Nice Qawwali by Farid Ayaz Qawwal

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Interesting interview with Sh. Ragip Frager

Here’s an interesting interview with one of the western shaykhs of the Halveti-Jerrahi silsila brought the the West by Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak Jerrahi of Istanbul. Sh. Ragip better known as Robert Frager is a distinguished psychologist and the author of a number of books including Essential Sufism and Heart Self and Soul.
Extract
WIE: Does that temptation [...]

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No Ruin is Empty of Treasure

You may despair of finding a true friend of God;
but since the treasure does exist in this world,
consider no ruin empty of treasure.
Go to every dervish at random,
and when you find the sign of a true saint,
keep his company regularly.
If the inner eye has not been granted to you,
always think that treasure could be in [...]

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70th Anniversary of Hz Allama

Those who have visited this blog must have come to know how indebted this scribe is to Hz Allama Muhammad Iqbal (ra). I have never thought of him as a mere poet, as even before I could read Urdu properly, I had heard from reliable sources that there was a mystic hidden behind the intellectual. [...]

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Urs of Sayyidna Abdal Qadir Jaylani (RA)

” I am al-Jili and Muhiyiddin is my name
my banners fly on the mountain tops
I am Hasani and my station is the “secret chamber”
my feet are upon the necks of the men
Abd al Qadir is my well known name
my Grandfather (PBUH) is the source of perfection.”
Today is the 11th of Rabi as-Sani commemorated all over [...]

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Longing for the Awliya

” O God, leave not the earth bereft of those who will stand as evidence of Your truth, those who, though small in number, enjoy the highest standing with God, whose hearts cling to the loftiest abode, and who are God’s vicegerents among His servants and in His land. Ah, how I long to see [...]

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Hamza Yusuf on TV, Truth and Technomania

Interesting discussion of these issues by Sh. Hamza Yusuf. Excerpt:
HY: Yes. Modern technology dehumanizes by its nature, because it is based on massification (a computer in every home). Everyone is reduced to sitting around looking at blinking cathode rays on a screen. There is no human exchange anymore; people just send e-mail. People get [...]

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On Television

A recent post on Green Sufi’s blog drew my attention to the need to say a few words about television. In fact it reminded me of a book by Gerry Mander which everyone should read about the harmful effects of TV. This book which I read due to a recommendation by [...]

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No Change depite Changed Faces- Javed Chaudry on Pakistan

Came across this excellent article by Javed Chaudry who used to write the Zeropoint column in the Daily Jang. It sums up my fears based on the events of the last few days. Apologies to those friends who only read English as the article is in Urdu. Well worth reading so do take a look [...]

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Letter Extract 2- Hz Shahab (RA)

” Only the Prophet (upon him be peace and blessings) is the perfected man (mard -e-kamil) but in his ummah there are men of iman (mard-e-momin) some of whom are examplary, others are semi-examplary and yet others that are non-examplary. Their ranks differ in accordance with their knowledge, understanding, actions and character.
Islam is an open [...]

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