In the Mystic Footsteps of Saints (Sufi Wisdom Book 1)

by Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani

Look, those sparrows are pleased with their Lord, and Allah is pleased with those who are pleased with Him. Therefore, you must seek ways to make Allah pleased with you. We walk this earth with a heavy burden of ego, and of course it is impossible for us to be so light, to flutter and twitter without a care in the world like sparrows, but we can emulate their ways in the trust of God. He Almighty is the Only One who can guarantee your future: you cannot determine what will happen to you, and you cannot know what accidents or misfortunes may befall you, your spouse, your children, nation or business. Don’t put your trust in your job, your power, your knowledge or your beauty, for it may be that none of this will avail you when you are the must vulnerable. This is an undeniable fact, and somewhere within themselves people know this. Therefore, those skeleton smiles, when dropped, revert to the frowns that reflect how the people are really feeling.