There is no doubt that all is illusion! All that is manifesting externally and all that is thought out from within is an illusion within illusion and nothing is real as all is ephemeral and transitory and permanent or eternal, especially not that which is manifesting this ideas in the form of this Blogging. As such nothing i have shared here thus far far, all these thoughts and ideas, dreams and imaginations, nothing is real nothing is worth taking as truths; let it all go. Remove all these manifestations these impressions these images and sensory perceptions the product mental formations from your consciousness for they are all baggage that can be and must be discarded for they only weigh you down and impede your route towards enlightenment or awakening. Become empty, become free from become steadfast in your pursuit of the single, the One, the Truth that is the Creator of all, the Manifester of all the Lord to Whom you belong and to whom you shall return; hold this to be he Truth and the whole Truth; surrender to this as the final and eternal Truth for this is in essence who you are.
La'illahaillalah, no God, only Allah and Muhammad is His messenger.
As a Muslim this is the truth that i live by and will die with this as my Truth and only Truth. I have wandered through practically all the religions and spiritual practices that is being manifested in this life of mine, born of a Muslim parent, raised as a Buddhist from birth till the age of 12, converted o Islam as a teenager and later studied just about every other faith and religions, I have drifted spiritually seeking for the Truth and now after more than 75 years I have come to realize that the Truth lies within me in the form of my Mother's Faith in Islam. On this morning at 4:30 to be precise I again confess that my faith in the Lord, Allah SubhanahuwaTaala. The Lord of Creations. This i announce to all my children that they will understand where i stand in my faith before i die and what they choose to do or be is up to them for there is no coercion in religion; there is only he sharing of the truth through life's experience, through trials and tribulations through tests and experiments, through the completion of a journey towards the Seat of the All Mighty and All Powerful Lord of the Universe. Tis Blog has taken me through the ups and down, the highways and byways of life from the highest lofty state of consciousness to the depth of depravity and as a final conclusion I have arrived at what I have quested for; I find my faith in Allah and I surrender before His Throne and Mercy for He is the Lord of Compassion.
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| Karim my son saying Ameen! |
I am glad to be able to say to myself that I have arrived at this juncture and conclusion not out of fear of facing my immanent death but through having put myself through the wringer of faith and religious rigmarole. It never occurred to me before that I would be able to gladly accept my faith as a Muslim with gladness in my heart despite my past negative encounters with the religion especially in my childhood years. Now i feel that I have finally been able to bury all my anger, my trials and tribulations my dark nights of the soul and embrace Islam with open heart and complete joy; now i am ready to learn how to become a good Muslim. May Allah awj. free my heart and allow me to enter His Grace and Mercy, may He open all the doors towards my getting to know Him through the remaining years of my life such that I can embrace the religion with full commitment and complete dedication and passion. I surrender my heart, my soul and my Spirit at His feet in supplication and I etch upon each and every cell in my body with His Tawhid...Ameen.
Al-Fatiha (Arabic: ٱلۡفَاتِحَةِ, romanized: al-Fātiḥa, lit. 'the Opening') is the first chapter (sura) of the Quran. It consists of seven verses (ayat) which consist of a prayer for guidance and mercy.[1]
Al-Fatiha is recited in Muslim obligatory and voluntary prayers, known as salah. The primary literal meaning of the expression "Al-Fatiha" is "The Opener/The Key". - Wikipedia
The name Al-Fatiha ("the Opener") could refer to the surah being the first in the Mus'hafs, the first to be recited in each rakat of salah, or to the manner of its usage in many Islamic traditions as an opening prayer. The word itself comes from the root f-t-ḥ (ف ت ح), which means "to open, explain, disclose, conquer", etc.[3][4] Al-Fatiha is also known by several other names, such as Al-Hamd (The Praise), As-Salah (The Prayer), Umm al-Kitab (Mother of the Book), Umm al-Quran (Mother of the Quran),[5][1] Sab'a min al-Mathani (Seven Repeated Ones, from Quran 15:87),[6] and Ash-Shifa' (The Cure).[7][8]
My journey officially begins here, the journey of a thousand steps begins with, Bismillahir RahmannirRahim.
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