Urs of Hz Mawlana Rumi (ra)

It is the 17th of December, the day when the Urs of Hz  Mawlana Rumi (ra) is “officially” celebrated. Mawlana passed away from the terrestrial realm on this day in the year 1273 CE.  That thousands still gather to remember this great master and spokesman of Divine love is in itself a sign for those [...]

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Eid Mubarak!

Eid mubarak to all of you! It’s Eid al-Adha, the day that commemorates the great sacrifice of Sayyidna Ibrahim (as). Again one is reminded in a very direct way of what true sufism entails: complete surrender to the will of the Beloved. As a Pakistani writer once said: “these sufis are dangerous people, they would [...]

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Turning Towards The Heart

“Turning towards the Heart” is a phrase which may be said to sum up the elan of the Sufi Path. This  is also the title of this admirable book expressing the teachings of the very recent shaykh Hz Azad Rasool, founder of the School of Sufi Teaching. The book is in a question and answer [...]

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To Be A Sufi

To be a Sufi is to get rid of what is in your head; imagined truths, preconceptions, conditioning, and to open oneself to what can happen.
Shaykh Abu Saeed Abi al Khayr (ra)

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A New Find-Cambridge Khutbas

Many people have probably heard of the famous Khutbas of Madras by Syed Sulaiman Nadwi or the Khutbas of Allahabad by Allama Iqbal but have you heard of the Cambridge Khutbas by our very own Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad? Perhaps just like everyting else I’ve discovered these later than everybody but I thought I’d share [...]

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