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Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.

Posted in Health and Living, Islam, Poetry, Rumi, Sufism on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.
Pleasant journey to the one
Who is the company of the fasting.
I climbed the roof to see the Moon,
Because I really missed fasting
By heart and soul.
I lost my hat while looking at the Moon.
the Sultan of fasting made me drunk.
O Muslims, I have been drunk
since that day I lost my [...]

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Unke Andaz e Karam- Pir Naseeruddin

Posted in Culture, Music, Poetry on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Quite a unique qawwali and one of my favuorites. A magnificent rendition by Ustad Nusrat of the kalam of Pir Sayyid Naseeruddin Naseer (ra). Listen and experience!
Part 1

Part 2

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Dil Dil Pakistan!

Posted in Culture, Music, Pakistaniyat on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Happy Independence Day to everyone!

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A Great Naat- Qari Zubaid Rasool

Posted in Culture, Music, Naat Sharif, Poetry on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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A Few Gems from Shaykh Ahmad Sam’ani (ra)

Posted in Books, Islam, Saints, Sufism on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I first encountered Shaykh Ahmad Sam’ani’s beautiful book on the Divine Names many years ago through an article by Prof. William Chittick written as a response to comments by Pope John Paul II that the God of Islam was distant and unloving (not his exact words). This is a common criticism/misunderstanding of many Christians who [...]

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