About

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wayfarer, worshipper, lover of life, 

it doesn't matter
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come even if you've broken vows a thousand times,
Come and yet again come.

 (Rumi) 

Hold on to God’s Mercy

the Handhold

that Doesn’t Break

Race each other to forgiveness

from your Lord

and a Garden as wide as the

Heavens and the Earth,

prepared for the dutiful

(Surah Imran 133)

And whoso does good works,

whether of male or female,

and he (or she) is a believer,

such will enter paradise

and they will not be wronged

the dint in a date- stone.

(Surah an Nisa 124)

..Their Lord gives them good tidings of mercy from Him, and acceptance,

and Gardens where enduring pleasure will be theirs;

There they will abide for ever.

Lo! with God there is immense reward.

(Surah Taubah 21-2)

Greetings, salutations and welcome to my blog.  It is a blog about Islamic spirituality and various spiritual and social issues. It is particularly inspired by the writings of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (ra) and Mevlana Jelalludeen Rumi (ra) and the many other wise benevolent sages of the religion. 

It is a blog that I have been drawn to create due to an inner urge to try and spread some of the light of Islam around (InshaAllah), in this time in which worldliness and materialism are running rampant in mens’ hearts.

This may seem to be a grand and unusual project for a bufoon such as myself, but its worth a try.

The means by which I intend to work towards my goal (God willing) are to tactfully reproduce some basic Islamic knowledge for readers, knowledge gathered from sound Islamic sources.

Much of the material that I am using is from a booklet for new Muslims that I have been trying to write (writing, deleting, re-writing, adding new things, removing things, correcting things as I became less ignorant, deleting and otherwise playing with and trying to improve) in the past several years. The rest is either new or reused from a blog a I had some years back.

To attain true health every human being needs to develop a good relationship with their Creator, Cherisher and Sustainer – God, the Merciful and Compassionate.

Through obeying and nurturing their relationship with God people grow in wisdom and spiritual health. By learning to rely upon Him and ask Him for help and guidance a person benefits in more ways than they can imagine.

For spiritual health we need to remember that we are His servants and whilst He rejects the haughty people who try to compete or argue with Him, He accepts the humble people who surrender to him in faith, because that is what true faith is, submission to the Creator.

Truly, we need to remember that we become close to God by learning and following in the ways of His Messengers and remembering his life, reflecting upon it in relation to our own lives.

When we nurture our relationship with God we can become people who spiritually feel faith as well as practice it. We can gain a sense of acceptance in regards to God’s decree and trust in Him that He will look after us and coming from this are peace of mind, confidence, strength and the capacity of mercy and tolerance towards others.

We can all surrender to our Creator and make friends with Him in our hearts if we let ourselves. Make and maintain this connection, as it is the most important connection in your life.

Say: He is Allah, the One!

Allah , the eternally Besought of all!

He begets not nor was begotten.

And there is none comparable to Him.

(Holy Qur’an Surah Ikhlas)