Salam alaikum 🙏🏻 “God orders justice, good works, and generosity to relatives and He forbids vice, evil, and oppression. He warns you so that you will keep all this in mind. Fulfill the covenant of God whenever you commit to one. Do not break your oaths once they are confirmed, and you (will) have made…Read more Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 19.08.2021
Naqshbandi
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
Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 12.08.2021
Salam alaikum, Muharram Mubarak, and Happy Hijri New Year! 🙏🏻 “And (on that day all) faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. And he who bears injustice will despair. But he who does righteous deeds while he is a believer, he will fear neither injustice nor deprivation.”~ Holy Quran 20:111-2 (Safi…Read more Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 12.08.2021
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
Living Simply, Naturally and Avoiding Waste
By Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani Mankind is one extended family. We are all related, and, therefore we share many characteristics, among them a great spiritual power hidden within our being. But our five senses carry us away from ourselves and ensure that we are constantly engaged in our surroundings. As long as we are…Read more Living Simply, Naturally and Avoiding Waste
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
Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 05.08.2021
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “[God said], ‘O Messengers, eat good things and do good. I know all that you do. This community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord, so be ever conscious of Me.’”~ Holy Quran 23:51-2 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's sohbet, I discuss the importance of building communities and business…Read more Weekly Sohbet and Dhikr 05.08.2021
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 