“Allah likes smiling people,” says our Grandshaykh. “The highest degree for the human being is to smile at every event. It is one of the signs of Iman (faith) that may be seen in those who sit on the throne of the Awliya. It means that he is satisfied with the will of Allah Almighty,…Read more Allah Likes Smiling People
Nahdlatul Ulama
Sufi Meditation 13.06.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If the Final Hour comes while you have a sapling in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it.”(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Hadith 479) In this week's sohbet, I…Read more Sufi Meditation 13.06.2022
Sufi Meditation 06.06.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “So pursue forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden as vast as the heavens and the earth is prepared for (or ‘awaits’) those who believed in God and His Messengers. That is the blessing of God which He gives to whom He wills. God is limitless in His blessings.”~ Holy Quran 57:21…Read more Sufi Meditation 06.06.2022
Friday Reflections 03.06.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Before we begin, my deepest and heartfelt condolences to my dear friend, Ridwan Kamil and his family on the passing of his son, Eril. May Allah grant Eril a place in the highest heaven, in the company of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the Awliya Allah, and grant Ridwan and…Read more Friday Reflections 03.06.2022
Sufi Meditation 30.05.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 We said, “Adam, live with your spouse in the Heavenly Garden, and eat freely whatever you want, but do not come near this tree, or you will be unjust.”~ Holy Quran 2:35 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's sohbet, I discuss gardening and maintenance, the lessons and wisdom in Allah's everyday signs that…Read more Sufi Meditation 30.05.2022
The Best of Humanity
“And nothing prevents people from believing, when the guidance comes to them, except that they say: Has Allāh raised up a mortal to be a messenger?”~ Holy Quran 17:94 (Muhammad Ali) One of the biggest hurdles to belief is that Allah ﷻ chose human beings through which to reach out and guide humanity. But while…Read more The Best of Humanity
Friday Reflections 27.05.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Shaykh Muhammad az-Zahid I read and discuss the life and teachings of Shaykh Muhammad az-Zahid from the book, “The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, pages 215-19. May Allah ﷻ bless our shaykhs and raise their stations…Read more Friday Reflections 27.05.2022
Sufi Meditation 23.05.2022
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
Sincerity is Everything
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, “Religion is sincerity [nasīhah]” and emphasised this three times on an occasion reported in a famous hadith. Why is this so important? Well, intentions are at the basis of everything we do. Every action is the result of an intention. So we should check our intentions, as indeed our religion teaches…Read more Sincerity is Everything
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 