What will it take to become a Butterfly ? A willingness to come out of your animal skin, a willingness to attach to Allah so badly, that we are willing to let fall all the worldly attachments. Mere talking and discussions on Spirituality will not make any change. We have to place our beliefs into […]

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Why could I not be enlightened without suffering ? A valid question that needs an answer. Let me answer from the perspective of the developing chrysalis. Assuming I am not being able to witness the immense struggle of the caterpillar in the narrow space, as it metamorphoses into a Butterfly, I with help of a […]

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FITRAH impregnates sacredness into TABIAH acts. In Sehrullah because of the azeem hurmat of the month,every act of TABIAH like sleep and breathing becomes an Iba’dat because of the noor of FITRAH. Your munching of food is a TABIAH act no different from the cow you see from your window munching grass in the field. […]

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The charestristics of TABIAH and FITRAH. They are distinct from each other, however, like the two sides of the coin, are inseparable, and complimentary to each other. TABIAH does not comprehend things like justice,fairness,honesty,compassion,equality. These noble qualities are best understood by FITRAH. It is hard wired in human beings. TABIAH is unable to distinguish between […]

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