Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation! I say these things disinterestedly. Accept them in kind. Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains, drinking poison, and now quietly choosing annihilation. A tiny […]
Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few human or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft my voice so tender my need of God absolutely clear. Hafiz
The subject tonight is Love. And for tomorrow night as well. As a matter of fact I know of no better topic For us to discuss Until we all Die! Hafiz
God exists. Angels exist, let’s accept it for now as a matter of fact. But if you do not know the ways to rise up to them, you end up denying their existence. The dead ones can see us, but we do not see them, because they vibrate at a higher frequency. […]
In a Handful of God Poetry reveals that there is no empty space. When your truth forsakes its shyness, When your fears surrender to your strengths, You will begin to experience That all existence Is a teeming sea of infinite life. In a handful of ocean water You could not […]
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 […]
Build a House for men and birds. Sit with them and play music. For a day, for just one day, Talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace, into your Beautiful eyes. Hafiz
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 […]
Al-Mu’min The Giver of Peace Exalted and Glorious But Allah has endeared the faith to you and has beautified it in your hearts. (49:7) 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 […]
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 […]
At the coffee-house, everybody was bragging of their military exploits. “And you?” asked one turning to Nasruddin. “I? One day, on the battlefield, I cut an enemy’s leg with one single strike of scimitar.” “Why not the head, as other people do?” “That was impossible. Someone else had already cut […]
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 […]