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| The Beauty of Women |
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| Ruqayyah |
| 10/28/02 at 15:08:30 |
| [slm] I received this forward, and thought it was very beautiful. If there are any mistakes in it, please forgive me. THE FIFTH PARADISE: THE GARDEN OF BEAUTY AND FELICITY Muhammad (pbuh) travelled for five hundred thousand light- years, after which he arrived at the fifth paradise which is called Jannat al Naeem: "the Garden of Beauty and Felicity." Its door is made of mixed gold and silver from heaven. Jibraeel knocked at the door and a voice said: "Who is it?" "Jibraeel, bringing Muhammad (pbuh)." "Has he been sent for?" "Yes." "Welcome, Beloved one, to the fifth paradise!" The door opened and Muhammad (pbuh) saw five beautiful ladies whose radiant light among their servants made them appear like diamonds surrounded by pearls. His heart was moved towards them. He asked Jibraeel: "Who are these ladies?" He answered: "This is Hawwa (Eve), the mother of human beings, this is the Virgin Maryam (Mary), the mother of Isa (Jesus), this is Musa's (Moses') mother Yukabid, and this is Assia, the wife of Pharaoh." The fifth lady looked like a sun among stars. Her light shone over the rest of the inhabitants of that paradise like a gentle breeze passing through the tree-leaves. Jibraeel said: "This is an angel representing your daughter Fatima" Muhammad (pbuh) asked: "Jibraeel, what is the secret of this paradise?" Jibraeel said: "Allah created this paradise to reflect the beauty and perfection of women. The light of this paradise is the source of the angelic lights of all women on earth. Women have been created to carry the secret of creation in themselves. Allah has honoured them greatly by making their wombs the repository of His word which represents the Spirit. He looks at the most sacred place and there descends His mercy and blessings. He perfected that place and covered it with three protective layers to shelter it from any damage. The first is a layer of light, the second a layer of love, and the third a layer of beauty. There he fashions and creates human beings after His likeness, as Muhammad (pbuh) said: 'Allah created Adam after His likeness.' He orders the angels of the womb to perfect His creation by giving the baby life, beauty, health, intelligence, and all kinds of perfect attributes that will make each one distinguished among human beings." "Women are not created weaker but more generous than men. They are created more beautiful and less fierce, as beauty hates to hurt and harm others. That is why they seem weak to people, but in reality they are not. Angels are the strongest of created beings, and women are closer to the angelic nature than men, as they are readier than men to carry angelic light. It is the good manners and ethics of spirituality which they carry which makes them less forceful than men. Even physically, however, they are extremely strong. They undergo great upheavals in their body without flinching for the sake of childbirth, and face the direst physical conditions more successfully than men because Allah has enabled them to insure the survival of generations." "Allah gave women five angelic qualities which men rarely have. They are the source of peace, as Allah said that He created them "so that you might find rest in them" (30:21). This is the attribute of the first paradise which is named "the Abode of Peace." They are oasis of constancy in the midst of chaos and change. That is why they give birth as the mother nurtures and shelters the baby more reliably than the father. This is the attribute of the second paradise, which is named 'the Abode of Constancy.' They perpetuate generations. Through their offspring Allah creates angelic prophets and saints who establish His perpetual remembrance on earth as the angels establish it in heaven. This is the attribute of the third paradise which is named 'the Abode of Eternity.' They are generous and bountiful. They are described as 'a fertile land' in all Scriptures because they give without counting, including life. They sacrifice themselves for the sake of another creation, and this is the attribute of the fourth paradise which is named 'the Sheltering Garden.' Finally, they are the source of Beauty. Through their softness and subtlety, Allah has crowned the earth with the diadem of angelic grace. This is the attribute of the fifth paradise which is named "the Garden of Beauty." Blessings and Peace on Muhammad, his Family, and his Companions |
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| Kathy |
| 10/28/02 at 15:54:24 |
| [slm] Love it! Can you or anyone else "validify" this? Is it a story or hadith? Who narrated it? |
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| theOriginal |
| 10/28/02 at 16:40:40 |
| [slm] na-ice. this was really a good read :) SF. |
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| jannah |
| 10/28/02 at 17:26:07 |
| [slm] Well I was curious.. so looked around.. one website has this as part of a text that's supposed to be from Angeles Unveiled, by Shaykh hisham Kabbani and we know how this "shaykh" has declared himself "Supreme Leader of Muslims in N. America" and said that every Muslim organization in N. America is a terrorist organization (except his) training mujahadeen and funneling money to terrorist organizations in the Arab world and that in testimony in front of a Congressional Committee and has been condemned by all said US Muslim organizations including CAIR, ICNA, ISNA etc, so I don't know how much we can trust his words. (this isn't an insult, just some background) however another website says the words are from a Turkish publisher and the copyright is Istanbul or something... so it could be that "Shaykh" Hisham copied it from somewhere else or that he wrote it. either way I think we should take it on face value. It's not a Hadith it's probably not reliable either. Thinking about its message; that women are closer to the Angelic nafs.. I don't know. We learned about the different types of nafs and one of them is the Angelic nafs..the others.. the Beast-like Baheemi, the Predatory Sabawi, the Devil-like Shaytani It doesn't seem right that these Nafs types are gender dependent. and in the classical sciences studying tazkiyah and stuff (not that im any kind of expert or anything) i've never heard of someone saying that women are closer to the angelic nafs? |
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| jaihoon |
| 10/29/02 at 01:24:05 |
| [quote] ...and in the classical sciences studying tazkiyah and stuff (not that im any kind of expert or anything) i've never heard of someone saying that women are closer to the angelic nafs? [/quote] A weired idea maybe ??? , but *maybe* the quraysh during the jahiliyya period thought the same way, coz they considered angels to be the DAIGHTERS of Allah (naoodhu billah) |
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| Kathy |
| 10/29/02 at 08:51:19 |
| [slm] Thanks for taking the time to research and post this! [quote author=jannah link=board=sis;num=1035835710;start=0#3 date=10/28/02 at 17:26:07][slm] Well I was curious.. so looked around.. one website has this as part of a text that's supposed to be from Angeles Unveiled, by Shaykh hisham Kabbani and we know how this "shaykh" has declared himself "Supreme Leader of Muslims in N. America" and said that every Muslim organization in N. America is a terrorist organization (except his) training mujahadeen and funneling money to terrorist organizations in the Arab world and that in testimony in front of a Congressional Committee and has been condemned by all said US Muslim organizations including CAIR, ICNA, ISNA etc, so I don't know how much we can trust his words. (this isn't an insult, just some background) however another website says the words are from a Turkish publisher and the copyright is Istanbul or something... so it could be that "Shaykh" Hisham copied it from somewhere else or that he wrote it. either way I think we should take it on face value. It's not a Hadith it's probably not reliable either. Thinking about its message; that women are closer to the Angelic nafs.. I don't know. We learned about the different types of nafs and one of them is the Angelic nafs..the others.. the Beast-like Baheemi, the Predatory Sabawi, the Devil-like Shaytani It doesn't seem right that these Nafs types are gender dependent. and in the classical sciences studying tazkiyah and stuff (not that im any kind of expert or anything) i've never heard of someone saying that women are closer to the angelic nafs? [/quote] [slm] |
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| Nafisa |
| 10/29/02 at 14:49:59 |
| [slm] it's a pity that this isn't true becos it would be nice to read more stuff that addressed and empowered women. that's my own personal gripe anyway. |
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