Surah 2. 161. Verily, those who disbelieve, and die while they are
disbelievers, it is they on whom is the Curse of Allâh and of the angels and of
mankind, combined. 162. They will abide therein
(under the curse in Hell), their punishment will neither be lightened, nor will
they be reprieved.
Surah 3 Al Imran.85. And whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers. 86. How shall Allâh guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and after they bore witness that the Messenger is true and after clear proofs had come unto them? And Allâh guides not the people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers). 87. They are those whose recompense is that on them (rests) the Curse of Allâh, of the angels, and of all mankind. 88. They will abide therein (Hell). Neither will their torment be lightened, nor will it be delayed or postponed (for a while).
Surah 4 Al NisA. 3. And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or four 24.As to those women on whose part you see illconduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful). 89. They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected (Faith), and thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take not Auliyâ' (protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of Allâh. But if they turn back (from Islâm), take (hold) of them and kill them wherever you find them, and take neither Auliyâ' nor helpers from them.
Surah 5 Al
Maidah
10. They who
disbelieve and deny our Ayât are those who will be the dwellers of the
Hellfire.
67.
It
is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with
ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land.
You desire the good of this world (i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the
captives), but Allâh desires (for you) the Hereafter. And Allâh is All-Mighty,
All-Wise.
73. And those who disbelieve are allies to one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so (i.e. become allies, as one united block with one Khalifah - chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world to make victorious Allâh's Religion of Islâmic Monotheism), there will be Fitnah (wars, battles, polytheism, etc.) and oppression on earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism).
From Chapter XIII - Isha
Kam
basked in glory of Isha’s perfection. In presence of her beauty her heart
dissolved in prayerful dreams. There was the source of all delight – the balm
of all grief. Kam as man was specially constituted to love Isha as a woman. The
sound they made was a lifetime of loveliness, so solid, so warm, and yet so
delicate. Even heaven could not be so beautiful. Their sensuality was intense
enough to become a mode of the spiritual.
The
final goal of salvation was always to be borne in mind. To achieve that they
decided to research together the sayings that would be applicable not only to
them but the entire humanity. These would be read out to all visitors that
would attend their prayer meetings at the lawns of their cottage every morning.
And they began this practice right on the last day of their honeymoon at
If
you live in unison with your true Atman or Spirit, if you always keep yourself
in touch with God in you, with your own Self or Atman, you are inspired all the
time. What is wrong with you is that your mind comes in contact with earthly
magnets on all sides, worldly attachments which magnetize you and put you out
of order, you are no longer in running order, deranged.
From Chapter XIV - Hadith Extracts
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 280: Narrated Abu Huraira: A man came to Allah's Apostle
while he was in the mosque, and called him, saying, "O Allah's Apostle! I
have committed illegal sexual intercourse." The Prophet turned his face to
the other side, but when the man gave four witnesses against himself, the
Prophet said to him, "Are you mad?" The man said, "No." So
the Prophet said (to his companions), "Take him away and stone him to
death."
Volume 9, Book 84,
Number 57: Narrated
'Ikrima: Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The
news of this event, reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in his
place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Apostle forbade it, saying, 'Do
not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them
according to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic
religion, then kill him.'"
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 6: Narrated Anas: The Prophet used to go round (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night, and he had nine wives
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 33: Narrated Usama bin Zaid: The Prophet said, "After me I have not left any affliction more harmful to men than women."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64: Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
Chapter XV - The Inner Voice
Both Isha and Kam, though separated by a considerable age
difference, were united in their thinking. They permeated love. They were very
kind to everyone. They did not make enemies, were truthful, considered
themselves equal to everyone, no one could find any fault in them, they were
magnanimous, mild, were with few possessions, worked for everyone's benefit,
were very peaceful, had no material desires, were very meek, controlled the
senses, were moderate in their eating habits, were respectful to everyone, were
merciful and friendly.
Sometimes
the only way we can see the beauty of life is to remind ourselves that it is
finite. Gandhi said, "Live as if you were to die tomorrow." His words
are a potent reminder that living life more fully is not about pushing ourselves
harder or shouldering more burdens, but about experiencing all the wonderful
richness life has to offer.
Chapter XVI - Gems of Truth
When
the rain falls on a large hard rock it simply rolls off and does not penetrate
that rock. And when the rainfalls on the soft soil it enters into that
soil, thus enriching and nourishing it. In the same way while those who are
soft hearted allow the mercy of God to enter into their hearts, those who are
hard-hearted do not. What makes one hard hearted? Indulgence in selfish
activities. Then what can be done to soften the hearts of those who are
hard-hearted is to give them a higher taste so they will give up selfish
activities and chant the holy names? We must be soft-hearted towards them
by giving them our loving kindness.
True
happiness is to be won by learning to love with such elevation of spirit as to
attain the power to stand up to grief…Surpass the old love with an even greater
love.
What
follows is an episode related by Richard Selzer in Lessons from the Art of Surgery. The young woman asks, “Will my
mouth be always like this?” “Yes”, I say, “it will. It is because the nerve was
cut”. She nods, and is silent. But the young man smiles. “I like it,” he says,
“It is kind of cute”. All at once I know who he is. I understand, and I lower
my gaze. One is not bold in an encounter with a god. Unmindful, he bends to
kiss her crooked mouth, and I so close I can see how he twists his own lips to
accommodate to hers, to show that this kiss still works. I remember that the
gods appeared in ancient
Chapter XVII - Celestial Messages
Kahlil
Gibran said, "I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from
the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to
these teachers."
Love,
modesty, propriety, kindly look, and truthfulness -- These are the five pillars
on which perfect goodness rests.
Believe
that imagination is stronger than knowledge, that myth is more potent than history,
that dreams are more powerful than facts, that hope always triumphs over
experience, that laughter is the only cure for grief, and believe that love is
stronger than death.
Goethe
wrote, "We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our
planet is the mental institution of the universe."
Read
and write about literature. The key to life is imagination. If you don't have
that, no matter what you have, it's meaningless. If you do have imagination...
you can make feast of straw."
The world no
longer holds him. He has gone beyond the bounds of human nature. He is without
compassion or the wish to harm, without pride or humility. Nothing disturbs
him. Nothing surprises him. Because he is free, he neither craves nor disdains
the things of the world. He takes them as they come. His mind is always
detached.
Chapter XVIII - Evolving of Kameshwar
Aldus
Huxley wrote that Meditation cultivates the state of mind that makes it
possible for the dazzling ecstatic insights to become permanent and habitual
illuminations. By getting to know oneself to the point where one won’t be
compelled by one’s unconscious to do all the ugly, absurd, self stultifying
things that one so often finds oneself doing.
A man of truth must ever be confident,
if he has also equal need to be diffident, proclaimed Gandhi. His devotion to
truth demands the fullest confidence. His consciousness of the fallibility of
human nature must make him humble and ever ready to re-trace his steps
immediately he discovers his error. His confession and penance make him
stronger for future action.
He
is a devotee who is jealous of none, who is a fount of mercy, who is without
egotism, who is selfless, who treats alike cold and heat, happiness and misery,
who is ever forgiving, who is contended and who has dedicated his mind and soul
to God.
Expedition
in search of God or Truth is infinitely more interesting than numberless
Himalayan expeditions.
A
great soul is never alone; however fortune may cheat him of friendship. In the
end a great soul creates friends by the radiance of the love with which it is
filled, and even in the hour when he thinks himself for ever isolated he is richer
in love than the happiest man and woman in the world.
The
strong man is he who forgets the injury that has been done him – and also,
alas! That he has done himself, as soon as he is sure that he cannot make it
good.
There are decisive moments in life when, just as the electric lights suddenly flash out in the darkness of a great city, so the eternal fires flare up in the darkness of a soul. A spark darting from another soul is enough to transmit the Promethean fire to the waiting soul.
From Chapter 19 - 102 Spiritual Truths
First Step
1.
The essence of our own self is not the body, or the mind, or the individual ego,
which us a sense of a separate individuality, but the silent and formless depth
of being within us, Atman. The wise
man should discriminate between the Self and the not-Self in order to remove
bondage and dock himself in everlasting happiness.
2.
Brahman is the one pervading, neuter, impersonal, all-embracing, underlying,
intangible, essence of the world, unborn, undecaying, undying, the one force
that stands behind, beneath and above all forces and all gods.
3.
Beyond the senses are the sense-objects, beyond these objects is mind, beyond
the mind is intellect and beyond the intellect is the Great Self. The Atman is
hidden in all beings and does not shine forth but it is seen by subtle seers
through sharp and subtle intellect. The Atman by which man cognizes form,
taste, smell, sound and the sexual joys … what is there unknowable to that
Atman in the world? The wise, when he knows ‘that’ is the great omnipresent
Atman, grieves no more.
