"Wisdom in Patience, Struggle & Striving"

"A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. It seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could. and it could go no further.

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The man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, whic would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It was never able to fly.

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What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Allah's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

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Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If Allah allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never "fly"!

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AND SURAH AL-KAHFI

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اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّـي أَعـوذُ بِكَ مِـنْ عَذابِ القَـبْر

وَمِـنْ عَذابِ جَهَـنَّم

وَمِـنْ فِتْـنَةِ المَحْـيا وَالمَمـات

وَمِـنْ شَـرِّ فِتْـنَةِ المَسيحِ الدَّجّال

Al-laa-hum-ma in-nee a-'uu-dzu-bika

min 'a-dzaa-bil-qobri

Wa-min 'adzaa-bi jahan-nam

Wa min fit-na-til maH-yaa

wal-ma-maat

Wa-min shar-ri fit-natil -

ma-seeH-Hid-Daj-jal

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‘O Allah, I take refuge in You

from the punishment of the grave,

from the torment of the Hell-Fire,

from the trials and tribulations of life

and of death

and from the evil affliction of

Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjal.’

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Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjal: among the great signs of the last hour and the greatest trials to befall mankind, which every Prophet has warned about. Most of mankind will follow him. He will appear from Asbahan (Isfahan), Iran at the time when the Muslims will conquer Constantinople. He will be given special powers and will make the truth seem false and vice versa. He will claim to be righteous and then he will claim prophethood and finally, divinity. From his features is that he will be blind in his right eye which is a definite proof that contradicts his claim to be Allah as it is a sign of imperfection. The word Kafir will be written between his eyes which every believer, literate or illiterate will recognise.

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018 AL-KAHF - :)
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RECITATION OF "HIZB AL-BAHR"

"LITANY OF THE SEA"



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MEANING OF THE RECITATION
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In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Blessings of Allah and peace be upon our master Muhammad and his family.

O Allah, O Exalted One, O Gentle One,

O All-Knowing One,

Thou art my Lord, and Thy knowledge is sufficient for me. What an excellent Lord is my Lord! What a wonderful sufficiency is my sufficiency!

Thou plea to Thee is for protection, in movements and moments of rest, in words, desires, and passing thoughts, from doubts, suppositions and fancies-veilings, they, over hearts, occluding sight of the unseen.

The faithful were tried; They were severely shaken. Then the hypocrites would say, with those of disease-ridden hearts, "Allah and His Messenger promised us only delusion. (Q. 33:11- 12)

Even so, make us firm, aid us, and subject to us this sea, as Thou did subject the sea to Moses, and the fire to Ibrahim, and the mountains and iron to David, and the wind, the Satans, and the jinn to Solomon.

Put in subjection to us every sea of thine in earth and heaven, in this domain and the celestial, the sea of this world and the sea of the next. Render subservient to us every thing, "0 Thou, whose hand holds sovereignty over every thing" (Q. 23:88).

Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn swod
Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn swod
Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn swod

Help us, for Thou art the best of helpers.
Open to us the hand of mercy, for Thou art the best of openers.
Pardon us, for Thou art the best of pardoners.

Be compassionate toward us, for Thou art the best of those who show compassion.

Sustain us, for Thou art the best of sustainers. Guide us and rescue us from the unjust people.

Send us a gentle breeze, as Thou dost know how to do, and let it blow on us from the storehouses of Thy mercy. Let it bear us along as it by miraculous intervention, with security and well-being, in religion, worldly affairs, and the hereafter.

Thou art powerful over all things. Allah, facilitate for us our affairs, with ease of mind and body, with security and well-being in religious and worldly matters. Be a companion for us on our journey, and a substitute for our households.

Blot out the countenances of our enemies, and transform them where they stand, disabling them from leaving or coming to us. If We willed, We would blot out their eyes. Yet, they would race forward to the path. But how would they see? If We willed, We should transform them where they stand. Thus, they would be unable to leave or return (Q 36:66-67).


Ya' sin! By the Wise Qur' an! Surely thou art one of those sent on a straight path! A revelation sent down by the Mighty, the Merciful, that thou mightest warn a people whose fathers had not been warned. Yet, they do not take heed.

The declaration has been confirmed against the greater part of them. Yet they do not believe. We have circled their necks with chains up to the chin, but they hold their heads high. Before them have We placed a barrier, and behind them a barrier, and We have obscured their vision; so they see not (Q 36:1-8).

May their faces be deformed!
May their faces be deformed!
May their faces be deformed!

Let their faces be submissive before the Living, the Self- Subsistent, For he who is laden with wrong has already met frustration. Ta' sin, ha' mim, 'ayn sin qof. (Q 27:1)

He has released the two seas that meet; Yet between them is a barrier [barzakh] that they do not overpass. ...(Q 55:19-20)

Ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim! (Q 40:1)

The affair has been decreed. The triumph has come. Over us they shall not triumph. Ha' mim!

[It is] the sending down of the Scripture from Allah, The Mighty, the All-Knowing, Forgiver of sin,

Receiver of penitence, Severe in punishing, Forbearing. No god is there except Him. To Him is the returning. (Q 40:1-3)

"In the name of Allah" (bismillah) is our door.
"Blessed be Allah" (TabaarokAllaah) be our walls.
"Ya' sin" (Q 36:1) is our ceiling.
"Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn sad" (Q 19:1) is our sufficiency.
"Ha' mim 'ayn sin qof" (Q 42:1) is our shelter.

So Allah is sufficient for thee against them, for He hears all, knows all.
[Repeat this thrice]

The veil of the throne has been dropped over us, and the eye of Allah is gazing at us. Allah is behind them, round about. Indeed, it is a glorious recital [Qur'an], inscribed on a guarded tablet [lawh mahfuz] (Q. 85:20-21). [Repeat this thrice]

My Protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous. (Q. 7:196) [Repeat this thrice]

M y sufficiency is Allah. No god is there except Him. In Him have I put my trust, For He is Lord of the majestic throne (Q. 9:129). [Repeat this thrice]

In the name of Allah, with whose Name nothing in the earth or sky can do harm, for He is the All-Hearer, All-Knower. [Repeat this thrice]

I seek refuge with all the perfect Words (kalimah) of Allah, from every evil in creation. [Repeat this thrice]

There is no force and no power except with Allah, the High, the Mighty. [Repeat thrice]

And may salutations and the blessings of Allah be upon our Master Muhammad and his Family and Companions, and the peace .

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From:

The Mystical Teachings of al-Shadhili
from Ibn al-Sabbagh's Durrat al-Asrar wa Tufat al-Abarar
translation by Elmer H. DouglaS
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