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| The Sorcerers� Respect for Moses |
| If thy do rightly belong to Adam�s clan
Seek what he sought follow in his plan Woe your heart on fire; wet eyes done The garden is fresher than cloud or sun O fragile one! Can but you appreciate tears? Thou art but stuck like a donkey in smears How can but you value tears the eyes shed Thou art lover but like bird trail the bread (2) |
| May thou hast freed your bag from bread
Fill in worthy pearls knowledge hath bred (3) Drinking Satan�s milk thy soul must prevent Keep in company sweet angels hath advent (4) You are angry depressed and, desolate Beware you are Satan�s close associate (5) The food that nourishes wisdom and talent Is but earned through lawful means ardent |
| The oil that hath extinguished the lamp
Is but water doesn�t belong to oil�s camp The rightful means earn wisdom and excellence Product of fair means are Love and gentleness Product of unfair means are envy and malice Veils and ignorance; must abstain from these Sowing thee wheat, barley may never yield $$$ Mare ever delivers son of donkey not steed? Every bite we take is seed and our thoughts fruit Vast and Deep Ocean has pearls the hidden suit Rightful food in mouth nourishes forever The desire to serve here and earn hereafter O leader! The right knowledge humbles you Purify thy heart and enlighten eyes they do |
| (2) Those who are caught in worries of bread and butter are but heedless of sins they commit, and can afford no time but for repentance.
(3) Men of God must not seek livelihood, because God has set means of provision for them. See on purity (4) God had prevented Moses from drinking any milk but that of his own mother, and Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) had as his nurse the simplest and the poorest nurse Halima. The food not only influences physical bearing of a person but intellectual and moral bearing as well. So one must earn through lawful means. (kasb halal) |
| Qur�an, 29:17: "Then you seek your sustenance according to the way prescribed by Allah". Qur�an, 2:188: "And do not eat up your property among yourselves, by unlawful means." |
| It means to get other people's wealth by fraud, by stealing, or by taking advantage of somebody's weakness, or to usurp somebody's earnings or to cut down from what is due to another person.
(5) The rich foods provoke lust and avarice, and one no longer holds control over one�s appetite. When deprived or unable to satiate, he becomes depressed and looses both hope and faith, natural energies to do good and positive in life. Only that should be taken which is (????) "Tayyab" which means agreeable to taste, sight and smell: Qur�an: 2:168: "Eat of what is on earth lawful, clean and pure." Allah has ordained us not to over spend on food beyond limits. Take simple, delicious and nutritious food but do not waste money on unnecessary items. Nor eat more than what is required to appease your appetite. Qur�an:7:31:"Eat and drink but waste not by excess." (6) Allah�s pre-destination requires strict decree in cause and effect. So says law of requital. Human beings do not have the freedom or authority to change the result after the action has been performed. Qur�an: 2:21, 2:179, 2:183, 2:185, 2:189, 3:123, 3:129, 3:199, 5:35, 7:69, 7:157. |
| Leadership belongs to heart. Ibn Arabi tells us: The khalifate is only valid for the Perfect Man, whose exterior form comes from the realities of the universe and its forms, and whose inner form is based on His form, may He be exalted! For that reason, Allah has said of him, "I am his hearing and his sight." (hadith quds� via Abu Hurayra) Learn more at: |
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