Haroon Siddiqui quotes

“Prayers are designed to raise God-consciousness five times a day, throughout one's life. Prayers also provide regular exercise - like yoga or Tai Chi or Qigong built into the day - and serve as a calming retreat from the daily demands of life. Muslims thus learn to balance deeni wa dunyavi (the spiritual and the worldly). They can't abandon one for the other; that's the essence of their faith.”
-- Haroon Siddiqui

Source : Haroon Siddiqui (2010). “Groundwork Being Muslim”, p.59, A&C Black

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“Allah never changes a people's state unless they change what's in themselves”
-- Haroon Siddiqui

Source : Haroon Siddiqui (2010). “Groundwork Being Muslim”, p.35, A&C Black

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“The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.”

“Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

“The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.”

“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.”

“Prayer is the link that connects us with God.”

“We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.”

“Pray, always pray; beneath sins heaviest load, Prayer claims the blood from Jesus' side that flowed. Pray, always pray; though weary, faint, and lone, Prayer nestles by the Father's sheltering throne.”

“When we depend upon organizations, we get what organizations can do. But when we depend upon prayer, we get what God can do.”

“Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.”

“Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings. Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.”