Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Read, for your Lord is most beneficent, Who taught by the pen, taught man what he did not know.”~ Holy Quran 96:3-5 (Ahmed Ali) In this week's sohbet, I discuss scholarship and grand muftis, and the central place scholarship has within Islam. We should strive in the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom,…Read more Sufi Meditation 23.05.2022
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Sufi Meditation 25.04.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Every messenger whom We have sent used his own people’s language, so that he might make [the Truth] clear to them, but God lets whoever wants to stray, go astray, and guides whoever wants [to be guided]. He alone is almighty, and The Wise.”~ Holy Quran 14:4 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's…Read more Sufi Meditation 25.04.2022
Dhikr with Shaykh Mehmet, Birmingham 15.03.2022
Beautiful dhikr with Mawlana Shaykh Mehmet Adil at Ghamkol Sharif Central Mosque in Birmingham on Tuesday evening. Really wonderful and always an honour to sit with Shaykh Mehmet, benefit from his wisdom and company, and join in dhikr together. May Allah ﷻ bless Shaykh Mehmet and his family, raise his station in the Divine Presence,…Read more Dhikr with Shaykh Mehmet, Birmingham 15.03.2022
Sufi Meditation 07.03.2022
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
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
Sufi Meditation 31.01.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “May there be a group among you that calls for all that is good, promotes what is right and prevents what is wrong. It is they who are successful.”~ Holy Quran 3:104 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's sohbet, I wish Nahdlatul Ulama a very happy 96th birthday and discuss the work of…Read more Sufi Meditation 31.01.2022
Sufi Meditation 10.01.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], go in among My worshipers, and into My Garden.”~ Holy Quran 89:29-30 (Safi Kaskas) “On the day I die, when I'm beingcarried toward the grave, don't weep.Don't say, ‘He's gone! He's gone!'Death has nothing to do with going away.The sun sets and the…Read more Sufi Meditation 10.01.2022
Sufi Meditation 20.12.2021
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 People of the Book, “Come to a common word between us that we will not worship any but God, and we will not ascribe partners to Him, nor will we take each other as lords in addition to God.” If they turn away, say, “Bear witness that we have submitted to God.”~…Read more Sufi Meditation 20.12.2021
The Importance of Dhikr
Keep Your Tongue Busy The angels will raise your pure `amal when your tongue is pure, when it is busy in dhikrullah. Because if you don’t do dhikrullah your tongue will go somewhere else, maybe it gets busy in gheeba and nameema, in backbiting and spreading false rumors and accusations, speaking on this one, on…Read more The Importance of Dhikr
Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 20.05.2021
Salam alaikum 🙏🏻 In this week's sohbet, I discuss how to meditate, the goals of meditation and its many benefits. Followed by the traditional weekly dhikr/meditation of the Naqshbandi tariqat. 🧙♂️📿💓 https://youtu.be/dQVBtl3ekdo Recorded live on 20th May 2021
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 