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The delay in receiving the divine response

April 2, 2017by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

This is extracted and adapted from Shaykh Ibn Ata Allah Iskandari’s (r.a) al Hikam. Do not despair when, in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in receiving the expected gift. […]

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Holy Revelations, Islam, Pious Predecessors, Sufism

Approaching the Presence of God

August 12, 2016by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

The following is extracted from Sharh al-Hikam al-Ataiyya of Shaykh Ibn Ata Allah Iskandari (r.a) and further explained by Shaykh Ibn `Abbad al-Rundi (r.a). How shall divine light shine upon a […]

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Pious Predecessors, Spirituality, Tafsir

Becoming a Good Muslim

July 13, 2016by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

This is from a work of Dr. Mahmud Esad Coşan Today, the way to spread, cultivate and protect Islam and to have people love Islam can only be achieved through good […]

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Islam, Pious Predecessors, Spirituality

The Problem of Sickness

July 13, 2016by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

This is translated from a work of Dr Mahmud Esad Coşan. Allah (swt) gave us endlessly favours and blessings that we can’t even count. Thanks to them we live happily; without […]

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Sufism, Theology

Dual Nature of Blessings in Islam

July 11, 2016by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

The following is taken from Sharh al-Hikam al-Ata’iyya. Fear from the presence of His goodness towards you despite your continuous misbehavior with Him to be a way of gradually misleading you. “We […]

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Holy Revelations, Islam, Spirituality, Sufism, Tafsir

Signs of the Divine in this world

July 4, 2016by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

The wisdom, compassion, justice and mercy we perceive in our transient, material existence in this world are reflections of the perfect, complete and divine source from which they originate, which […]

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Islam, Spirituality, Theology

Khadija bint Khuwaylid and The First Revelation

July 4, 2016by Seeker of beautiful 1 Comment

  The following is extracted from “The Prophet Muhammad Musthafa the Elect (s.a.w.)” by Shaykh Osman Nuri Topbas. It was thus these ayat of the Qur’an that the Blessed Prophet […]

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Holy Revelations, Islam, Pious Predecessors

Speech of God revealed

July 4, 2016by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

  The following is extracted from “The Prophet Muhammad Musthafa the Elect (s.a.w.)” by Shaykh Osman Nuri Topbas. Having completed the six-month preparation toward perfecting his spiritual development so that […]

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Holy Revelations, Islam

Story of a Pilgrimage to Medina

July 4, 2016by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

The following is extracted from Signs on the Horizons by Shaykh Michael Sugich. “When I first arrived in Makkah, I kept company with a friend from America who was living with […]

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Islam, Pious Predecessors

Tafsir of Surah An-Nasr

October 6, 2015by Seeker of beautiful Leave a comment

Translation: (1) When comes the Help of Allah, and Victory, (2) And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds, (3)  Celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and pray for […]

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Holy Revelations, Tafsir

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