Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Can the one who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the Truth be like one who is blind? Only people who are endowed with insight will keep this in mind. Those who fulfill their commitment to God and do not break the covenant;”~ Holy Quran 13:19-20…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 23.01.2023
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Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 16.01.2023
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Believers, uphold justice and bear witness to God, even if that witness is against yourself, your parents or your close relatives. Whether a person is rich or poor, God can best take care of both. Refrain from following your own desires, so that you do not act unjustly. If you distort the…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 16.01.2023
Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 26.12.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “The worshipers of the Merciful-to-all are those who walk upon the earth with humility, and when the ignorant address them, reply with ‘peace’.”~ Holy Quran 25:63 (Safi Kaskas) “The most perfect man in religion is one who excels in character.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ In this week's sohbet I discuss self-examination and how…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 26.12.2022
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
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
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 21.02.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “When Moses prayed for water for his people, We said, ‘Strike the rock with your staff,’ and twelve springs broke forth from it. All people knew their drinking place. Eat and drink from God's provision, and do not act unjustly on earth by spreading corruption.”~ Holy Quran 2:60 (Safi Kaskas) In this…Read more Sufi Meditation 21.02.2022
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 