Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the life and teachings of Shaykh Muhammad Bahauddin Shah Naqshband from the book, “The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, pages 159-167. May Allah ﷻ bless our shaykhs and raise their stations in…Read more Friday Reflections 27.08.2021
Sufism
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
Unsettling Times
“The time we are living in now is the time described by our Holy Prophet ﷺ. In this time, they are forbidding goodness and ordering evil. People of the present time are living in such a way as if ḥarām (religiously proscribed) is very normal. They don’t know what is sin and what is ḥarām.…Read more Unsettling Times
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 20.08.2021
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the life and teachings of Shaykh Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani from the book, “The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain” by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, pages 125-135. May Allah ﷻ bless our shaykhs and raise their stations in the…Read more Friday Reflections 20.08.2021
No Wisdom Makes People Run Away
“The prophet said whoever behaves with gentleness (rifk) towards other people, he succeeds in the world. Whoever behaves with harshness (huşunet), he fails and also makes others fail. Gentleness enables one to reach his aim; harshness prevents one from reaching his aims. This is the word of the Prophet. We are obliged to keep the…Read more No Wisdom Makes People Run Away
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
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 