Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying, “When it is the month of Ramadan, the gates of mercy are opened, and the gates of Hell are locked and the devils are chained.”(Bukhari and Muslim) In this week's sohbet, I discuss Ramadan and why we fast during this month, what are we…Read more Sufi Meditation 04.04.2022
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Sufi Meditation 28.03.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “The community of believers is for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. It is for their goodness, the goodness of Muslims and the goodness of people. It is for all people, no matter if they are Muslim or not. The communities of Muslims are good for everyone.”~ Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil (26.03.2022). In…Read more Sufi Meditation 28.03.2022
Sufi Meditation 21.03.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “When I was about 9 years old I learned the translation of Bismillahi rahmani rahim. It means that we are servants, so we must respect our Lord, the One who created us. We shouldn't be heedless of Him, we are living with Him. If He wouldn't give us life, we couldn't live.…Read more Sufi Meditation 21.03.2022
Sufi Meditation 14.03.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Those who believed and who emigrated [to Medina] and struggled for God’s cause with their possessions and lives, and those who have given refuge and help, are all allies of one another. As far as those who believed but did not emigrate, you do not owe them any protection until they have…Read more Sufi Meditation 14.03.2022
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
Sufi Meditation 14.02.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Now hear me my friends, love is like the sun, shining: without love, the heart is nothing but a stone, nothing. It doesn’t matter how soft, in a stony heart what rises?”~ Yunus Emre “Love is the path and road of our Prophet.We were born from love and love was our mother.”~…Read more Sufi Meditation 14.02.2022
Sufi Meditation 07.02.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 Anas said that when Rajab came Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “O God, bless us in Rajab and Sha'ban and bring us to Ramadan.” He also quoted him as saying, “Thursday night is a very bright night and Friday is a shining day.” (Mishkat al-Masabih 1369) In this week's sohbet, I discuss the…Read more Sufi Meditation 07.02.2022
Sufi Meditation 31.01.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “May there be a group among you that calls for all that is good, promotes what is right and prevents what is wrong. It is they who are successful.”~ Holy Quran 3:104 (Safi Kaskas) In this week's sohbet, I wish Nahdlatul Ulama a very happy 96th birthday and discuss the work of…Read more Sufi Meditation 31.01.2022
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 