Salam alaikum and Jummah and Mawlid Mubarak! This week I read and discuss the qualities of the prophets and the qualities of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Islam, reading from Ash-Shifa of Qadi ‘Iyad, translated by British scholar, Aisha Bewley (2011), Part 1, Chapter 2, Sections 24-25 (p.75-83). This is a modern English translation…Read more Friday Reflections 21.10.2022
Naqshbandi
Salawat
Keep reading salawat and try to read extra, especially during these last days of this holy month. The blessings of salawat are countless and in doing so, you are following a direction of Allah ﷻ in the Holy Quran. Allah ﷻ tells us He sends salawat as do the angels عَ, so let us join…Read more Salawat
Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 17.10.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “We wanted to favor those who were oppressed in the land, and make them leaders and make them inheritors of the land and to empower them and show Pharaoh, Haman and their soldiers through them the very thing that they feared”~ Holy Quran 28:5-6 (Safi Kaskas) “Certainly, in the estimation of God,…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 17.10.2022
Friday Reflections 14.10.2022
Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. I read from Muhammad ﷺ The Messenger of Islam, His Life and Prophecy (2002), by Hajjah Amina Adil, pages 100-108, as we recount more events around the blessed birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and celebrate his Mawlid (birthday). Allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala ali sayyidina Muhammadin wa…Read more Friday Reflections 14.10.2022
Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 10.10.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Prophet ﷺ, what do you say about a man who loves some people but cannot catch up with their good deeds?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Everyone will be with those whom they love.”(Bukhari 6169) In this week's sohbet…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 10.10.2022
Friday Reflections 07.10.2022
Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. I read from Muhammad ﷺ The Messenger of Islam, His Life and Prophecy (2002), by Hajjah Amina Adil, pages 94-100, as we recount more events around the blessed birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and celebrate his Mawlid (birthday). Allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala ali sayyidina Muhammadin wa…Read more Friday Reflections 07.10.2022
Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 03.10.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “The night that Muhammad ﷺ was born, Allah Almighty, Exalted be He, commanded the angels to open wide all the gates of Heaven and of Paradise; on that day the sun shone with more brilliance, and greater was its light than on other days, and the whole world was gladdened.”~ Muhammad ﷺ…Read more Sohbet and Sufi Meditation 03.10.2022
Friday Reflections 30.09.2022
Salam alaikum. Jummah Mubarak. I read from Muhammad ﷺ The Messenger of Islam, His Life and Prophecy (2002), by Hajjah Amina Adil, pages 83-94, as we recount and remember the blessed birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, a momentous day that changed the world forever for the better in both East and West. Allahumma…Read more Friday Reflections 30.09.2022
Sufi Meditation 26.09.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “If Allah intends good for someone, then he afflicts him with trials.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari 5645) “The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger.”~ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari 6114) “Wonderous are the ways of…Read more Sufi Meditation 26.09.2022
Friday Reflections 23.09.2022
Salam alaikum! I read and discuss the sohbet, “Three Trees” by Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani from his book, “Banquet for the Soul” (2008), pages 78-94. May Allah ﷻ help us to distinguish between heavenly and other inspirations, and hold fast to the noble ways and guidance of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the awliya Allah.…Read more Friday Reflections 23.09.2022
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 