We and the Dunya

"By Allah I don't fear for you poverty, but I fear that the world would be abundant for you as it has been for those before you so you compete for it as they have competed for it, so it destroys you as it has destroyed them." (Agreed upon)

"Whoever makes the Hereafter his sole concern, Allaah will be sufficient for him concerning his affairs and needs in the world, and whosoever makes this world his utmost concern, his life is scattered amongst the affairs of the world and Allaah would have no care in which path he is destroyed". [Reported by Ibn Maajah, paraphrased]

The Prophet (pbuh) said: "What relationship with the world have I? My similitude is like a traveller on a mount, halting in the shade of a tree (for a short while only to leave it again, and proceed along the sojourn)."

The Search For Zuhd

I have tasted the same tears
I have known the same broken heart
And I have felt the same sweetness of Your comfort
I’m alone now
With You
As I was in the first white sheet
And as I will be in the last

I find myself again
Stumbling through
Struggling to let go
And to free my heart
Of the chains to this life

I am here…again
To meet You
To know You
And to bow down at your door
As helpless as I ever was
Humbled again in the knowledge
Of my barrenness before You

Take me in
Please
And I’ll leave it all behind