The Signs of the Al Quran : Through the Prism of the Heart
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- Author Saeed malik
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Saeed malik
Unique amongst contemporary works on the Quran, Malik's 'Perspective on the Signs of al-Quran: through the prism of the heart' lives up to its title! It is clear in every page of this brilliant work that it was written from a heart-felt perspective. A must read for every student of life, love, spirituality and of course the Quran.
'The signs of the Quran speak only to the seeking heart. The heart cannot be coerced; it must want and it must be willing...'There is no god' is offered by the mind after it has quashed all fallacies. 'But God!' is the heart's plea. The Kalima rejects dogma and embraces both the simplicity and profundity of Oneness'
'Pharaoh and Moses are not mere historical figures. They represent the active opposing forces within our souls. The soul unanchored in the troubled and turbid tide that is civilization, like Noah, needs faith and perseverance to reach the highlands of safety. Man cannot live outside of, or away from God because God is Truth. Man outside of faith is like Noah's son, outside of the Ark, lost in the turbulence of his own ego and the falsity of his self-sufficiency. God wants the returning soul to return to His Presence in the Abode of Peace {Dar es Salaam}. The Ark is the Quran.'
'There is only One Light {Noor} and there are as many darkness's as there are deeds and motivations misaligned with God.'
'Heaven and Hell are stations of consciousness not limited to or by the body and the material. They are defined of necessity in material and bodily terms, to make allowance for the limits of our experience and imagination, in the here and now of our worldly lives. The conscious spirit in Heaven is in a state of sublime awareness. Nothing intrinsically good--the essence of beauty {Hasana}--is ever lost to it. Every kernel of goodness is both the kernel and its blossom.'
'Hell is a place that the unawakened soul fashions for itself. Unable to discern Reality, it is trapped in the illusion of the body, burdened by the yoke of its inflated ego. In the darknesses of rebellious ignorance and callous disregard, light has the feel of fire; 'unending' misery of a soul still trapped in the illusion of 'form and time'. The body that disregarded the spirit becomes the fuel of the fire of purification...'
About the Author
What inspired you to write this book?I cannot ascribe a singular trigger; in the mix are many reminders of mortality through departed friends, failing anchors and truthful mirrors. Life's sunset years prod one onto an introspective quest for both a deeper meaning to life and its approaching legacy. Growing old should be viewed as a spiritual gift; bearing introspection through fear and hope and with it, the seeds of change and renewal. What started as a personal journey into the Qur'an became a journey inwards. This book is really a journal, directed at myself and then at anyone whose hatred or intolerance of another springs from a difference of belief.
(9781439239629/8957)
Unique amongst contemporary works on the Quran, Malik's 'Perspective on the Signs of al-Quran: through the prism of the heart' lives up to its title! It is clear in every page of this brilliant work that it was written from a heart-felt perspective. A must read for every student of life, love, spirituality and of course the Quran.
'The signs of the Quran speak only to the seeking heart. The heart cannot be coerced; it must want and it must be willing...'There is no god' is offered by the mind after it has quashed all fallacies. 'But God!' is the heart's plea. The Kalima rejects dogma and embraces both the simplicity and profundity of Oneness'
'Pharaoh and Moses are not mere historical figures. They represent the active opposing forces within our souls. The soul unanchored in the troubled and turbid tide that is civilization, like Noah, needs faith and perseverance to reach the highlands of safety. Man cannot live outside of, or away from God because God is Truth. Man outside of faith is like Noah's son, outside of the Ark, lost in the turbulence of his own ego and the falsity of his self-sufficiency. God wants the returning soul to return to His Presence in the Abode of Peace {Dar es Salaam}. The Ark is the Quran.'
'There is only One Light {Noor} and there are as many darkness's as there are deeds and motivations misaligned with God.'
'Heaven and Hell are stations of consciousness not limited to or by the body and the material. They are defined of necessity in material and bodily terms, to make allowance for the limits of our experience and imagination, in the here and now of our worldly lives. The conscious spirit in Heaven is in a state of sublime awareness. Nothing intrinsically good--the essence of beauty {Hasana}--is ever lost to it. Every kernel of goodness is both the kernel and its blossom.'
'Hell is a place that the unawakened soul fashions for itself. Unable to discern Reality, it is trapped in the illusion of the body, burdened by the yoke of its inflated ego. In the darknesses of rebellious ignorance and callous disregard, light has the feel of fire; 'unending' misery of a soul still trapped in the illusion of 'form and time'. The body that disregarded the spirit becomes the fuel of the fire of purification...'
About the Author
What inspired you to write this book?I cannot ascribe a singular trigger; in the mix are many reminders of mortality through departed friends, failing anchors and truthful mirrors. Life's sunset years prod one onto an introspective quest for both a deeper meaning to life and its approaching legacy. Growing old should be viewed as a spiritual gift; bearing introspection through fear and hope and with it, the seeds of change and renewal. What started as a personal journey into the Qur'an became a journey inwards. This book is really a journal, directed at myself and then at anyone whose hatred or intolerance of another springs from a difference of belief.
(9781439239629/8957)
