Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “The most beloved to me, and the nearest to me, are those of you who are the best in character.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Baihaqi) “I have been sent down only to complete the best of manners.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Baihaqi) In this week's sohbet, I discuss the importance of adab and ahklaq…Read more Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 08.09.2021
Nahdlatul Ulama
Patience Is The Door To Paradise
If you wish to reach where Awliya Allah reached, you have to be patient on bala, affliction. That is the door to Paradise, because when Allah ﷻ sends afflictions and you continue on your path without looking here and there, you reach that door. Do not fight with people for certain issues. If someone wants…Read more Patience Is The Door To Paradise
Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 26.08.2021
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “People, We created you from a male and a female, and made you nations and tribes so that you may know one another. The best among you in the sight of God is the one who is most mindful of God. God is All-Knowing and All-Aware.”~ Holy Quran 49:13 (Safi Kaskas) In…Read more Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 26.08.2021
Surface and Depth
“Ehl-i Şeriat (people of the Sharia, meaning, the ulema) looks at the surface (zahir) and are only concerned with it. Ehl-i Tarikat (people of the tarikat) enters the inside of the ‘Palace’ and talk from inside the ‘Palace’. Ehl-i Şeriat say, ‘all we see is just the surface of the building; here are the columns,…Read more Surface and Depth
Friday Reflections 13.08.2021
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the sohbet is titled “The Perfection of Islam” by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani from his book, “Liberating the Soul: A Guide for Spiritual Growth, Volume 4”, pages 77-82 in the book. The sohbet discusses the Oneness of God and how this was a central teaching…Read more Friday Reflections 13.08.2021
The Naqshbandi Tariqah
By Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil Sohbet, 10th August 2021 “The month of Muharram is a holy month. Big rewards were given to Prophets, Awliya’ and Sahabah. Something more special given to them in Muharram is the day of ‘Ashurah. Usually, the beginning of the month of Muharram is also the beginning of the Hijri year…Read more The Naqshbandi Tariqah
Friday Reflections 06.08.2021
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak 🙏🏻 I read and discuss Chapter 5, “The Wisdom of Rapturous Love in the Word of Abraham” from Ibn Al'Arabi's book, “The Bezels of Wisdom”, pages 90-95 in my copy of the book, translated by R. W. J. Austin (1980) with my good friend Muhammad Tsany Qudsi in Indonesia. https://youtu.be/6jbyXU7kY9E…Read more Friday Reflections 06.08.2021
A Strong Thread
By Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani I have met so many people here in the West who have delved deeply into the great traditions of the East. They have acquired wisdom through seeking it. They have read, traveled, listened and learned. The attraction for everything oriental is a divine inspiration in the hearts of Western…Read more A Strong Thread
The Importance of Dhikr
Keep Your Tongue Busy The angels will raise your pure `amal when your tongue is pure, when it is busy in dhikrullah. Because if you don’t do dhikrullah your tongue will go somewhere else, maybe it gets busy in gheeba and nameema, in backbiting and spreading false rumors and accusations, speaking on this one, on…Read more The Importance of Dhikr
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 