And True Life Will Acquire You

Peace, one and all…

‘In fact, it is not the individual who ‘assimilates’ knowledge to himself, but knowledge  – or the reality of being expressed by true knowledge – that assimilates to itself the individual: ‘Acquire knowledge, and [true] life will acquire you’ [attributed to Imam Ali, may God ennoble his countenance]‘
(R. Shah-Kazemi, Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali)

The Pillars of Heresy

Peace, one and all…

Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (may God ennoble his countenance) said:

‘The pillars of heresy [literally kufr] are four: desire, fear, anger and rage’

Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman

Muslimahs Speak Up!

Peace, one and all…

The Muslimahs Speak Up! Blog Carnival has now been posted over at The Muslimah. 

If you want to know what Muslim women are thinking and writing about in these days of ours, then look no further.

Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman

A World of Beautiful Oneness

Peace, one and all…

Every thing is a symbol, pointing as it does towards a reality beyond its form.  Every thing is a metaphor in that it speaks in allegory of a truth beyond words.

Each and every thing in this blessed universe contains two doors – an outer door through which that thing’s symbolic meaning is reached and an inner door which leads beyond this world of symbol and metaphor and allegory, to a world of formless truth, to a world of beautiful oneness.

Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman