Naqshbandi

Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 24.06.2021

Salam alaikum 🙏🏻 In this week's sohbet, I discuss the nearness of the grave and the meaning of life. Followed by the traditional weekly dhikr/meditation of the Naqshbandi tariqat with duas for brother A Khoirul Anam, the Editor of NU Online who has sadly passed away. May Allah ﷻ grant him forgiveness for any shortcomings,…Read more Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 24.06.2021

Signs of a True Guide

“How many years have we been coming to London regularly to be with you? For the last thirteen or fourteen years we have been coming here. Tell me, have we called you to anything but the Truth? If we were calling people to ourselves or to some sensations for their egos, many people might come…Read more Signs of a True Guide

If God Punished Every Person

By Hafez If God were to punish every person for each and every sin, world would be weeping, Time screaming a terrible din. To the Lord, blade of grass and mountain are the same: sometimes the Maker punishes blade, forgives mountain. All Earth’s surface is because of sin... didn’t you know? Because of this, moon…Read more If God Punished Every Person

Ego and Universe

My I, my ego, may tell me I'm just me and should only benefit myself. But through Love, the child of my parents and through Love – a parent myself. A member of a number of communities, a citizen of a country. One member of the human family and a child of creation – the…Read more Ego and Universe

Friday Reflections 18.06.2021

Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak. 🙏🏻 In this week's Friday Reflections I read and discuss the sohbet Allah's Dye: Essence and Attributes from the book, In The Mystic Footsteps of Saints, Vol. 1 (2002) by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani, pages 28-34. May Allah ﷻ bless us all and guide our hearts in the ways…Read more Friday Reflections 18.06.2021

Remembering Shaykh Didiek Wiyono 17.06.2021

Salam alaikum 🙏🏻 This week we are joined by H.E. Desra Percaya, PhD, the Indonesian Ambassador to the UK and Ireland, friends from Nahdlatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah, and the Embassy of Indonesia in London, to remember and pray for our dear friend Shaykh Didiek Wiyono, who passed away on 16th June, 2021 in hospital. Shaykh Didiek…Read more Remembering Shaykh Didiek Wiyono 17.06.2021