Megan H. Reid on the Nature of the Academy in Medieval Islam
‘Considering the number of hours that pious men and women spent awake at night in prayer, reciting the Qur’an in …
Category Archives: Mysticism
Shaykh Shabrawi on the Path of the People (al-Qawm)
The path of the People [al-qawm] is ardour and effort. Those who earnestly expend their effort obtain everything that they …
Some of the Divine Injunctions related by Imam Abdallah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad
‘We give here some Divine injunctions handed down as Holy Traditions [ahadith qudsiyah], and sound hadiths. The Messenger of God, …
Imam al-Ghazzali On Hopes and Beguilement
Said Samura, ‘The Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, “For every Prophet there is …
The Reality of Faith
“… related of Muadh Ibn Jabal (May God, Exalted is He!, be pleased with him), when he was asked by …
Kierkegaard on Philosophy and Understanding Life
Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause — …
Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi On Glorification
I desired to praise the Chosen One and was hindered, By my own inability to grasp the extent of his …
The Lament of Rabbi Zusia
‘Once the ancient Rabbi Zusia appeared before his disciples crying and wringing his hands. Alarmed, they asked him, “Why are …
Imam al-Haddad’s ‘Qad Kafani ‘Ilmu Rabbi’ – ‘My Lord’s Knowledge Has Sufficed Me’
A beautiful poem I recently discovered written by the great Yemeni Sayid, Sufi and Shaykh Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad’s short qaseeda …
On Praising the Prophet SAW
Given the fact that its Rabi’l Awwal, the Islamic month traditionally considered the month in which the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) …
