Taking Meaning - Living Islam / Living Islam Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:30:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Devoted Solely to Him: Lights of His Gnosis /lights-of-his-gnosis/ Fri, 05 Sep 2014 03:11:34 +0000 http://takingmeaning.com/?p=726 Ja’afar As-Sadiq (may Allah be content with him) describes the noble station of ma’rifah (gnosis): The ‘arif (person of gnosis) is with the people, while his heart is with Allah. If his heart were to forget Allah for the time it takes to blink an eye, he would die of yearning for Him. The gnostic…

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]]> Motivation: A Short Prayer /motivation-short-prayer/ Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:10:25 +0000 http://takingmeaning.com/?p=626 “Oh Allah! Let my motivation spring from the heart and spare me from motivation which springs from the nafs (lower self).”

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]]> A Prayer: When My Heart Becomes Constricted /a-prayer-when-my-heart-becomes-constricted/ Tue, 27 May 2014 04:32:15 +0000 http://takingmeaning.com/?p=93 “The one who is drawn near is the one who knows Him.” These are the words of Shaykh Abu Madyan al-Ghawth of al-Andalus, a great teacher and guide of his time. His literary contributions of poetry and prose were many, including this beautiful du’a (prayer), which he wrote almost 1000 years ago. What touches my…

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