Monday, May 19, 2008

Sheikh Ab-dal Kadir al Jilani's take on death

"Make a frequent practice of remembering death and what lies beyond it,that narrow bridge [siratul mustakim ] and what lies beyond.Remember the hereafter with its bliss and torment."
............excerpt from Utterances of Sheikh Ab-dal Kadir al Jilani ,sufi saint.Writings of this great sufi saint available in the English language ,translated by the late Muchtar Holland :
Utterances
The Signs of the Unseen
Sublime Revelations

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