This Path to God Made me such an old sweet beggar. I was starving until one night My love tricked God Himself To fall into my bowl. Now Hafiz is infinitely rich, But all I ever want to do Is keep emptying out My emerald filled Pockets Upon This tear […]
Al-Muhaymin The Protector Exalted and Glorious We have sent down to you the Book in truth, continuing the Scripture that came before it, and Muhaymin guarding over it. (5:48) He is Allah beside Whom none has the right to be worshipped but He, the King, the Holy, the One free […]
Adab is an Arabic word not easy to translate. Literally it means to invite someone for food or to gather people around the table. It shows us that we have to present ourselves to the people and the presentation should happen in a proper way. The adab is a very […]
This place where you are right now God circled on a map for you. Wherever your eyes and arms and heart can move Against the earth and sky, The Beloved has bowed there. Our Beloved has bowed there knowing You were coming. I could tell you a […]
“If they announce a three hours delay of my flight, I am happy. It is not a distress, it is a celebration! Because now i can relax, i have in front of me all the time i need for my practice, i close my eyes and I sink in it. […]
“Laziness does not exist. It is a mental concept. What exists is only the will. If you really want something who can stop you? So the question you have to ask yourself is only one: I want it or I do not want it? And if you really want it, you get up and run to do it! Whatever it is. […]
Hodja was sitting by the river, enjoying a pot of halwa, when a horde of mounted archers thundered onto the other bank in a cloud of dust. One of Timur’s captains, who led the pack shouted, “Ho! Stranger! How do we get to the other side?” To this Nasreddin hollered […]
As-Salam The Source of Peace and Security Exalted and Glorious When those who believe in Our ayat (signs, lessons, proofs, revelations, etc.) come to you, say, “Salamun ‘Alaikum. Peace be on you.” (6:54) They will call out to the dwellers of paradise, “Salamun ‘Alaikum. Peace be on you.” (7:46) And […]
Al-Quddus The Holy Exalted and Glorious He is Allah beside Whom none has the right to be worshiped but He the King, the Holy, the One Free From all Defects, the Giver of Security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. (59:23) Whatsoever is in the […]
Al-Malik The Sovereign Exalted and Glorious He could not take his brother by the law of the king, except that Allah willed it. (12:76) There was a king behind them who seized every ship by force. (18:79) Then high above all be Allah, the True Kind. (20:114) Exalted be Allah, […]
Ar- Rahman The All Merciful In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (1:1) The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (1:3), (2:163) They disbelieve in the Most Gracious. (13:30) Invoke Allah or invoke the Most Gracious, by whatever name you invoke Him, it is the same for […]
To travel is sunnah: it enriches you and makes spiritual openings possible. You can always see if someone has traveled. One night in Damascus is worth more than seventy nights of prayer, it is said in the tradition. While other cities such as Las Vegas make the heart heavy, they […]
Every time you have good, holy thoughts, you get closer to the liberation and every time you have thoughts towards this world, the people, your relationships, your problems, you bind yourself to this world and you close yourself in the prison of your thoughts. Liberation is to think of the […]
What is happiness? You have to understand its nature: it is an ego-centered desire. It is always linked to an event, which brings us a personal benefit or avoids something that harms us. It has to come and go. All aspects that enslave us, bind us. Happiness is not permanent: […]
In many traditions they use to cover the head to protect the spiritual centers. When you practice, the spiritual forces located around the head tend to rise to the top. The turban holds them. The turban is also a remembrance of death, it symbolizes it by the shroud, as well […]
To wear a ring on the middle finger of the right hand is sunnah, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to wear it. The meaning of the ring is that you cannot take a piece of silver, to mould it as it is and to put it on […]
“This tiny man has the heart light as a rose petal…. and when he passes by you feel a delicate breeze that shakes you in the depth…. and then something floods from your small heart… and you cry like a child that was lost and has been found again…” (Abdul Fattah) […]
“There was a time when Bukhara was the greatest spiritual center of Asia. Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Today madrassas transformed into hotels remains for few tourists, a nearly deserted mosque, a large university, shadow of what Islam was once in those areas, when Avicenna was crossing those roads teaching the doctrine of the […]
Look as long as you can at the friend you love. No matter whether that friend is moving away from you or coming back toward you. Rumi
The way of love is not a subtle argument. The door there is devastation. Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they’re given wings. Rumi