Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
All this burning for God… All this submitting to his trials and suffering with patience and reverence, the terrible afflictions. My my my… My pain, my suffering, my agonies, and particularly – my tormented soul. I become ashamed that I might be doing so much of this. Perhaps God might be happier if we were simply kinder to our spouses and children, and went about the daily traffic of our lives with a glad heart. Oh the power of a kind word! Perhaps we might best exhibit devotion in our daily, mundane, oh so ordinary acts simply for the sake of doing so, simply for Love, without even the idea of gaining favor in God’s eyes. Let me sing the daily sacrifices of Love for the sake of Love! Oh, let us love those we are traveling with as much as we possibly are able, and let us show them this love with every thing they bring to us. Let us show what we truly believe to be God’s mercy in our kindness. Let us not turn an angry shoulder or leave them unconsoled. Let us be grateful for even the opportunity to love them! What a gift! And let us do this year in and year out on the long path of our ordinary days and be glad of it!
- From the notebook of my beloved wife.
Ya Haqq!
As-salaamu’alaykum wa Rahmatu Llahi wa Barakatuhu
“Let us be grateful for even the opportunity to love them”.. masha’Allah, that’s so beautiful! What a great reminder..
Jazak’Allah for sharing, very much appreciated.
Wa’alaykum as-salaam
Farhana
As-salamu alaikum dear brother,
Ah! so weet.
thank u for sharing.
all the best wishes for u & ur family. May Allah bless us.
Salaams Baba Darvish,
Jazak Allah for posting this. Simply beautiful. Your wife hits the nail right on the head! Should we call her Mama Darvish? ;)
Ya Allah!
Abdur Rahman
What tender beautiful wisdom,
Thank you so much for sharing this – Both of you are blessed and make a couple whose light all of us should aspire to emulate.
Let us live for the sake of love.
A resounding Amen,
Love and soft light to you both, Maithri
Your wife writes just as beautifully as you. You are an amazing couple! Thank you for sharing the beauty of her words.
“Let me sing the daily sacrifices of Love for the sake of Love!”
This has become my new motto.
Many blessings,
Ashley Lyn
You’re blessed with your wife. And so is your wife with you. Wish you a life full of divine mercy and blessing :)
This is a beautiful reminder from your wife.Many blessings to the both of you:-)
The beauty and love within both of you is a privilege to witness. And what an incredibly wonderful approach to marriage and love.
Thank you.
Asalaamu alaikum.
P’s “simple” heartfelt journal entry reads like a well-worked piece that many of us would struggle to compose. Such beauty and poetry in something that were clearly just private thoughts!
Salaam Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Thank you all for the kind comments, and my wife thanks you too :) I am indeed blessed with such a wife, whose every act is based on love. She is a Mama Darvish in the truest sense, and of course a much better poet and writer than I am :)
Ya Haqq!
My salaam and sincere admiration for Mama Darvish!
Salaam,
I am in awe of your wife :D ..and of your love :) …May Allah ever-increase us in love!
:)
Mashahallah irving bhai.
I dont fully understand though? Isn’t the highest form of love for the sake of Allah SWT? I am not very smart so please explain!
Salaam Dear Brother:
Of course love for the sake of Allah is the highest form of love, and that makes you very smart indeed :) Yet how does that love of Allah manifest in this life? A darvish strives to make every act in life reflect that love, in both words and more importantly, in deeds.
Sufis try to worship and love Allah by loving and serving all of His creation, and for a man and wife, that includes each other in a close and special bond. My master says that every darvish should get married, because it is a great teacher of love and selflessness that leads to Allah. At least, that is the intention :)
Ya Haqq!
Irving Bhai… My Salaams and Regards to your wife…These are such beautiful.. heartwarming thoughts and so wonderfully expressed…i felt overwhelmed with the deapth of thoughts and simplicity of words… My Thanks to both of you for such a sweet reminder….
Thats really beautiful. May I ask if she has her own blog?
Salaam Dear Sister Tempest:
Yes, she has a poetry blog. Here is the link:
http://pbsweeney.wordpress.com/
Ya Haqq!
Curiously enough I was discussing this with an elderly neighbour only yesterday. I spotted her looking cold and frail at the bottom of our hill and gave her a lift up in the car. We sat for ages in the car talking, and she told me what a tough time she’s been having lately – just glad to be able to share it all. `Why do we have children?’ she asked in a moment of anguish. But we both knew the answer staright away – it’s what mothers do – and it makes us closer to life, to spirit, to what is real. And somehow by doing it we hold the whole fabric of everything together.
What a wise woman, your wife!
I especially loved this part:
Oh, let us love those we are traveling with as much as we possibly are able, and let us show them this love with every thing they bring to us.
Ameen to that!