Sufi Meditation 08.08.2022

Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Husain is part of me and I am part of him. May Allah love those who love Husain.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Sunan Ibn Majah 144) Narrated Amir bin Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas: from his father who said, “When this Ayah was revealed: ‘Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our…Read more Sufi Meditation 08.08.2022

Yunus Emre: I Love You

“In the deepest part of my soul I love You… deeply,inside”~ Yunus Emre Whether we become aware of it or not… Deep within the depths of the ocean of our soul there is a pearl of Loving Light, deeply in love with the Beloved. Forever yearning for its drop of an ocean to be reunited…Read more Yunus Emre: I Love You

Friday Reflections 05.08.2022

Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! Today, I continue my reading from the opening section of Imam Al-Ghazali's Ihya Ulum Al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), The Book of Knowledge, translated by Nabih Amin Faris (1988), pages 23-29, discussing knowledge whose acquisition is deemed fard'ayn (a religious obligation upon every Muslim). Allah ﷻ inspire us…Read more Friday Reflections 05.08.2022

Life’s Difficulties

Happy Friday / Jummah Mubarak “We will certainly send you trials of fear, hunger, and the loss of wealth, people and crops, so give good news to the steadfast, who say when disaster strikes them, ‘We belong to God and to Him we will return.’ It is they who have their Lord’s grace and mercy,…Read more Life’s Difficulties

Sufi Meditation 01.08.2022

Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Moses said, ‘Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds. I cannot say anything about God but the Truth. I have now come to you with clear evidence from your Lord. Send the children of Israel with me.’”~ Holy Quran 7:104-5 (Safi Kaskas) “Only a handful of Moses’ people…Read more Sufi Meditation 01.08.2022

Confucius: Balance

Ji Zicheng said, “For a superior man, it is only the inner quality that matters. Why mention the outer brilliancy?” “It is a pity that you should have depicted a superior man that way!” said Zigong. “But a word uttered cannot be taken back even by four horses. Inner quality is as important as outer…Read more Confucius: Balance