sincere and honest Nawaitu , Niat and Doa – By God Grace, this is what HE has Granted us. Alhamdulillah.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.0           <!--[endif]-->It all began with an unpresented proposal from our beloved brother ,Tengku Baha after one of our  Saturday weekly session at Sheikh ‘s house who then suggested this program and logistic of the venue. With the blessing from our  beloved and respectful Sheikh Dr Ismail Kassim, it was sooner than expected that it bercame a Testimonial chain of event for all of our jemaah members. It became a divine mission at “One Destinated Place”, for ‘One Definite Mission”: in our quest to seek the Divine Spiritual Truth and Devine knowledge of HIM – Alhamdulillah....  

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.0          <!--[endif]-->The question of “Why we were there ?” or “Why I was there ?” –  I sincerely believe with my humble opinion and gesture -  Only with “Iman and Taqwa” will each of us be able to attest the ‘answer’  to this Question  by submitting ourselves to HIS Will – the possible way of spiritual understanding and knowledge are we able to seek the divinity spiritual experience and truth. –

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<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.0           <!--[endif]-->As I humbly referred myself, - There are many questions in reaching to a Definite Answer, And likewise there are many uncertainty Answers in respond towards a Definite Question in our search for the supreme divinity knowledge of Allah.  – Only, those with the ILMU, AMAL AND HONESTY will be able to have this ANSWER. ( .... Binasalah orang yang Berilmu itu jika dia tidak Beramal Dan Binasalah orang yang berilmu dan beramal sekiranya Dia tidak IKHLAS ).

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.0          <!--[endif]--> <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->  My dear brothers and sisters, before I continue with this compilation of events, I wish to stress that my writings are purely based on my personal experiences and observation during the short quest of our divine retreat. I hope some of the experiences may have touched us one way or another. Perhaps, you may disagree with me at certain juncture and i will leave it to your honest judgement to digest every moment of it as we are the witness to that testimonial circumstances of event during those period of time. Some of you may have a different opinion based upon your own perspective view, experience and understanding. I will leave it to your own judgement of the truth.   

<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.0           <!--[endif]-->I am taking into account of my observation on the very first day of the trip ( 8^th.July 2011) .                   - From the jemaah consensus during our musyawarah earlier ( at Brother Isa’s house) , we were suppose to gather at Kentucky Sungai Besi by 11 am. Alhamdulillah, we all gathered during the expected time and somehow we have taken more than an hour before we started our convoy towards Melaka. Our journey started sometime at 12.30 pm.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.0           <!--[endif]-->I believe, all of us took our leisure time to reach Melaka as we all expected to catch the Ferry at 5.00 pm. Somehow, we all reached the Ferry terminal at about 2.30 p.m. Upon reaching, I notice our brother Tengku Baha was busy urshering and directing  all of us to hurry up to the ferry as it was already leaving, otherwise we will have to wait for the next 5.00 pm schedule trip !!

<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.0           <!--[endif]-->Looking at the unexpected schedule, I was a little confuse as i saw only two of the convoy cars that had arrived at the parking lot. Nevertheless, I hurriedly headed towards the terminal together with my sisters and my elderly mother. I was wondering where the rest of the convoy. Anyway, as I reached the ferry deck , I saw our brother Haji Ibrahim was already unpacking his full load of luggage from his pick up truck. I just couldn’t imagine the kind of luggage and the significant big box was part of the things that needed to be up-loaded into the ferry. Besides, I notice our jemaah members (Tengku Baha,  Brother Asraf, Brother Suleiman, Brother Omar and others) were busy carrying the other luggages (including the food stuff, i.e onions, potatoes, bread,eggs, rice paked, kitchen utensils etc) onto the ferry despite enduring the sweating afternoon heat. It was the swetiest moment of sight for me – it seems like a huge family excursion !

<!--[if !supportLists]-->9.0           <!--[endif]-->Well, the amount of luggage was fine But the Big Black Fibre Glass Box measuring the size of 5feet x 4feet x 21/2 feet depth, with the weight of approximately 100kg is something to reckon !! How on earth are we getting this onto the ferry..?   I looked at the ferry and in my whole life experience of boarding the same  kind of commercial ferry, it  was not possible to load this kind of luggage size ! The obstacles were many -  The Ferry entrance door was too small to make way for the box if it needed to be up-loaded onto the roof top, the gap between the ground deck at the ferry deck is unstable  and if we could get it onto the deck , it would be another task to get it onto the ferry again as the ferry is not berthed firmly and I can’t imagine where on earth will this huge box be placed onto the ferry. 

<!--[if !supportLists]-->10.0        <!--[endif]-->When I first approach the box, i only saw our brother Dr Yahya was standing alone and  When I asked him what  was in that box,  he said sadly that this box weight like a huge coffin !!  Anyway, the box was full with the kitchen stuff and such.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->11.0        <!--[endif]-->During that period of time, I saw one of the ferry staff who was walking agitately and saying that the box is obviously too big to be loaded onto the ferry and he told us that was the first time in his entire service that he ever saw a passenger bringing such kind of box- to him it was rediculus and he told us bluntly he will need to have the Captain’s pernmission if we insisted or  alternatively it has to be unloaded into smaller parcels/boxes to have it up onto the ferry and he just walked away. 

<!--[if !supportLists]-->12.0        <!--[endif]-->That particular moment of time, Tengku Baha came and spoke to him to get help from others. Within seconds, out of the blues, I saw three staff came walking from the end deck and was looking down on us. They told us to lift up the box and they will assist it from that point. Well, to tell the truth, it was quite difficult at first glance to lift the box up onto the fragile grill step as it was too narrow and unstable. Furthermore, holding up the box really hurts your fingers when you grip the edges of the heavy box. The box cover was not tight and should it slip and drop, the whole content will just drop over and fall into the sea !! I was crossing my fingers and at the same time I prayed that it will not happen ! o la la

<!--[if !supportLists]-->13.0        <!--[endif]-->Anyway, by God’s will,  three of us ( Dr Yahya, Haji Ibrahim and myself)  lifted the box in such  a position and slide it up onto the railing and up to the deck for them to reach it. I can tell you from my heart that, the moment i lifted the box it was weighless (lighter) than i ever imagine from the first time I carried and move the box !! It just went up and slight smoothly on the grill deck for the workers to grap it from the deck and subsequently it went straight to the front deck of the Ferry without much hastle.- What can I say about this – ALHAMDULLILLAH – God is great – HE simplifies all the hurdles.- Neither, the Captain or any of the crew members were grumbling about it anymore despite the number of other luggages from 25 members of our jemaah team were nicely packed inside the ferry – it appears that the ferry deck floor seems to be ample enought to accommondate all those luggages - and the ferry just make its destination to Pulau Besar. – Our brother Suleiman told me he was rather surprise that all those luggage just fit into the floor space compartment.!!

<!--[if !supportLists]-->14.0        <!--[endif]-->Perhaps, in the eyes of others, some may have not notice what had actually happened. But that was the “little’ help from God (but it was really a huge relieve for us) to solve the problem of HIS humble servants in their course of a sincere will to meet the divinity journey. For me , the little observation is more than enought for me  to Praise Him with all my heart. In conclusion, we reached Pulau Besar very much earlier than we anticipated. This was not in our itinerary schedule at all. Can anyone explain this change of event. ...Allahu Akhbar.      

<!--[if !supportLists]-->15.0        <!--[endif]-->Being early at Pulau Besar, gave us ample time to organize ourselves and for the Azar prayers. Our programe proceeded smoothly as schedule and the atmosphre was rather calm. Thought , there was no attendance from the expected jemaah group from Johor Bahru, we were joint by Uztaz Nasohah and Uztaz Harun Yahya with three other members. This added to the congregation of the group.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->16.0        <!--[endif]-->Our Tazkirah and Mawlid program were carried out by our beloved Sheikh Dr Ismail Kassim. I would rather confess The Mawlid congregation with the zikirullah was so overwhelmed by the spirit of the congregation spiritual attention. The atmosphere was really calm where most of the congregation members appears to experience spiritual enhancement which are unexplanable in words. There were peace, calmness, serenity and tanquility divine experience from all the members. Almost , all of us are moved to tears . I notice that even Uztaz Nasohah and his members were rather surprise to this kind estraordinary spiritual experience. I had a glance at their faces and deep in my heart I know it was an acknolwledgement of their contenment to the results of this zikirullah.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->17.0        <!--[endif]-->There were sincere testimonials of divine and spiritual experience from each members. The presence of the wali-wali, malaikat and Divine presence through out the spiritual zikirullah session. Personnally, I felt total calmness while others felt more than they expected and were move by tears. I would rather leave it to each members to make their individual testimonials despite some have sincerely and honestly attest to that spiritually experience -  Devine sighting, spiritual feeling, the smell of devine fragrance that surrounded them and such and such where words alone are unable to describe the serenity beauty of those experiences.   –  SubhanaAllah.... 

<!--[if !supportLists]-->18.0        <!--[endif]-->The  congregation adjourn sometime at  2.00 am where i hurriedly make myself up to my bedroom. I believe all the members were mentally exhausted by then. As usual , I have the experience of fulfilling my Tahjud prayers. I was spiritually awaken sometime  at 3.30 am and performed my Tahjud and zikirullah quietly by the side of my bed until 5 am.  After the prayer , I looked out from my bedroom balcony. I could feel the tranquillity  breeze as I stand alone looking over the seaside and the early fajar  morning was so calm and there were continuous small cool breeze blowing over my face as though it was cleaning and wiping my tears away. I did a silent zikir for that precious moment of time.   SubhanaAllah...

<!--[if !supportLists]-->19.0        <!--[endif]-->Saturday, 9^th.July 2011 -  By 5.30 am I was down stairs where I notice our Sheikh Dr Ismail was already with his tasbih sitting quietly at a chair. Our brother Isa was soundly asleep at the hall and several minutes later he was awaken. By then , our beloved  Brother Dr Yahya was preparing for the Subuh Azan and the serenity sound of the Azan has indeed awaken the rest of the jemaah for the Subuh prayers by 6.30am and continued with the Syuruk prayers by 7.15am. 

<!--[if !supportLists]-->20.0        <!--[endif]-->I was informed from my mother that before the Subuh prayers started, while she was with Mawar at the veranda over looking the sea front, she had a glimpse of the sea was covered with land instead of the sea water. Due to that presence feeling she abruptly acknowledge the divinity sensation within herself. The same was also felt by Mawar but it was not revealed till the later part of the night. Other then that scenario, I will leave it to my mother and sister to share their actual divinity experience. It would be better to hear from the horse mouth.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->21.0        <!--[endif]-->By 10am we continued with our next program – Majlis ILMU. It was led by Sheikh Dr Ismail and continued shortly by Uztaz Harun Yahya in the general hakikat  knowledge of <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->

<!--[if !supportLists]-->22.0        <!--[endif]-->The climax of the Majlis ILMU started when Sheikh Dr Ismail took over the session again on the divinity significant  of the spiritual zikirullah and shortly after then the members of the congregation were asked to share their spiritual experience of the Zikir Nafas.  Each members gave an in-depth revelation of their spiritual experience and I would rather say that it was the most ‘touching’ moments of my life hearing each testimonial. I can see and feel the sincerity and honesty of their experiences.  Again, I will leave it to the imagination of the members to visualize each testimonial of the members . It would be an honor if all the effected members could be able to pen their experiences for the benefit of the congregation members.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->23.0        <!--[endif]-->However, when it came to my turn, I hardly have the strength to explain my experiences as I was overwhelmed with such divinity experience of my life. I was deeply moved to say anything to such clarity of my testimonials other then acknowledging  the zikir nafas has indeed moved me closer to the divinity experience.

 Once again, during my observation of the session, I notice that Uztaz Harun Yahya was out of words to the experiences that he was hearing from the jemaah members despite that he himself is knowledgeable on the significant of the Hakikat  knowledge of the Kalimah. I notice that he has eagerly prepared 2 pieces of papers  ( notes about the Kalimah ) which he wish to continue if given the chance but unfortunately his desire to pursue was short leave by the intense climax of the members testimonials. We then adjourn for our Zohor prayers which was led by Uztaz Harun Yahya upon the 

Uways Al Qarnanin The Dearest Friend of RasoolAllah SAW

UWAIS AL QARNI & HIS MOTHER

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Hadrat Uways al-Qarni Radi allahu Anhu and his Mother

The great Saint Uways of Qaran! Was presented the blessed cloak of Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam on the Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's instruction. It is preserved in Istanbul, Turkey. He reached his Spiritual status due to obedience to his mother.

Uways Radi allahu Anhu was from the village of Qaran, in Yemen. He had asked his mother's permission to visit Allah's Most Beloved Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, and she said: "You have my permission to go, see him once, and come straight back. If the Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam is at home, you may meet with him; if not, come straight back here." Uways made a journey of three months on foot, from the Yemen to Madinah the Illuminated. When he reached Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's house, he knocked on the door and Hadrat Aisha Radi allahu Anha, wife of the Chosen Prophet and Mother of the Believers opened the door. She told him that Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam was in the Masjid.

Uways Radi allahu Anhu remembered his promise to his mother and replied: "Please convey my salaams to my Beloved Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. Kindly inform him that Uways came from the Yemen, did not find him at home, and is returning to the Yemen, since he does not have permission from his mother to meet him in the mosque."

When the Rasul Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam came home from the mosque, he found the radiance of Uways in his house. Hadrat Aisha Radi allahu Anha told him what had happened, and conveyed Uways's salutations. His blessed eyes looked towards Yemen and the Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said: "The fragrance of our friend is reaching us." The noble Companions asked: "If Uways is your friend, why did he not stay to see you?" Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam replied: "He complied with a promise given to his mother and he is serving her."

The Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said "Uways will come back to Madinah the Illuminated, to meet me, but we will not meet physically, for I shall then be united with my Lord "

Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said that when Uways Radi allahu Anhu came back to Madinah he was to be given his cloak, and asked to pray for the Community of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. He also mentioned that a light was visible on one of Uways's hands.

During Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu's Caliphate, a number of Yemeni's visited Madinah the Illuminated and Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu ajmain approached them and enquired about the Saint, Uways Radi allahu Anhu, from the village of Qaran. The Yemenis said they knew of no such saint, but they did point out that a camelherd from that village, who seldom mixed with other people, preferring to spend his time in worship, alone among the camels. Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu ajmain then approached Hadrat Uways Radi allahu Anhu, greeted him, conveyed the greetings of the Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, and presented him with his blessed cloak. But he was reluctant to accept. "Surely there is some mistake!" he exclaimed, in his desire to hide himself. Seeing the light upon his hand, however, they cried: "You are the saint described to us by Allah's MessengerSalla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, for he told us about the light on your hand." They also reported to him the wish of the blessed MessengerSalla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam that he should pray for the Community of Muhammad.

Hadrat Uways Radi allahu Anhu rubbed the blessed cloak over his face and eyes and kissed it. Then he asked to be left alone. When he was alone he held the cloak and began to pray: "0 Allah this cloak is the cloak of Your beloved Messenger. He has presented it to me, but I refuse to wear it unless You pardon the Community of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam." He then repeated his prayer in exactly the same words. As he was about to repeat his prayer a third time, Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu ajmain came beside him. He cried: "Oh, you came too soon! Upon my first supplication, Allah granted me forgiveness for one third of the Community; on my second, He forgave two-thirds of the Community. In my third request I was pleading for pardon for the entire Community of Muhammad - then you came along!"

As with people in every age, the Yemenis were unaware of the presence in their midst of such a saint, whose prayers were accepted. They imagined him to be an ordinary camelherd. The Friends of Allah, do not seek fame, and as such hide themselves away from other people.

Those who serve their mothers with love will be resurrected with Hadrat Uways Radi allahu Anhu. Those who are good to their parents will be happy in this world and the Hereafter.

The Determination of An Ant

Ants

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There was an ant with only three legs, who decided to go on Hajj. On the road from Damascus to Makkah, he came to the Hijaz desert. He had travelled for some distance into the desert when he came across another ant, returning from Makkah.


The second ant looked at the three-legged ant and asked, "Where are you going?"


The three-legged ant replied, "I am on the way to Makkah."


The other ant said, "You'll never make it! It's a terribly difficult journey, even for an ant with six legs. You'll die along the way!"


The three-legged ant looked at him. He thought for a moment. Then he smiled and said,

"What does it matter if I die?


At least I'll die on the road to Makkah."

True Meaning Of Faith - Iman

The True Meaning of Faith

Many people, especially having watched "The Secret" are now consciously using The Law of Attraction in the hope of attracting wishes, needs and desires, but are not enjoying the success hoped for. There are many possible reasons for this, but from the messages I have received it is apparent to me that the main reason is lack of "Faith", together with its closely related Energy - "Belief". From the outset we must be absolutely clear that "Faith" and "Belief" are not the "blind faith" or belief as for example in the religious context of "faith" and "belief" according to a set of religious doctrines, but rather Faith and Belief in our own true Divine connection with God, and of the powers that brings. The word "Faith" translated from the word in Ancient Greek, from which the Bible was translated from the word "pistis" - which meanings include "conviction" or "assurance". Pistis in turn is a derivation of the Ancient Greek word "peitho" which means "to wax confident". As channels of expression of The Source, The Prime Creator, God, we share the same unrestricted powers of creation - all we need to do as humans is to realise those powers with "conviction" and "confidence" and the complete assurance of our true Divine nature. The opposite of Faith is "doubt" and it is with doubt, at some level of consciousness that people perform a Law of Attraction exercise, and wonder why they are not successful. Doubt is a very powerful, but negative emotion that effectively blocks are retards the creative process, opposing Faith. On the other hand "Faith" is the Energy, the power behind attracting everything we ask for effortlessly - and make no mistake - God intended us to be effortless channels of creation as a part of God, Who in turn realises resultant experience and thereby expansion. Jesus made this point time and again: And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you -- Luke 17:5-6 And: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. -- Matthew 17:20 And throughout the Bible you will find similar references to Faith and Belief. The "secret" to attracting anything we need, wish for or desire is therefore very simple and extremely powerful: Know, beyond all doubt, with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you are a integral, Divine aspect and channel of expression of The Source, God, and with all of the same creative powers, and that God will provide absolutely anything, without limitation by virtue of your own freewill given by God. Imagine and Believe, beyond all doubt and with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you already have that which you desire, and with absolute Faith in your God-given powers supported by Gratitude, and it will be yours - every time. The more we can realise God within, and thereby our own unlimited powers of creation, with perfect Faith that everything we ask for with our thoughts and imagination is unconditionally given, the more powerful we become as co-creators in and of the Universe. Always keep in Mind that what might seem large to you, like the new home of your dreams, is absolutely  minimal to the Creator of the glorious Universe with its trillions of diverse Suns and planets, all of which were "imaged" into Being by God. But at the same time always remember - out true abundance is not in our material things without, but our treasures within: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. --Luke 12:32-34 By "bags which wax not old" Jesus is stating the powerful truth that the true treasure, the treasure that is eternal, is within. So we should not seek ephemeral material possessions without, but rather the Kingdom of Heaven within. So before seeking to manifest anything into your physical experience, we should always look within and never without with Perfect Faith.

The True Meaning of Faith

Many people, especially having watched "The Secret" are now consciously using The Law of Attraction in the hope of attracting wishes, needs and desires, but are not enjoying the success hoped for. There are many possible reasons for this, but from the messages I have received it is apparent to me that the main reason is lack of "Faith", together with its closely related Energy - "Belief". From the outset we must be absolutely clear that "Faith" and "Belief" are not the "blind faith" or belief as for example in the religious context of "faith" and "belief" according to a set of religious doctrines, but rather Faith and Belief in our own true Divine connection with God, and of the powers that brings. The word "Faith" translated from the word in Ancient Greek, from which the Bible was translated from the word "pistis" - which meanings include "conviction" or "assurance". Pistis in turn is a derivation of the Ancient Greek word "peitho" which means "to wax confident". As channels of expression of The Source, The Prime Creator, God, we share the same unrestricted powers of creation - all we need to do as humans is to realise those powers with "conviction" and "confidence" and the complete assurance of our true Divine nature. The opposite of Faith is "doubt" and it is with doubt, at some level of consciousness that people perform a Law of Attraction exercise, and wonder why they are not successful. Doubt is a very powerful, but negative emotion that effectively blocks are retards the creative process, opposing Faith. On the other hand "Faith" is the Energy, the power behind attracting everything we ask for effortlessly - and make no mistake - God intended us to be effortless channels of creation as a part of God, Who in turn realises resultant experience and thereby expansion. Jesus made this point time and again: And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you -- Luke 17:5-6 And: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. -- Matthew 17:20 And throughout the Bible you will find similar references to Faith and Belief. The "secret" to attracting anything we need, wish for or desire is therefore very simple and extremely powerful: Know, beyond all doubt, with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you are a integral, Divine aspect and channel of expression of The Source, God, and with all of the same creative powers, and that God will provide absolutely anything, without limitation by virtue of your own freewill given by God. Imagine and Believe, beyond all doubt and with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you already have that which you desire, and with absolute Faith in your God-given powers supported by Gratitude, and it will be yours - every time. The more we can realise God within, and thereby our own unlimited powers of creation, with perfect Faith that everything we ask for with our thoughts and imagination is unconditionally given, the more powerful we become as co-creators in and of the Universe. Always keep in Mind that what might seem large to you, like the new home of your dreams, is absolutely  minimal to the Creator of the glorious Universe with its trillions of diverse Suns and planets, all of which were "imaged" into Being by God. But at the same time always remember - out true abundance is not in our material things without, but our treasures within: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. --Luke 12:32-34 By "bags which wax not old" Jesus is stating the powerful truth that the true treasure, the treasure that is eternal, is within. So we should not seek ephemeral material possessions without, but rather the Kingdom of Heaven within. So before seeking to manifest anything into your physical experience, we should always look within and never without with Perfect Faith.

The True Meaning of Faith

Many people, especially having watched "The Secret" are now consciously using The Law of Attraction in the hope of attracting wishes, needs and desires, but are not enjoying the success hoped for. There are many possible reasons for this, but from the messages I have received it is apparent to me that the main reason is lack of "Faith", together with its closely related Energy - "Belief". From the outset we must be absolutely clear that "Faith" and "Belief" are not the "blind faith" or belief as for example in the religious context of "faith" and "belief" according to a set of religious doctrines, but rather Faith and Belief in our own true Divine connection with God, and of the powers that brings. The word "Faith" translated from the word in Ancient Greek, from which the Bible was translated from the word "pistis" - which meanings include "conviction" or "assurance". Pistis in turn is a derivation of the Ancient Greek word "peitho" which means "to wax confident". As channels of expression of The Source, The Prime Creator, God, we share the same unrestricted powers of creation - all we need to do as humans is to realise those powers with "conviction" and "confidence" and the complete assurance of our true Divine nature. The opposite of Faith is "doubt" and it is with doubt, at some level of consciousness that people perform a Law of Attraction exercise, and wonder why they are not successful. Doubt is a very powerful, but negative emotion that effectively blocks are retards the creative process, opposing Faith. On the other hand "Faith" is the Energy, the power behind attracting everything we ask for effortlessly - and make no mistake - God intended us to be effortless channels of creation as a part of God, Who in turn realises resultant experience and thereby expansion. Jesus made this point time and again: And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you -- Luke 17:5-6 And: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. -- Matthew 17:20 And throughout the Bible you will find similar references to Faith and Belief. The "secret" to attracting anything we need, wish for or desire is therefore very simple and extremely powerful: Know, beyond all doubt, with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you are a integral, Divine aspect and channel of expression of The Source, God, and with all of the same creative powers, and that God will provide absolutely anything, without limitation by virtue of your own freewill given by God. Imagine and Believe, beyond all doubt and with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you already have that which you desire, and with absolute Faith in your God-given powers supported by Gratitude, and it will be yours - every time. The more we can realise God within, and thereby our own unlimited powers of creation, with perfect Faith that everything we ask for with our thoughts and imagination is unconditionally given, the more powerful we become as co-creators in and of the Universe. Always keep in Mind that what might seem large to you, like the new home of your dreams, is absolutely  minimal to the Creator of the glorious Universe with its trillions of diverse Suns and planets, all of which were "imaged" into Being by God. But at the same time always remember - out true abundance is not in our material things without, but our treasures within: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. --Luke 12:32-34 By "bags which wax not old" Jesus is stating the powerful truth that the true treasure, the treasure that is eternal, is within. So we should not seek ephemeral material possessions without, but rather the Kingdom of Heaven within. So before seeking to manifest anything into your physical experience, we should always look within and never without with Perfect Faith.

Many people, especially having heard our last sermon on the Power of Faith, The Secret of Faith and The Manifestation of Iman and the Channel of Iman , would have been , convinced how much important is Iman - Faith - Aqeedah - Belief to Almighty Allah SWT and all ammals and deeds whether its obligatory or nawafils - Iman is teh foundations and central theme behind all of it.

"The Secret" are now consciously using The Law of Attraction in the hope of attracting wishes, needs and desires, but are not enjoying the success hoped for. Many claims of having faith yet cannot prove the secrets of their faith working in their life.

There are many possible reasons for this, but from the messages I have received it is apparent to me that the main reason is lack of "Faith", together with its closely related Energy - "Belief".

From the outset we must be absolutely clear that "Faith" and "Belief" are not the "blind faith" or belief as for example in the religious context of "faith" and "belief" according to a set of religious doctrines, but rather Faith and Belief in our own ONE true Divine connection with God, and of the powers that brings.Almighty's Attributes and Power to manage the Universe with Billions of Galaxies and many other creations within it and billions of creations beyond our imagination.

The word "Faith" translated from the word in Ancient Greek, from which was translated from the word "pistis" - which meanings include "conviction" or "assurance". Pistis in turn is a derivation of the Ancient Greek word "peitho" which means "to wax confident".

As channels of expression of The Source, The Prime Creator,Almigty Lord, we share the same unrestricted powers of creation - all we need to do as humans is to realise those powers with "conviction" and "confidence" and the complete assurance of our true Divine nature.

The opposite of Faith is "doubt" " lack of belief" and it is with doubt, at some level of consciousness that people perform a Law of Attraction exercise, and wonder why they are not successful.
Doubt is a very powerful,degrading, slopping but negative emotion that effectively blocks are retards the creative process, opposing Faith.
On the other hand "Faith" is the Energy, the power behind attracting everything we ask for effortlessly - and make no mistake
- God intended us to be effortless channels of creation as a part of God, Who in turn realises resultant experience and thereby expansion.
Prophet Isa [peace be upon him]  made this point time and again:
And the apostles and messengers of Almighty  said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
And:
And Prophet ISA[ peace be upon him]  said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Many singnificant references to Faith and Belief are found in Al Quran and many books from Heaven in the past.
The Power and The "secret" to attracting anything we need, wish for or desire is therefore very simple and extremely powerful:
Know, beyond all doubt, with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you are a integral, Divine aspect and channel of expression of The Source, The Creator, and with all of the same creative powers, and that God will provide absolutely anything, without limitation by virtue of your own freewill given by God.

Imagine and Believe, beyond all doubt and with complete conviction, confidence and assurance that you already have that which you desire and will be made possible to you only based upon your belief in Almighty Lord of the Worlds, and with absolute Faith in your God-given powers supported by Gratitude, and it will be yours - every time.

The more we can realise God in our existence, and thereby our own unlimited powers of creation, with perfect Faith that everything we ask for with our thoughts and imagination is unconditionally given, the more powerful we become as co-creators in and of the Universe.

Oh Belivers be reminded that Almighty Knowledge and Presence surrounds every creation, He is aware , he is in Control and He is in Power over every Creature and Atom.Always keep in Mind that what might seem large to you, like the new home of your dreams, is absolutely  minimal to the Creator of the glorious Universe with its trillions of diverse Suns and planets, all of which were "imaged" into Being by God.
But at the same time always remember - out true abundance is not in our material things without, but our treasures within:

Fear not, Oh Humanity; for it is your Almighty Lord's good pleasure to give you the treasures of the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wealth of that was of heavenly provisions, the  treasure in the heavens that faileth not,
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

We have a powerful treaure within us from Lord Almighty, The Wisdoms and The Soul, by which we can reach the Almighty Lord and this  is stating the powerful truth that the true treasure, the treasure that is eternal, is within. So we should not seek ephemeral material possessions without alone leaving the powerful treasures form Lord Almighty in the form of Knowledge and Wisdoms and Knowledge of Reality, but rather the Kingdom of Heaven within. So before seeking to manifest anything into your physical experience, we should always look within and never without with Perfect Faith.

Strive always to increase your faith by learning the lessons of the Iman and Aqeedah , The Iman increases by your companionship of people of Faith and people of higher belief.It is of great impact if only you know its power cantagiousness.Try it and then you will believe it.

The Determination of An Ant

Ants

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There was an ant with only three legs, who decided to go on Hajj. On the road from Damascus to Makkah, he came to the Hijaz desert. He had travelled for some distance into the desert when he came across another ant, returning from Makkah.


The second ant looked at the three-legged ant and asked, "Where are you going?"


The three-legged ant replied, "I am on the way to Makkah."


The other ant said, "You'll never make it! It's a terribly difficult journey, even for an ant with six legs. You'll die along the way!"


The three-legged ant looked at him. He thought for a moment. Then he smiled and said,

"What does it matter if I die?


At least I'll die on the road to Makkah."
DR  ISMAIL KASSIM

Uways Al Qarnanin The Dearest Friend of RasoolAllah SAW

UWAIS AL QARNI & HIS MOTHER

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Hadrat Uways al-Qarni Radi allahu Anhu and his Mother

The great Saint Uways of Qaran! Was presented the blessed cloak of Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam on the Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's instruction. It is preserved in Istanbul, Turkey. He reached his Spiritual status due to obedience to his mother.

Uways Radi allahu Anhu was from the village of Qaran, in Yemen. He had asked his mother's permission to visit Allah's Most Beloved Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, and she said: "You have my permission to go, see him once, and come straight back. If the Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam is at home, you may meet with him; if not, come straight back here." Uways made a journey of three months on foot, from the Yemen to Madinah the Illuminated. When he reached Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's house, he knocked on the door and Hadrat Aisha Radi allahu Anha, wife of the Chosen Prophet and Mother of the Believers opened the door. She told him that Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam was in the Masjid.

Uways Radi allahu Anhu remembered his promise to his mother and replied: "Please convey my salaams to my Beloved Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. Kindly inform him that Uways came from the Yemen, did not find him at home, and is returning to the Yemen, since he does not have permission from his mother to meet him in the mosque."

When the Rasul Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam came home from the mosque, he found the radiance of Uways in his house. Hadrat Aisha Radi allahu Anha told him what had happened, and conveyed Uways's salutations. His blessed eyes looked towards Yemen and the Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said: "The fragrance of our friend is reaching us." The noble Companions asked: "If Uways is your friend, why did he not stay to see you?" Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam replied: "He complied with a promise given to his mother and he is serving her."

The Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said "Uways will come back to Madinah the Illuminated, to meet me, but we will not meet physically, for I shall then be united with my Lord "

Rasulullah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said that when Uways Radi allahu Anhu came back to Madinah he was to be given his cloak, and asked to pray for the Community of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. He also mentioned that a light was visible on one of Uways's hands.

During Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu's Caliphate, a number of Yemeni's visited Madinah the Illuminated and Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu ajmain approached them and enquired about the Saint, Uways Radi allahu Anhu, from the village of Qaran. The Yemenis said they knew of no such saint, but they did point out that a camelherd from that village, who seldom mixed with other people, preferring to spend his time in worship, alone among the camels. Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu ajmain then approached Hadrat Uways Radi allahu Anhu, greeted him, conveyed the greetings of the Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, and presented him with his blessed cloak. But he was reluctant to accept. "Surely there is some mistake!" he exclaimed, in his desire to hide himself. Seeing the light upon his hand, however, they cried: "You are the saint described to us by Allah's MessengerSalla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, for he told us about the light on your hand." They also reported to him the wish of the blessed MessengerSalla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam that he should pray for the Community of Muhammad.

Hadrat Uways Radi allahu Anhu rubbed the blessed cloak over his face and eyes and kissed it. Then he asked to be left alone. When he was alone he held the cloak and began to pray: "0 Allah this cloak is the cloak of Your beloved Messenger. He has presented it to me, but I refuse to wear it unless You pardon the Community of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam." He then repeated his prayer in exactly the same words. As he was about to repeat his prayer a third time, Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Umar Radi allahu Anhu ajmain came beside him. He cried: "Oh, you came too soon! Upon my first supplication, Allah granted me forgiveness for one third of the Community; on my second, He forgave two-thirds of the Community. In my third request I was pleading for pardon for the entire Community of Muhammad - then you came along!"

As with people in every age, the Yemenis were unaware of the presence in their midst of such a saint, whose prayers were accepted. They imagined him to be an ordinary camelherd. The Friends of Allah, do not seek fame, and as such hide themselves away from other people.

Those who serve their mothers with love will be resurrected with Hadrat Uways Radi allahu Anhu. Those who are good to their parents will be happy in this world and the Hereafter.

The Journey of the Nafs

Imam Nawawi's  (The wonderful Garden of Gnostics),

Imam Shafi'iSultanul Arifeen said, may God have mercy on him: "Only the sincere one (mukhlis) knows hypocrisy (riya')." And only the Sincere seekers Knows the Dangers of the Nafs, This means that it is impossible to know the reality of hypocrisy and see its hidden shades except for one who resolutely seeks (arada) sincerity. That one strives for a long time (yajtahidu azmanan) searching and meditating and examining at length within himself until he knows or knows something of what hypocrisy is. This does not happen for everyone. Indeed, this happens only with the special ones (al-khawass). But for a given individual to claim that he knows what hypocrisy is, this is real ignorance on his part.

As mentioned in many of the sessions before in which you will see a type of wonder that will cool your eyes. To illustrate the great extent of the concealment of hypocrisy we only need relate the following from the Teacher and Imam Sultanul Arifeen [the sufi shaykh], may God have mercy on him, from his 'Risala' with our isnad previously mentioned.

He said: "I heard Muhammad ibn al-Husayn say: I heard Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Ja'far say: I heard al-Hasan ibn 'Alawiyya said: I was for twelve years the blacksmith of my ego (haddadu nafsi), then for five years I became the mirror of my heart (mir'atu qalbi), then for a year I looked at what lay between the two of them and I saw around me a visible belt [i.e. of kufr = the vestimentary sign of a dhimmi]. So I strove to cut it for twelve years and then looked again, and I saw around me a hidden belt. So I worked to cut it for five years, looking to see how to cut. Then it was unveiled for me (kushifa li) and I looked at creation and saw that they were all dead. So I recited the funeral prayer over them."

I say: That hypocrisy should be as inscrutable as this to the peerless master in this path [i.e. tasawwuf] is enough to show how greatly hidden it lies. His phrase: "I saw them dead" is the apex of worth and beauty, and seldom do other than the Prophet's words, Blessings and Peace be upon him, gather up such wealth of meanings. I shall touch upon its meaning briefly. It means that after he had struggled long and hard (lamma jahada hadhihi al-mujahada) and his ego had been disciplined (tahadhdhabat) and his heart illumined (istanara qalbuhu), and when he had conquered (istawla) his ego and subdued it (qaharaha) and achieved complete mastery over it (malakaha mulkan tamman), and it had subjected himself to him totally, at that time he looked at all created beings and found that they were dead and completely powerless:

1. they cannot harm nor can they benefit;
2. they cannot give nor can they keep back;
3. they cannot give life nor can they give death;
4. they cannot convey nor can they cut off;
5. they cannot bring near nor can they take away;
6. they cannot make happy nor can they make sad;
7. they cannot bestow nor can they deprive;
8. they possess for themselves neither benefit nor harm,
9. nor death, nor life, nor resurrection.

This, then, characterizes human beings as dead: they are considered dead in all of the above respects, they are neither feared nor entreated, what they have is not coveted, they are not shown off to nor fawned upon, one does not concern oneself with them, they are not envied nor disparaged, their defects are not mentioned nor their faults pursued and exposed, one is not jealous of them nor thinks much of whatever God-given favors they have received, and they are forgiven and excused for their shortcomings, although the legal punishments (al-hudud) are applied to them according to the Law. But the application of such punishment does not preclude what we have mentioned before, nor does it preclude our endeavoring to cover up their faults without disparaging them in the least.

This then is how the dead are viewed. And if someone mentions human beings in a dishonorable manner we forbid him from entering into that subject in the same way that we would if he were going to examine a person who died. We do not do anything for their sake nor do we leave Him for them. And we no more stop ourselves from fulfilling an act of obedience to God on their account than we do on account of a dead person, and we do not over-praise them. And we neither love their own praise for us nor hate their insults, and we do not reciprocate them.

In sum, they are as it were non-existent in all the respects we have mentioned. They are under God's complete care and jurisdiction. Whoever deals with them in such a way, he has combined the good of the next world with that of the lower world. May God the Generous grant us success towards achieving this. These few words are enough to touch upon an explanation for his saying -- May God be well pleased with him.

Blessings and Peace upon the Purified Prophet, his Family, and his Companions