Islam

When You Say ‘I’

By Yunus Emre When you say ‘I’ remember this state has no reality:did you ever guard with double vision at a gate see?If you listen to this Word I say, if you care for Self...never say that you and It are separate, as it is crazy!It only goes on, Beloved in all the world’s nations...to…Read more When You Say ‘I’

Grandshaykh Abdullah

“When I was younger, I read and studied a great deal. Not only religion, Qur’an and Hadith, but also European knowledge, ‘positive, objective knowledge’, as they called it at the University. So many books I read. Also, I met several Sheikhs and learned people, but my heart was not at peace with anyone until I…Read more Grandshaykh Abdullah

Sufi Meditation 15.11.2021

Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “… So you who are endowed with insight and have faith, be conscious of God. He has sent down a Reminder to you, a Messenger who recites God’s verses that make things clear to you, that he may bring those who believe and do good deeds from the darkness of ignorance into…Read more Sufi Meditation 15.11.2021

Don’t Be Angry

By Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani The most difficult thing for man is fighting with himself. We know not to be angry, if a man is assaulting us; but at that moment anger comes like a fire over us, making it most difficult to control ourselves. If we are able to control ourselves at the…Read more Don’t Be Angry

Friday Reflections 12.11.2021

Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the life and teachings of Shaykh Alauddin Al-Attar from the book, “The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, pages 187-193. May Allah ﷻ bless our shaykhs and raise their stations in the Divine…Read more Friday Reflections 12.11.2021

Live By True Values

By Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani 🌹 “A life spent on nonsense things which will be finished when you die, has no value. Don't waste this life on nonsense titles, nonsense properties and nonsense values. All that will stay here when you go into your grave. It is the biggest foolishness of mankind to fight…Read more Live By True Values

Armistice Day 2021

We remembered the fallen this morning under Old Joe at the University of Birmingham, along with fellow chaplains of different faiths, university staff and students, and we prayed for their souls, for people who work for noble causes, and for a future where our Human Family would know war no more. Al-Fatihah 🤲🏻 I See…Read more Armistice Day 2021

Don’t Be A Plastic Plant

By Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani “If we present the medicine to the patient in a form that makes it easier to swallow or taste better, should we be blamed? Is eating iron fillings the only way to get iron into one's system? The holy Prophet said: ‘I have been sent to approach people tactfully.’…Read more Don’t Be A Plastic Plant

Who am I?

By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Moses, on whom be peace, asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharoah?” God replied, “I will be with you.” Many of us have been in a similar situation at some point in our lives, wondering who am I to set out to do something, doubting ourselves. The…Read more Who am I?