Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Today, I continue my reading from the opening section of Imam Al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum Al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), The Book of Knowledge, translated by Nabih Amin Faris (1988), pages 29-39, discussing knowledge whose acquisition is deemed fard kifayah (a religious obligation upon a Muslim community as a…Read more Friday Reflections 12.08.2022
Islam
Sufi Meditation 08.08.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Husain is part of me and I am part of him. May Allah love those who love Husain.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Sunan Ibn Majah 144) Narrated Amir bin Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas: from his father who said, “When this Ayah was revealed: ‘Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our…Read more Sufi Meditation 08.08.2022
Yunus Emre: I Love You
“In the deepest part of my soul I love You… deeply,inside”~ Yunus Emre Whether we become aware of it or not… Deep within the depths of the ocean of our soul there is a pearl of Loving Light, deeply in love with the Beloved. Forever yearning for its drop of an ocean to be reunited…Read more Yunus Emre: I Love You
Friday Reflections 05.08.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Today, I continue my reading from the opening section of Imam Al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum Al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), The Book of Knowledge, translated by Nabih Amin Faris (1988), pages 23-29, discussing knowledge whose acquisition is deemed fard'ayn (a religious obligation upon every Muslim). Allah ﷻ inspire us…Read more Friday Reflections 05.08.2022
Life’s Difficulties
Happy Friday / Jummah Mubarak “We will certainly send you trials of fear, hunger, and the loss of wealth, people and crops, so give good news to the steadfast, who say when disaster strikes them, ‘We belong to God and to Him we will return.’ It is they who have their Lord’s grace and mercy,…Read more Life’s Difficulties
Sufi Meditation 01.08.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Moses said, ‘Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds. I cannot say anything about God but the Truth. I have now come to you with clear evidence from your Lord. Send the children of Israel with me.’”~ Holy Quran 7:104-5 (Safi Kaskas) “Only a handful of Moses’ people…Read more Sufi Meditation 01.08.2022
Friday Reflections 28.07.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Today, I continue my reading from the opening section of Imam Al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum Al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), The Book of Knowledge, translated by Nabih Amin Faris (1988), pages 17-22, discussing the evidence for the excellence of knowledge from reason. Allah ﷻ inspire us to learn, increase…Read more Friday Reflections 28.07.2022
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 