Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Our way is (founded on) association and goodness comes from congregation.”~ Muhammad Bahauddin Shah Naqshband In this week's sohbet I discuss the importance of community and its centrality to Islam and indeed all faith traditions. Followed by the traditional weekly dhikr/meditation of the Naqshbandi tariqat. 🧙♂️📿💓 https://youtu.be/tqXaBwU-g78 Recorded live on 22nd August…Read more Sufi Meditation 22.08.2022
Sufism
Reflections 21.08.2022
Salam alaikum! I read and discuss the sohbet, “Levels of Annihilation” by Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani from his book, “Banquet for the Soul” (2008), pages 60-69. May Allah ﷻ grant us that we transcend our egos, keep patience, and hold fast to the noble ways and guidance of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the awliya…Read more Reflections 21.08.2022
Yunus Emre: I Love You
“In the deepest part of my soul I love You… deeply,inside”~ Yunus Emre Whether we become aware of it or not… Deep within the depths of the ocean of our soul there is a pearl of Loving Light, deeply in love with the Beloved. Forever yearning for its drop of an ocean to be reunited…Read more Yunus Emre: I Love You
Sufi Meditation 25.07.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 “Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.”~ Sufi poem, popularly attributed to Mevlana Rumi In this week's sohbet, I discuss this popular Sufi…Read more Sufi Meditation 25.07.2022
Don’t Be A Peacock 🦚
In the case of Mawlana Shaykh (Nazim) (q), (he has followers in) too many places, so he gives permission in order to spread the name of tariqah and the connection with the shaykh and that is what is enough for the time being. Before, no! Before, they wanted you to study and finish all courses…Read more Don’t Be A Peacock 🦚
Sufi Meditation 18.07.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 In this week's sohbet, I discuss Mevlana Rumi's famous quote, “What you seek is seeking you”, what did he mean by this? Is there more than one way of understanding it? Followed by the traditional weekly dhikr/meditation of the Naqshbandi tariqat. 🧙♂️📿💓 https://youtu.be/xyK775E-1Jg Recorded live on 18th July 2022
Friday Reflections 01.07.2022
Salam alaikum and Jummah Mubarak! I read and discuss the sohbet, “The Unique Path” by Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani from his book, “Banquet for the Soul” (2008), pages 46-59. May Allah ﷻ grant us that we transcend our egos, keep patience, and hold fast to the noble ways and guidance of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ…Read more Friday Reflections 01.07.2022
Sufi Meditation 20.06.2022
Salam alaikum! 🙏🏻 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet ﷺ said, “The believer is the believer's mirror, and the believer is the believer's brother who guards him against loss and protects him when he is absent.”(Abu Dawud, 4918) In this week's sohbet, I discuss the purification of the heart and how we are likened to mirrors and…Read more Sufi Meditation 20.06.2022
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 