Hearts quiver at His mention SuleimanalMuslim: al-Anfal: "Verily believers are those whose hearts tremble at his mention"

SuleimanalMuslim: When Imam Zayn al-'Abidin heard Allah's name, his face would become yellow SuleimanalMuslim: When he recited the Talbiyah, he began, then he fell unconcious SuleimanalMuslim: They asked: What heppened? SuleimanalMuslim: "Do you know who I Called upon?" SuleimanalMuslim: This was the exalataion mixed with fear of Allah SuleimanalMuslim: He fell unconcious again SuleimanalMuslim: and this time the reason was that he feared Allah would reply: "You are not welcome" (La Labbayk) SuleimanalMuslim: This was the son of the daughter of the messenger SuleimanalMuslim: It is from the beginings of the path that we only mention Allah with exaltation SuleimanalMuslim: The believers are those that upon Allah being mentioned, their hearts tremble i.e. faith becomes ingrained, embedded in their hearts SuleimanalMuslim: that the hearts senses/feels the grandeur of the Name, and thus strange things begin to appear SuleimanalMuslim: one of the salihin... his heart was filled with veneration with Allah, and had a unique station in his heart, he wrote bismi Llah on a plate, and when he wrote Allah, the plate shattered SuleimanalMuslim: they gave him another plate, it shattered agian.. and this repeated SuleimanalMuslim: then he said: "leave me in the state of exaltation" SuleimanalMuslim: in the end of times, there will be true belivers SuleimanalMuslim: they will shatter fortresses, let alone plates! SuleimanalMuslim: land will be conquered, half on land, half on sea SuleimanalMuslim: simply by takbir! SuleimanalMuslim: They say it once, half of the land will fall into sea SuleimanalMuslim: it has occured previously SuleimanalMuslim: If the heart will be effected, how will the effect on others be? SuleimanalMuslim: if you are not affected, how can you affect others?

SuleimanalMuslim: "When His verses are recited, they only serve to increase them in faith" e SuleimanalMuslim: especially the Makki ayaat SuleimanalMuslim: there are many paths in the Qur'an SuleimanalMuslim: Read the verses on Allah: your heart will be filled witj ta'dhim SuleimanalMuslim: Read the verses on the reserrection etc: your heart will have stronger Iman in the realities of the unseen, the akhirah, qiyamah SuleimanalMuslim: Some vetses will transfer you to the worlds of the unseen SuleimanalMuslim: Read ash-shamsu kuwwirat, sama'un shaqqat, and one other, these will transport you to another world SuleimanalMuslim: strengthen your certainty: look at how he addresses humanity SuleimanalMuslim: e.g. verses on how Allah provides us, and our gratitude. "Is there a God other than Allah?" "Who places therein rivers, mountains, barrier between seas. Is there a deity other than Allah" SuleimanalMuslim: Our faith increases, and we sense this SuleimanalMuslim: some of us may not feel this Muhammad Tahir: SubhanAllah SuleimanalMuslim: but true mu'minin, their hearts tremble, their faith increases, their hearts trust in Allah SuleimanalMuslim: true reliance manifests when one is in fear SuleimanalMuslim: when it is clear, there is no reliance SuleimanalMuslim: when you are fearing something, then there is space for trusting Allah. engaging with the affair in this state SuleimanalMuslim: you engage the means, though SuleimanalMuslim: and the sayyid of the mutawakkilin is the Messenger, yet he engaged the creation SuleimanalMuslim: sallaLlahu 'alayhi wa alih SuleimanalMuslim: "Whoever relies upon Allah, Allah suffices him" (Qur'an) SuleimanalMuslim: You thus are truly content with Allah's decree SuleimanalMuslim: If the mu'min does not repeat hasbunaLlah wa ni'm al-wakil, how can he have reliance?

SuleimanalMuslim: They should blame their selves. Allah brought forth this verse so the hearts could be opened! SuleimanalMuslim: Reliance is a mix between 'ilm and 'amal -- it is unique station SuleimanalMuslim: engaging means without relying on the means: that is true reliance SuleimanalMuslim: do what you want regarding trade, and good deeds: don't rely on them SuleimanalMuslim: put your trust in the karam of Allajh SuleimanalMuslim: thus, when you fall short, know you're only interacting with creation SuleimanalMuslim: when you're succesful, who is the one who facillitated it? SuleimanalMuslim: thus, in both situations, put your trust in the Creator. not in the hospital, doctor; Allah heals you SuleimanalMuslim: ash-shafi is Allah Abdul Qadir: La ilaha il Allah SuleimanalMuslim: The key is hasbunaLlah... SuleimanalMuslim: One of the salihin wanted to see whether he was truly reliant SuleimanalMuslim: so he was put in the desert, no water, looking for a well, found one SuleimanalMuslim: he descended into it, couldn't find any water SuleimanalMuslim: he put his trust in Allah, and thought he'd die in the place SuleimanalMuslim: no talqin, no salah. this is qada' Allah SuleimanalMuslim: but something came to his mind: Allah can save him! SuleimanalMuslim: Allah is able! SuleimanalMuslim: went into submission SuleimanalMuslim: Hadith Qudsi: "When my slave says "la hawla...", Allah responds: "My servant has been secured and is in submission" Hadith Qudsi: "When my slave says "la hawla...", Allah responds: "My servant has been secured and is in submission" SuleimanalMuslim: when you have power: Islam. without power: istislam SuleimanalMuslim: the man sees a rope being lowered to him, as if someone was sending a message to him SuleimanalMuslim: so he shook the rope, and found a lot of strength, so climbed up the rope,

SuleimanalMuslim: got to top of well, and found a lion! SuleimanalMuslim: the lion took him to a caravan SuleimanalMuslim: then he heard an unseen voice: "Praise Allah who saved you from death via death" SuleimanalMuslim: Allah guided him to life through something that normally leads you to death SuleimanalMuslim: moral: all means are in the hands of Allah SuleimanalMuslim: hatif: is if you don't see the one calling SuleimanalMuslim: hence, modern Arabic: telephone is hatif afiz Ibn Abi ad-Dunya wrote an entire book on Hawatif SuleimanalMuslim: From the time of the prophet to his time SuleimanalMuslim: salla Llahu 'alayhi wa alihi wa sallam SuleimanalMuslim: salla Llahu 'alayhi wa alihi wa sallam SuleimanalMuslim: He mentions: 2 incidents. one was in the time of the Messenger, narrated by albazzar SuleimanalMuslim: "Once we sailed in the ocean, extremely hot, fasting, one of us wanted to break the fast (and they had excuse) SuleimanalMuslim: we heard a voice coming from sky: "O people of boat, who go thursty for Allah's sake, Allah will quench your thirst on the day of supreme thirst". That changed our mind SuleimanalMuslim: These are haqa'iq imaniyyah mentioned in most authentic of sources SuleimanalMuslim: not imaginations SuleimanalMuslim: Wife of Hasan b. Hasan. b. 'Ali, when she finsihed her bleeding after death of her husband, she pitched a tent at the grave of her husband SuleimanalMuslim: reciting the Qur'an SuleimanalMuslim: after a year, she folded up the tent at the baqi' SuleimanalMuslim: she heard a voice (hatif): "Did you find that which you lost?" "They dispaired and they left" SuleimanalMuslim: Either it was an angel, speaking in Arabic SuleimanalMuslim: and they are immense beings SuleimanalMuslim: The Messenger saw them

SuleimanalMuslim: He said: "I was commanded to speak about one of the angels of my Lord. Between its ear and shoulder is the distance of 70 years" SuleimanalMuslim: Let's ponder over this reality! SuleimanalMuslim: Tirmidhi: Prophet said: "I saw an angel, between his eye-lids is 100 years of distance". How big is this? We shouldn't be arrogant SuleimanalMuslim: You don't even know the creation, how can you declare war on Allah? How can you reject Him? SuleimanalMuslim: This is madness SuleimanalMuslim: You don't even know the creation, how can you declare war on Allah? How can you reject Him? SuleimanalMuslim: This is madness SuleimanalMuslim: Madness is found in knowledge. These people who deny Allah, they are suffering from the symtoms of insanity. The one who prefers this world over the Akhirah, according to the prophets, are mad people SuleimanalMuslim: like someone given a presious jewel, and dung, and chose the former sorry, chose the latter SuleimanalMuslim: First rank of tawakkul is having a sufficient numbet of times syaing: HasbunaLlah... SuleimanalMuslim: such that our heart becomes stengthened through Allah SuleimanalMuslim: This is madness SuleimanalMuslim: Madness is found in knowledge. These people who deny Allah, they are suffering from the symtoms of insanity. The one who prefers this world over the Akhirah, according to the prophets, are mad people SuleimanalMuslim: like someone given a presious jewel, and dung, and chose the former SuleimanalMuslim: sorry, chose the latter SuleimanalMuslim: First rank of tawakkul is having a sufficient numbet of times syaing: HasbunaLlah... SuleimanalMuslim: such that our heart becomes stengthened through Allah SuleimanalMuslim: The 4th attribute of mu'minin is that they establish Salah. SuleimanalMuslim: 1) Heart trembles 2) Ayat increasing Iman 2) Tawakkul 4) Iqamat as-Salah SuleimanalMuslim: HasbunaLlah wa ni'm al-wakil: nurtured tawakkul

SuleimanalMuslim: praising Allah: nurtures ability to witness blessings SuleimanalMuslim: praising Allah: nurtures ability to witness blessings SuleimanalMuslim: but Qur'an nurtures everything! SuleimanalMuslim: This is Kalam of our Lord! If Allah were to reveal it on a mountain - and by the way, some mountains are more alive than huamns -- it would be awe, shattered due to fear of Allah It should make you stop at the limits of Allah, and turn back to Allah: these are alive hearts SuleimanalMuslim: 'Abdu Llah b. 'Umar: a wicked man visitted him, and had bad adab with him, and 'umar was sharp and wanted to discipline him. another man entered to him, and 'Umar was anhgry and rightly so SuleimanalMuslim: the man said to 'Umar: Allah said: "Be forgiving.. turn away from the jahilin" and 'Umar became relaxed again SuleimanalMuslim: This is the power of the Qur'an on 'Umar's heart SuleimanalMuslim: This is the power of the Qur'an on 'Umar's heart SuleimanalMuslim: This is the power of the Qur'an on 'Umar's heart SuleimanalMuslim: how many verses of the Qur'an are related to establishing Salah SuleimanalMuslim: It's not sufficient to stand and bow: once has to break their norms (in Salah) SuleimanalMuslim: if you want to know gain true blessings from bowing, elongate it. but not in congregation, by yourself. SuleimanalMuslim: be truly cognizant of being in the prescence of Allah SuleimanalMuslim: it is the most loftiest worship