Mountain of Light
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Yusuf’s decision to leave the music business, become a Muslim, and devote his life to humanitarian and educational causes is one that has often been greeted with a mixture of curiosity and confusion.
Realising that he wanted to provide answers to all the questions that his fans and others had, Yusuf established Mountain of Light – a charitable organisation dedicated to promoting a sound understanding of Islam, spiritual knowledge and Yusuf’s own views.
On the Mountain of Light website you can listen to audio lectures and read articles on a wide range of topics including faith and music. You will also find an in depth, personal account of Yusuf’s journey to Islam, and his “Peace Notes” – a collection of much needed wisdoms on how we can learn to better live with one another.
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A Thought...
OH, IF A TREE COULD WANDER
Oh, if a tree could wander and move
with foot and wings!
It would not suffer the axe blows
and not the pain of saws!
For would the sun not wander
away in every night ?
How could at ev’ry morning
the world be lighted up?
And if the ocean’s water
would not rise to the sky,
How would the plants be quickened
by streams and gentle rain?
The drop that left its homeland,
the sea, and then returned ?
It found an oyster waiting
and grew into a pearl.
Did Yusuf not leave his father,
in grief and tears and despair?
Did he not, by such a journey,
gain kingdom and fortune wide?
Did not the Prophet travel
to far Madina, friend?
And there he found a new kingdom
and ruled a hundred lands.
You lack a foot to travel?
Then journey into yourself!
And like a mine of rubies
receive the sunbeams? print!
Out of yourself ? such a journey
will lead you to your self,
It leads to transformation
of dust into pure gold!Jalaluddin Rumi