Al-Bari’ Exalted and Glorious So turn in repentance to your maker. (2:54) Truly I am innocent of what you join in worship with Him. (6:19) Verily, I have turned my face toward Him Who has created the heavens and the earth, and I am not of those who give partners […]
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When you chain the external senses, your internal senses will be free to reach the Heavenly Realm. This will bring you to the second category: the internal seclusion. Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani He was known as the Shaikh of Miracles, One Who Shone Like the Sun, and he […]
Al-Khaliq The Creator Exalted and Glorious Such is Allah, your Lord! There is no god but He, the Creator of all things. (6:102) Say: “Allah is the Creator of all things.” (13:16) And remember when your Lord said to the angels: “I am going to create man from clay.” (38:71) […]
Hazrat ‘Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani (q.a.s.) coined the following eight phrases which are now considered the principles of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. Shah Bahuddin Naqshbandi (q.a.s.) added the last three principles: 1. Conscious Breathing (“Hosh dar dam“) Hosh means “mind.” Dar means “in.” Dam means “breath.” It means, according to Abdul […]
Al-Mutakabbir The Majestic Exalted and Glorious He is Allah beside Whom none has the right to be worshipped but He, the King, the Holy, the One Free from all Defects, the Giver of Security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. (59:23) This name is derived […]
Junayd used to tell his disciples, “When I met my master, the master never looked at me for three years. I was sitting from morning till evening. So many people were coming and going and he was talking to people and he did not look at me, as if I […]
To cultivate the right intention is very important, because intentions are from the Unseen World, not from the Material World. Intention (niyyah) consists of three letters: Nun, which represents nurullah, the Light of God; ya, which represents yadullah, the hand of God; and ha, which represents hidayatullah, the Guidance of Allah. The niyyah is the Breeze of the Soul. Shah […]
Al-Jabbar The Irresistible Exalted and Glorious He is Allah beside Whom none has the right to be worshipped but He, the King, the Holy, the One Free from all Defects, the Giver of Security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. (59:23) This name is […]
A man of understanding spoke to the tea merchants and tea drinkers. “The one who tastes, knows. The one who tastes not, knows not. Don’t speak of a heavenly beverage; offer it at your banquets and say nothing. Those who like it will ask for more; those who don’t, aren’t […]
Creativity brings us closer to the Creator. What can give us more joy than creativity? Creating is a spiritual act. Not only the art is creative, it is the way we eat, we walk, we speak, we dress, we move. This is what the dervishes call style. One may be the last of the […]
Sunnah means the ‘path’ or ‘example’, the whole of rules of life, the habits and the usual precepts of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) that have been transmitted to us about many situations, practically in every occasion, from the most practical ones like the way to dress, to the highest one like […]
Ar- Rahman The All Merciful In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (1:1) The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. (1:3), (2:163) They disbelieve in the Most Gracious. (13:30) Invoke Allah or invoke the Most Gracious, by whatever name you invoke Him, it is the same for […]
To travel is sunnah: it enriches you and makes spiritual openings possible. You can always see if someone has traveled. One night in Damascus is worth more than seventy nights of prayer, it is said in the tradition. While other cities such as Las Vegas make the heart heavy, they […]
In the Sufi path there is an individual practice and a community practice. The main motto of our way is: ” Our path is based on gathering and all the goodness comes by the congregation .” You are meeting with a group not because you love to meet the people there, for […]
How to become a dervish? Simple, by falling in love with one of them. The formal act of initiation is the bayat, the pact that you tighten taking the hand of the Shaykh. If the disciple falls in love with the Shaykh he wants to bind himself, to chain to him, then […]
In the Sufi tradition it is possible and advisable to fast during the three days of full moon (the day before, the day and the day after). The big daily fasting is happening though during the days of Ramadan. How to fast? It means do not eat, drink or smoke […]