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The Wealth of Time
by
Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullahi
alayh)
This life is
a journey. We are all on a journey and we are
traveling all the time.
…Even if
the person is a couch potato, and passing his
life in inactivity and idleness, he too is traveling.
If the person is sitting, lying down or sleeping,
he too is traveling. The person is in a car: The
car is moving and covering distance, and simultaneously,
the journey of life too is continuing. The person’s
life is moving on and on.
One breath follows
another. And every breath of life is part of that
journey. Seconds are ticking away. Minutes slip
through the hourglass of time. Days and nights
bring a close to weeks and weeks bring a close
to months and months bring a close to the years.
Hazrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullahi ‘Alayh)
had so aptly said: "O Son of Aadam! You are
nothing but a number of days. Whenever a day passes,
a part of you has gone."
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Our Signboards
by Hazrat Maulana Yunus
Patel Saheb (rahmatullahi alayh)
Our Muslim names,
Islamic dress and our prayers are like the sign
board found outside a shop, which informs us that
inside this shop, sweets, chocolates, biscuits,
cakes, fruit, etc. are stocked and sold. The person
reading the signboard thus expects to find what
has been advertised outside, inside that shop.
What would be
the reaction of the person if he or she finds
cow dung, horse manure and cat’s droppings
inside, instead of sweets and chocolates?
In a similar
vein, our beautiful Muslim names and Islamic garb
informs others that inside our hearts there is
certain ‘merchandise’ in the form
of firm Imaan in Allah Ta’ala and love for
His Beloved Rasul (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam).
A person expects to find, the attributes of trustworthiness,
honesty, sincerity, forgiveness, charity, Taqwa
(piety), Zuhd (asceticism), Sabr (patience), Shukr
(gratitude), etc. These are the qualities and
traits a person expects to find in his social
dealings with us.
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Conditions for Spiritual Benefit
by Hazrat Maulana Yunus
Patel Saheb (rahmatullahi alayh)
The ‘Suhbat’
or company of the Auliya Allah (Friends of Allah
Ta’ala) is such that even if they remain
silent in their Majaalis, those who are present
and who had come with sincerity, will leave with
Noor in their hearts.
It is via this
Noor that a person makes sincere Taubah, and it
is this Noor which is instrumental in creating
the keen desire of change in the person’s
life.
Fragrant roses
in a room do not give any speech. Their fragrance
imbues throughout the room, enters the nostrils
and creates pleasure in the heart. The conditions
for benefiting are :
The roses must
be real and fragrant; not artificial.
The people in the room must have their noses open
and sinuses unclogged.
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