The delay in receiving the divine response
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. […]
Approaching the Presence of God
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 […]
Becoming a Good Muslim
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 […]
The Problem of Sickness
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 […]
Dual Nature of Blessings in Islam
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 […]
Signs of the Divine in this world
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 […]
Khadija bint Khuwaylid and The First Revelation
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 […]
Speech of God revealed
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 […]
Story of a Pilgrimage to Medina
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 […]
Tafsir of Surah An-Nasr
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 […]
