Norsk muslim: What is patience?

søndag 5. juni 2016

What is patience?

Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn.

~ Rumi

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“We don’t see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.” -The Talmud

"Peace begins with a smile" – Mother Theresa

”Those who do not move, do not notice their chains” – Rosa Luxenborg

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Dont change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you" - Unknown

"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing" - Aristotle

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like". – Will Rogers

"People wait all week for friday, all year for summer and all life for hapiness" – Ukjent

"More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness" - Charlie Chaplin

"Some people look so happy yet they are going through great trials in life whilst others look so miserable without any difficulties. Why? – Mufti Ismail Menk

”Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, thirst that is unquenchable?” – Khalil Gibran

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? – Matt 7,3

”Holding to an anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die” – Buddha

"Praying is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one´s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart" – Mahatma Gandhi

"The wound is the place where light enters you" – Rumi

"There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light" – Rumi

"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet" - Bob Marley

"Ikke vær et 1-tall på jorda. Bry deg om flokken din" - Per Fugelli

"If religiosity makes you harsher to people, peharps it isn´t God filling the heart, but rather the self, decorated by the false cloak of piety." – Yasmin Mogahed

"To things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything" - ukjent

"Humility is the highest knowledge that raises people in rank" – Bilal Philips

Anbefalt litteratur

The Quran (engelsk "oversettelse")
Sahih Bukhari (hadither)
Sahih Muslim (hadither)
"Secrets of divine love" av A. Helwa
"Reclaim Your Heart" av Yasmin Mogahed
"Islam and the Destiny of Man" av Charles le Gai Eaton
“The Quran – Unchallengeable miracle” av Caner Talsman
”The Bible, the Quran and science” av Dr. Maurice Bucaille
"Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction" av Jonathan A. C. Brown
"The Messenger: The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad" av Tariq Ramadan
”Misquoting Jesus” av Bart D. Ehrman
"Paul and Jesus - how the apostle transformed christianity" av James D. Tabor
”Did The First Christians Worship Jesus?” av James D. G. Dunn
“Misgoded” Dr. Laurence B. Brown
“Goded” av Dr. Laurence B. Brown