Someone asked Sheikh Zakariyya Rahmatullah alaihi.:

What is Tasawwuf? What is Reality?

He answered  “All it is, is to correct ones intention, nothing else. Its beginning is, “Verily all actions are judged by the intention.”,  (Ikhlaas/ sincerity)

and its end is, “You may worship Allah as though you see him.” ( The stage of Ihsan).

A sufis heart is never away from His Creator.  I read the other day Dr Abdul Hayy whenever he used to pick up a child or play with a child first he used to pause and meditate for a few seconds that this action was also performed by the Prophet of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasalam thus I am going to play with this child in accordance with the Sunnah and to please Allah. This then makes the action all the more virtuous. Similarly in other everyday things in life. eating, sleeping, walking, talking, refraining from sin, all this should be carried out in accordance to the command of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH and with the Intention that I am doing this to Please my creator. Thereby all the things we do and perform during the day become a means of our nearness and proximity to Allah.

ANd Ihsan: to worship Allah as if we see Him and the least Ihsan is to be aware that Allah sees me. Ihsan comes with time through dhikr, through recting the Quran, being with pious people, refraining from sin and to practice it during salaah. When you stand up for Salaah in your heart and mind contemplate Allah is in front of me or atleast that he sees me and inshallahw ith time a person will attain Ihsan.

When God gives you a trouble that you never asked for then this equates to a trial from God. If its self induced then it is not a trial of but but caused due to our own actions and acts as a punishment for our sins. Good deeds seldom bring about trouble only sins will cause anxiety, stress discomfort. However for a beiever  it is better to be punished in this world and not the next.

However when God gives you a trial that you never asked for, eg illness, the loss of wealth, property, loved one, etc. be sure then if you adopt sabr and wait patiently Allah will take you out of the whole and will give you strenght and wisdom from His vast treasures and raise you up on to a pedestal higher than before. this is the Sunnah of Allah. Joseph was thrown in to the bottom of the well and He was ultimatlely placed on the Throne of Egypt.

Its all about patiently enduring and you will realise all the power and strenght is actually within you and you have no need for the objects and people of the world. Mere Illusions of the Almighty Power, of which there is a spark within you.

ma salams

We are but drops in the vast ocean of the universe,
And  God knows each and every drop,
And is even aware of the particles which made the drop,
which formed the stream,
that joined the river,
that met the ocean.






And He Loves and Cherishes every single drop.