Al-Hakam Exalted and Glorious He is the One who judges His creation. He is the One who discriminates between truth and falsehood. Nothing can resist His will, and nothing supersedes His law; so do not make any judgments out of the law of Allah, and do not turn to any […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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You can find God only if you want Him with all of yourself, whatever you’re doing. The dervish wants always God; when he goes to the cinema wants to find him there, when he goes to the grocery store, he wants to find Him there. Whatever he does, he cannot be separated from his […]
One sunny spring afternoon Nasrudin was sitting peacefully by the imposing North gate of Samarkand watching the colourful string of caravans following each other and followed in turn by the curious glances of the populace. A stranger, an obviously rich merchant from Persia about to leave town, felt attracted by […]
Birdsong brings relief to my longing I’m just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say! Please universal soul, practice some song or something through me! Rumi
Once there lived a metalworker, a locksmith, who was unjustly accused of crimes and was sentenced to a deep, dark prison. After he had been there awhile, his wife who loved him very much went to the King and beseeched him that she might at least give him a prayer […]
God willing tomorrow, the 14th of the holy month of Muharram, we celebrate the birth of the founder of our tariqa Naqshbandiya, Khwaja Shah Bahauddin Naqshband, may his secret be sanctified. (See Post: TO CULTIVATE THE RIGHT INTENTION)
Al Basir The All-Seeing One Exalted and Glorious And Allah is All-Seer of what they do. (2:96) And Allah will be pleased with them. And Allah is All-Seer of His slaves. (3:15) And fight them until there is no more disbelief (fitnah) and the religion will all be for Allah […]
There is a big difference between belief and faith. The belief is something we take from someone, it is not our personal, real experience. A drop does not know, cannot not see, invites the other to believe in the ocean, but neither has ever diven in its waters. They are separated from each other. The belief has always limits since it arises in the mind; and the mind, we know, wants to divide, to separate, to keep us in the judgment, not in truth. This means isolation, incompatibilitiy. If […]
Mullah came upon a frowning man walking along the road to town. “What’s wrong?” he asked. The man held up a tattered bag and moaned, “All that I own in this wide world barely fills this miserable, wretched sack.” “Too bad,” said Mullah, and with that, he snatched the bag […]
A man died far from his home, and in the portion of his will which he had available for bequest, he left in these words: “Let the community where the land is situated take what they wish for themselvs, and let them give that which they wish to Arif the […]
Allah Almighty is ordering His servants to follow the steps of His friends, and to be with them. Therefore we should be like neighbors with blessed people with our physical body. Then we may be closer through our hearts. If a pipe does not connect to a tap there will […]
As-Sami’ The All-Hearing Exalted and Glorious So Allah will suffice for you against them. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower. (2:137) Whoever changes the bequest after hearing it, the sin shall be on those who make the change. Truly, Allah is the All-Hearer, All-Knower. (2:181) And make not Allah’s […]
It is important to look for the connection with God, because there is only Him. In prayer we open our hands upwards, inhale and receive a connection with the Superior. For a moment we become silent and allow our image to be fixed, as in a photograph; it is a flash, and then we exhale. The contact is established and the Divine will know what we are in need of. This is the easiest way to find the right direction. Prayer allows us to always be aware of where we are. It makes […]
The Mullah was beating a drum as hard as he could. The neighbors were fed up at the racket and asked him what he was doing. He replied, “Keeping wild tigers at bay.” A neighbor shouted, “But Mullah, there are no wild tigers within a thousand miles of here.” The […]
Those who don`t feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don`t drink dawn like a cup of springwater or take in sunset like supper, those who don`t want to change, let them sleep This Love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If […]
A man who was troubled in mind once swore that if his problems were solved, he would sell his house and give all the money gained from it to the poor.The time came when he realized that he must redeem his oath. But he did not want to give away […]
O People, we are in a life that half of it is enlighted, and the other half, not. And people who are in darkness and asking to reach real enlightening lights, and who is saving himself from the darkness of his ego, the darkness of Shaytan’s territories, they should reach […]
Al Mu’izz Al Mudhill He is the One who gives power, victory, and strength to whomever He wishes; and He takes it away from whomever He wishes. Only ask for strength from Him by acts of obedience, and in abstaining from His prohibitions. Be humble with Him, and do not […]
Islam literally means surrender to God. This is all there is to do. Becoming a zero: only a zero does not hurt. Only a zero can defeat evil. The word Islam comes from the same root as salam, “peace”. Today, however, is not with the peace that most people associate Islam. The intention […]