Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of God. Truly, hearts find peace only in the remembrance of God.”~ Holy Quran 13:28 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's sohbet, I discuss meditation and how it is at the very heart of our deen. Followed by the traditional weekly…Read more Sufi Meditation 07.03.2022
Islam
Friday Reflections 04.03.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the sohbet, “The Critical Need for a Global Change” by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani from his book, “Breaths from Beyond the Curtain”, pages 39-44. May Allah ﷻ grant us to be people with wisdom, on a constructive path towards creating a more peaceful world. Amin.…Read more Friday Reflections 04.03.2022
Sufi Meditation 28.02.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Certainly, in the estimation of God, the passing away of the whole world is lighter than unjustly shedding the blood of a human being.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Narrated by Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in al-Ahwāl, Ibn Abī ‘Āṣim in al-Diyāt; and al-Bayhaqī in Shu‘ab al-Īmān). In this week's sohbet, I discuss the state…Read more Sufi Meditation 28.02.2022
Friday Reflections 24.02.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the sohbet, “Seeking Limitless Levels in the Divine Presence” by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani from his book, “Breaths from Beyond the Curtain”, pages 109-115. May Allah ﷻ grant us to be people with true goals and on the right path and may Allah ﷻ forgive…Read more Friday Reflections 24.02.2022
Sufi Meditation 21.02.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “When Moses prayed for water for his people, We said, ‘Strike the rock with your staff,’ and twelve springs broke forth from it. All people knew their drinking place. Eat and drink from God's provision, and do not act unjustly on earth by spreading corruption.”~ Holy Quran 2:60 (Safi Kaskas) In this…Read more Sufi Meditation 21.02.2022
If You Truly Love…
All in the world idolises that One, who I do too: we can’t deny one; it’s a door open to go through. Who and what we love our Beloved also loves… friend of our Friend can’t doubt this, for it’s true. Be friend of friend of the Friend if you truly love: unfair to Friend…Read more If You Truly Love…
Walking Together
The Catholic Church is currently going through a process of collective listening and reflection called a ‘synod’. “By walking together, and together reflecting on the journey made, the Church will be able to learn from what it will experience which processes can help it to live communion, to achieve participation, to open itself to mission.”~…Read more Walking Together
Sufi Meditation 14.02.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Now hear me my friends, love is like the sun, shining: without love, the heart is nothing but a stone, nothing. It doesn’t matter how soft, in a stony heart what rises?”~ Yunus Emre “Love is the path and road of our Prophet.We were born from love and love was our mother.”~…Read more Sufi Meditation 14.02.2022
Common Ground Between Religions
“Those to whom We gave the Book rejoice at what has been sent down to you, but some of the opposing factions deny part of it. Say, ‘I have been commanded to worship God alone and not to associate anything with Him. To Him I invite others, and to Him I shall return.’” ~ Holy…Read more Common Ground Between Religions
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 