If you would know God and worship and serve God as you should do, you must come to the means he has ordained ….
Some seek it in books, some among the learned; but what they look for is in themselves….
The voice within is often too still, and the seed of knowledge too small.
But those who lost their silver found it … at home … after they lighted their candle and swept their house. Do you likewise, and you shall find … truth.
(adapted from William Penn )
Oh God,
clear my mind of everything
save the thoughts of You
empty my heart of everything
save the longing for You
soothe my loneliness with nothing
but the promise that You will never forsake me,
do not cast me off Your Path
do not leave me stranded without Your Love.
[adapted from A Short Letter to Allah, by Nur Jannah]