Thursday, July 14, 2011

Illumination of our hearts, minds, souls, faces, lives, & graves in Al-Islam

Islamic Tomb 2

The graphic pic says "Tumba Illuminationem est da Allah" Tumba Illuminationem est" is ancient Latin for "Tomb Illumination is", however, "est" in modern Italian means "east" and "da" in modern Italian means "by" or "from". There was a dua that requested of Allah (swt) the illumination of the suppliants grave. I thought to myself that I had never considered such a wonderful request. I had never thought of this. Illumination of one's grave? Wow. Of course, not everyone is going to be buried like Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal at the Taj Mahal in India, but, there are deeds that we can do to illuminate our graves, faces, minds, souls, hearts and lives far more than the white marble that adorns the Taj Mahal.
Of course, those acts and deeds, include worship, fasting, charity, tauhid, dhikr, hajj, seeking knowledge for the pleasure of Allah (swt), etc. Just look at the real life example of an illuminated grave that we can bear witness to in our own lives, though we do not literally see the unseen grave. It is the tomb of Nabi Muhammad (infinite saws) in Masjidul Munawarrah in Medina, Saudi. This is an example of a man's charity working for him even while he has passed from this earth. All of the lessons, food, leadership, khutbahs (or wise instruction), money, food, and good deeds that Nabi Muhammad (infinite saws) gave during his lifetime is like a continuous sadaqah for him, and literally his grave, in our minds eye and the apparent reality of a visit to Masjidul Munawarrah (with jumuahs, khutabhs, salaats, saums, hajj stops, dhikr, recitation of Quran, etc), is illuminated. And is perhaps the most apparent example of an illuminated grave in history, though, I have no doubt that all of the Prophets of Allah (infintite saws) had illuminated graves, this is just to say "the most apparent or obvious case" in our lifetime is in Medina Saudi Arabia, and we certainly do not worship the Prophets of Allah (infinite saws)
So, though, the likelihood of us being encased in a white marble mausoleum, engraved with Surahtul Ya Sin around it's 4 towering archways, the scale of the Taj Mahal that took 20 years to construct, is very slim, there are things that we can do, based on how we conduct our lives and ourselves, that can illuminate those things for us. Also, it is important to note that, illumination, but, comes from Allah (swt) it is Allah's doing and it is marvelous to see.

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