Madad Ya Nabi

“Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ, through an infinite variety of subtle graces and goodness, invited people to Himself, but they did not respond to His call, so He afflicted them with diverse calamities, that by means of this torment they might return to Him, for He loves His creation.”

"Exercise for 'reversing space,' which involves sitting very still, with all attention focussed in the centre of the chest, and slowly surrendering and realising that instead of looking you are being observed; instead of hearing, you are being heard; instead of touching you are being touched; instead of tasting you are food for God and are being tasted... it is most certainly necessary to seek, to ask the question; rather than pushing away the answer by chasing after it, one must ask and listen at the same time, in trust and good faith that the answer is contained in the question."

~ Reshad Feild, 'The Last Barrier'

Naqshbandi Mausoleum (2) (3) (4) by tombomba2

“Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ, through an infinite variety of subtle graces and goodness, invited people to Himself, but they did not respond to His call, so He afflicted them with diverse calamities, that by means of this torment they might return to Him, for He loves His creation.”

Mawlid procession in Tangier, Morocco

These text pages are from Isl. Ms. 412, an early manuscript copy of Vesîletüʼn-necat (full title وسيلة النجات في مولد أشرف الموجودات) the famous Ottoman Turkish poem celebrating the qualities of the Prophet Muhammad authored by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422). The poem is among the most famous of the mawlid (mevlid) genre, literary texts written to be read and recited on occasions celebrating the Prophet’s birth. The poem is structured in prosody suited to simple Turkish expressions — more accessible to the common people — and throughout invites response from the reader or listener to invoke blessings on the Prophet.

"Waiting for relief (from hardship) is worship, for verily the trials don't last forever."