Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Believers, avoid being suspicious. Some suspicions are sinful. And don’t spy or backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? No, you would hate it. So remain mindful of God. God is the Acceptor of repentance, the Mercy giver.”~ Holy Quran 49:12 (Safi Kaskas)…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 14.11.2022
Nahdlatul Ulama
Friday Reflections 11.11.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the biography of Rabia Basri ق from the book, “Tadhkaratul-Aulia” or “Memories of Saints” by Fariduddin Attar, translated by Dr Bankey Behari (1993), pages 14-26 in my copy of the book. Oh Allah ﷻ grant that we may live in remembrance of You and be raised…Read more Friday Reflections 11.11.2022
Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 07.11.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “We have only sent you (Prophet) as a mercy to the worlds.”~ Holy Quran 21:107 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's sohbet I discuss how to handle situations where people have bad habits or addictions. While these may be sinful, questioning a person's faith or screaming “haram” at them are neither the wisest…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 07.11.2022
God Loves You
When we face hardship and difficulties, we can stray from the remembrance and appreciation of God... Though these are precisely those moments when nothing could be more important or more comforting. Whatever difficulties we face in life, never forget God loves you, He created you and gave you life. If we allow ourselves to drown…Read more God Loves You
Friday Reflections 04.11.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the Forty-Fourth Discourse of Shaykh Abdul-Qadir Al-Jilani from the book, “The Sublime Revelation” (Al-Fath ar-Rabbani), pages 280-285 in my copy of the book, translated by Muhtar Holland (1992). May Allah ﷻ grant that we may be successful in this life and in the hereafter, and guard…Read more Friday Reflections 04.11.2022
Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 31.10.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Believers, remain mindful of God, seek ways to come closer to Him, and strive for His cause so that you may prosper.”~ Holy Quran 5:35 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's sohbet I discuss how small things can be important, especially when they become a regular practice, and how observing ourselves is an…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 31.10.2022
Friday Reflections 28.10.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the sohbet, “Advice for Instructors: Understand Wisdom with your Heart before you Attempt to Teach it” by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani ق from his book, “Mercy Oceans’ Hidden Treasures” (1981), pages 120-125. May Allah ﷻ grant us to be among those to whom He grants…Read more Friday Reflections 28.10.2022
Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 24.10.2022
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 Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 24.10.2022
Friday Reflections 21.10.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah and Mawlid Mubarak! This week I read and discuss the qualities of the prophets and the qualities of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Islam, reading from Ash-Shifa of Qadi ‘Iyad, translated by British scholar, Aisha Bewley (2011), Part 1, Chapter 2, Sections 24-25 (p.75-83). This is a modern English translation…Read more Friday Reflections 21.10.2022
Salawat
Keep reading salawat and try to read extra, especially during these last days of this holy month. The blessings of salawat are countless and in doing so, you are following a direction of Allah ﷻ in the Holy Quran. Allah ﷻ tells us He sends salawat as do the angels عَ, so let us join…Read more Salawat
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 