My Soul, where have you been all this while…

Allah, the Human Soul, and Desire (Selection from the Harvard Suhba)

The entire universe was created for the sake of this secret within you, but this secret within you was created for Allah, and no one else besides…the proper way [to loftiness] is by submitting to Allah alone. 

Like a pencil I am…

A pencil maker told the pencils 5 important lessons. 1st: Everything you do will always leave a mark. 2nd: You can always correct the mistakes you make. 3rd: What is important is what’s inside you. 4th: In life, you will undergo some painful sharpening which will make you a better pencil. And lastly, the most important is; in order to be the pencil you can be, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the Hand that holds.