والواقع أن الإسلام لا يطلب من البدوي حياة حضرية كاملة، ينتقدها ويتخوف من مباذلها، بقدر ما يطلب منه استقرارا على الأرض، ولو آنيا.

Islam is not a native calling settled for spreading its principles in one specific medium, and it is not a sectarian or communal calling, either, particular of one group of people. It is rather a universal appeal. And for that, it is not in our welfare the continuation of war: that which hinders preachers from conveying the message of Islam to people around the globe, and which sends people away worrying about what has befallen them in the aftermath of war, instead of pondering the teachings of this religion. Therefore, Islam favors peace, abides by law, and ensures security and order. For when such circumstances exist, people are free to present themselves accurately, and free to believe and choose, and think and decide upon what is best for them.

ربِ طرقنا بابك و طمعنا في حسن أسمائك و صفاتك وتعلقنا في أطراف جميل وعودك لعبادك .. فثبت حجتنا وأحكم قبضتنا ~ نعوذ بك من أن نفلت أو نهوى

Then Gai told me about the famous cup of the heart, which I should now begin to empty. The Sufiscompare our spiritual heart, the seat of God within us, with a cup into which the love of God flows.This cup, however, needs to be emptied before it can be filled with Divine love. This emptying is along process that requires courage, strength of character, determination, and, above all, sincerity. It isa process of reining in and eventually extinguishing the ego, of letting go of material needs, bad andunhealthy habits and emotional attachments in order to make room for God. Sufis often likened it tothe process of dying and being born again. ‘Die before you die’ is a famous Sufi saying. This was theessence of every spiritual path, Gai told me.

Ibn Mas'ud said, "When 'Umar died nine-tenth of all knowledge vanished with him." The people were shocked and said, "How can this be when among us now are still many of the great companions?" Ibn Mas'ud replied,"I am not speaking of the knowledge of fiqh and the science of judgements, I'm speaking about the knowledge of Allah." This struggle of isolation, hunger, sleeplessness, weeping, fear and endless service to men was for this end. The journey is only for knowledge of Allah and the whole of it lies in detachment from everything that passes away. First from what is displeasing to Allah, then from one's self-illusion and desires, and then from all men and all otherness until there is only isolation and extreme nearness to Allah.

kita menjadi kabilahyang diburu dan dijadikan penjahat seperti kaum Musa asoleh agama yang kita pegang dan junjung dengan percayadijadikan syariat dan jalan kebenaran; cahaya dan penyuluhsedang mereka dengan keangkuhan dan kesombongan Firaunmenjulang pedang tajam kebebasan serta tombak kenihilanuntuk merobek agama dan kebenaran Tuhan yang kita milikiatas nama hak asasi manusia, kesamarataan dan kebebasan berfikirmaka al-Quran mereka jadikan buku dari tangan manusiayang boleh ditafsir akal sesuka hati dan dimaknakan semahunyasuara-suara mereka lagi mengatakan bahawa nabi-nabihanya mitos yang dicipta oleh agama - maksum itu hanya dongengdan Islam adalah nama yang diberikan warna penuh kelabuuntuk dilihat dengan penuh sinis dan prasangka gelap.(Perjalanan 2)

Hvis du tar til orde for at Europa en gang skal bli fritt for muslimer, tar du samtidig til orde, i beste fall, for en tvangsdeportering av mer enn femti millioner mennesker vekk fra det europeiske kontinentet. I verste fall tar du til orde for voldshandlinger mot en religiøs gruppering som allerede er sterkt utsatt for fordommer og hets. Hvis målet ditt er at islam skal utryddes fra Europa, kan du ikke samtidig påstå at du er fredelig sjel som aldri har hatt som formål å skade noen. Du må skjønne at politikken du forfekter faktisk handler om mennesker. Og du må tåle å bli møtt med motargumenter. At noen motsier argumentene dine betyr ikke at du knebles. Det betyr at du deltar i debatten.

The great point in Christianity is the search for an independent content for spiritual life which, according to the insights of its founder, could be elevated, not by the forces of a world external to the soul of man, but by the revelation of a new world within his soul. Islam fully agrees with this insight and supplements it by the further insight that the illumination of the new world thus revealed is not something foreign to the world of matter but permeates it through and through. Thus the affirmation of spirit sought by Christianity would come not by the renunciation of external forces which are already permeated by the illumination of spirit, but by a proper adjustment of man's relation to these forces in view of the light received from the world within.

إن رسالة المسجد في الإسلام حشد المؤمنين في صعيد واحد ، ليتعارفوا ويتحابوا ، ويتعاونوا على البر والتقوى ويتدارسوا فيما يعنيهم من شئون

During this time I came to understand a lot about myself, human beings, faith and the meaning ofmarriage and friendship. The world is not black and white, nothing is what it seems, and we are notcartoon characters that can be divided into goodies and baddies, but complex and multi-facetedbeings with many weaknesses. Human beings will always disappoint. But God is there. He sometimesspeaks through others and we would be wise to listen to those we trust and to our own inner voice,God’s voice. No matter how difficult or painful life sometimes becomes, we must never lose faith.We may not always find justice in this world, but compassion and forgiveness are such importantqualities. They help us to dissolve so much of the negativity that we hold. Practising them mostlybenefits ourselves.

One of the outstanding sources of resistance to imperial power in the Muslim world came from Sufi groups. While Sufi brotherhoods are generally known for a more quietist and mystic approach to Islam, they traditionally rank among the best organized and most coherent groupings in society. They constitute ready-made organizations - social-based NGOs, if you will - for maintaining Islamic culture and practices under periods of extreme oppression and for fomenting resistance and guerrilla warfare against foreign occupation. The history of Sufi participation in dozens of liberation struggles is long and widespread across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Sufi groups were prominent in the anti-Soviet resistance, and later against the American in Afghanistan and against US occupation forces in Iraq.

Abu'd-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), say, 'Allah will make the path to the Garden easy for anyone who travels a path in search of knowledge. Angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of pleasure for what he is doing. Everyone in the heavens and everyone in the earth ask forgiveness for a man of knowledge, even the fish in the water. The superiority of the man of knowledge to the man of worship is like the superiority of the moon to all the planets. The men of knowledge are the heirs of the Prophets. The Prophets bequeath neither dinar nor dirham; they bequeath knowledge. Whoever takes it has taken an ample portion.'" [Related by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi; Riyad al-Salihin: 1388]

In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand narratives, its hard-nosed disenchantment with the metaphysical, 'life' is one among a whole series of discredited totalities. We are invited to think small rather than big – ironically, at just the point when some of those out to destroy Western civilization are doing exactly the opposite. In the conflict between Western capitalism and radical Islam, a paucity of belief squares up to an excess of it. The West finds itself faced with a full-blooded metaphysical onslaught at just the historical point that it has, so to speak, philosophically disarmed. As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith.

اللهم صلي و سلم على سيدنا محمد طب القلوب و دوائها و عافية الأبدان و شفائها و قوت الأرواح و غذائها و نور الأبصار و ضيائها و على آله و صحبه و سلم

فمتى يعقل الناس أن أصل العداء على الدين لا على الرجال؟ وليس لنا مدرسة أفصح من التاريخ، ولا برهان أقوى من الاستقراء، وسنة الله ماضية في خلقه!