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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

THE ROSE GARDEN OF LOVE

Even if the two worlds were prison cells
They would be orchard gardens for me,
When the Friend bestows His favor
On me, I am not sad, I do not grieve.

If I were the slave of the Friend
I would flower like an opening rose,
I would be the nightingale singing of love,
I would live in the rose garden of love.

My eyes have seen the Beloved's face,
And my face is dust to the friends of God,
But for those who understand
My words, they are sweet sugar cane.

If you give up the claims of the world
And fly up all the way to the Beloved,
If you drink the wine of love,
You will certainly be drunk with enchantment.

If I cannot see You, both this world
And the hereafter are prison cells
For my eyes. Whoever knows Your love
Must surely be the purest and the best.

My inner self has never tired of Your love,
My tongue speaks of You in spite of myself,
Yunus, may these words of yours
Be an epic tale for all the worlds.

Poem by Yunus Emre (AD. 1240 - 1320)

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Friday, July 23, 2010

Prophets and the Martyrs will envy them !

It is reported by Sayidina Omar r.a, Prophet Muhammad s.a.w said:

“Surely, some of God blessed servants are neither Prophets nor Martyrs; they are special People, who on the Day of Reckoning, the Prophets and the Martyrs will envy them for their ranks and nearness to their God.”
“A Companion asked,
“O Messenger of God (pbuh), who are they, and what kind of deeds do they perform so that we may love Them as well?"

Messenger of God (pbuh) said,
“They are People who love one another in God, even though they have no consanguineous (of the same blood or origin) ties, money to exchange or worldly business to barter with. I swear by God on the Reckoning, their faces will be effulgent lights and they will be raised on Pulpits of Light. They will not be subject to fear when the creation is seized by the awesomeness of the Day of Resurrection, nor will they be subjected with sorrow when the rest of creation will be seized by it." He then recited from Surah Yunus: 62, أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ “Surely, God’s Deputies (Aulia) are not subject to fear (both in this world and the next, for they will always find My help and support with them) nor shall they grieve”
So who are these people and what are their characteristic?  You may find some of the answer from our earlier posting...
Who is these so call Aulia-ul-Allah (In Malay)
Realities of those who knows (In Malay)

Even though we may not be one of them, at least we must have the firm believe that they do exist on this earth, around us, even today. Only their identity is kept secret from us.

أَوْلِيآئِى تَحْتَ قُبَابِي لَا يَعْرِفُهُمْ غَيْرى My friends are under My Dome where no one recognize them except me."

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Knowledge is to understand who you are.

Knowledge is to understand
To understand who you are.
If you know not who you are
What's the use of learning?

The aim in learning is
To understand God's Truth.
Because without knowledge
It is wasted hard labour.

Do not say: I know it all,
I am obedient to my God.
If you know not who God is
That is sheer idle talk.

Twenty-eight syllables
You read from end to end.
You name the first `alpha''
What can it possibly mean?

Yunus Emre says also
Let me receive what I need.
The best possible thing
Is to find perfect peace.

Poem by Yunus Emre (AD. 1240 - 1320)

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

To be a Lover

"Even if it be after thousand years, these words will reach those for whom they're intended" - Rumi

Whoever claims to be a lover
Does not think of passion or desires,
Whoever comes to the house of love
Has no interest in anything, no attachment to anything.

Whoever is a true lover no longer
Remembers this world and the hereafter,
Whoever expects titles and struts
With arrogance is not a true lover.

Arrogance and honor belong
To love of this world,
Whoever loves the titles of the world
Never talks about love.

Whoever talks about love with his tongue alone,
Does not know what love is,
So here is my explanation,
Love is exalted in a priceless way.

It is slanderous to call someone a lover
Who does not renounce love of the world,
Love does not come to an inner heart
Filled with arrogance and love of the world.

Love does not accept arrogance
Or love of the world:
These are not my words, love itself
Does not find them correct.

Let those whose hearts taste love
Forget about everything except love,
No other vehicle but love
Will reach the presence of the Friend.

Let those who are true lovers
Walk the path with love,
Whoever uses the eye of the inner heart
Never stumbles into traps along the way.

Let those who call Yunus a lover
Be careful, do not imitate him,
Many will be lost because
Our destination is far away.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Saturday, July 10, 2010

You are my Soul

"Even if it be after thousand years, these words will reach those for whom they're intended" - Rumi

Starting today this blog would start posting a series of poems by Yunus Emre, the turkish National poets. All these poems would carry the same theme, ie devine love, i found it really beautiful and simple. But the most important is the hidden message it carrying with each of the poems. The message is clearer for some while for others it might still find it hard.

There was an earlier posting of a poem by the same author. To take a look at them please click here

You are the soul of my soul, and
I have no peace without You,
If You are not in paradise, I swear
I will never even look up there.

Wherever I look my eyes see only You,
Whatever I say my words are only You,
My only desire is to be Your witness,
And yet I have no desire.

Traveling on my way to You,
I have forgotten myself already,
Whatever I say, whatever state I'm in,
Without You, I have no peace.

If You kill me and bring me back to life
Seventy times, like Cercis, just
Take me back to You again,
I have lost all my pride in Your love.

Yunus falls into Your love too,
So reveal Your face to him,
You are my only Beloved, my heart
Is in love with nothing but You.

Poem: By Yunus Emre

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Jangan remehkan amalan yg ikhlas!

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ قَرَصَتْ نَمْلَةٌ نَبِيًّا مِنْ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَأَمَرَ بِقَرْيَةِ النَّمْلِ فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ قَرَصَتْكَ نَمْلَةٌ أَحْرَقْتَ أُمَّةً مِنْ الْأُمَمِ تُسَبِّحُ

Dari Abu Hurairah r.a. katanya: Saya mendengar Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: “Seekor semut menyengat salah seorang Nabi. Nabi itupun menyuruh mencari sarang semut itu lalu dibakar. Allah lalu menurunkan wahyu kepada Nabi itu: “Sesungguhnya hanya seekor semut yang menyengat engkau dan engkau bakar salah satu umat yang bertasbih kepada Tuhan!” Riwayat Bukhari

Walaupun yang dianiaya itu hanyalah seekor semut yang kecil pada pandangan manusia tetapi ia tetap salah satu ciptaan tuhan yang Maha Agung, bukan sahaja semut akan tetapi semua makhluk tuhan lain juga begitu. Mereka yang mengerti akan hakikat penciptaan dengan sebenar-benarnya (sifat ini biasanya dimiliki oleh para kekasih Allah iaitu orang-orang yang arif), mereka akan lebih mengasihi dan menghargai semua ciptaan Allah berbanding dengan orang lain.

Disebutkan bahawa Allah mewahyukan kepada Nabi Musa as.: Tahukah Kamu mengapakah Aku mengangkat engkau sebagai Nabi yang terus mendengar kalamKu? Jawab Musa: Engkau yang lebih mengetahui. Bersabda Tuhan: Ketika Aku larikan semua kambing Nabi Syuaib yang kau pelihara itu, sehingga dengan susah payah engkau mengejar kambing-kambing itu untuk mengembalikannya, tetapi kemudian setelah kembali semuanya engkau tidak merasa jengkel marah, maka itulah sebabnya.

Dalam Hadith lain diceritakan, seorang pelacur yang memberi minum kepada anjing, tiba-tiba Allah bersyukur kepadanya dan mengampunkan semua dosanya. Demikianlah kehormatan dari kurnia-kurnia besar dari Allah itu, tidak dapat dicapai oleh manusia, dan selalu diberikan oleh Allah secara tiba-tiba, supaya tidak ada orang berbangga dengan amal perbuatannya.

Kasihani lah dirimu dan semua makhluk tuhan disekeliling mu, semuga Allah mengasihimu dan membuka bagimu jalan bagi mengetahui pelbagai rahsia penciptaan dan kehidupan. Tidak dibukakan oleh Allah melainkan kepada mereka yang sangat beruntung di dunia dan akhirat.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark