Qualities of a devoted Soul

This world is a place of worship and service. Life is an episode of time during which the fruits of eternity are planted.

Once upon time, a war broke out between the land animals and birds. Both sides were struggling to prevail over the other. Bats, which carried the characteristics of both sides, were impartial. When birds ask the bats to join them they would reply: “We are mammals” and when mammals made the same offer; they claimed that they were birds.
Sometime later, the two parties signed a treaty. The bats quickly sided with the birds and congratulated them. However, birds did not accept them into their society. When they tried to join the mammals, they received a similar reception. So the bats were accused of betrayal by both sides. They had no alternatives but to isolate themselves to become prisoners of the dark.

There is no Greater Duty than Serving Religion
On earth there is no greater duty than serving the religion of God. For if there was such a duty then God would have bestowed it upon His Prophets.

Abdülhamid replied in humility: “O Messenger of God, the commander of this regiment resigned. He insisted so much that we gave him the permission to resign.”
The noble Prophet said: “We have also accepted the resignation of those who have given their resignation to you!”