Sunday, January 18, 2009
Contentment
Once a person said to a dervish, "All I ask for is a small dwelling in Paradise." The dervish replied, "If you displayed the same contentment with what you already have in this world, you would have found ultimate bliss." -Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fayuz E Yazdani" From "The Bounty of Allah," translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999. All rights reserved. Used with permission of The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York. Contentment How sweet this moment; How holy this day. Peace...
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