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Megan H. Reid on the Nature of the Academy in Medieval Islam

October 10, 2014

‘Considering the number of hours that pious men and women spent awake at night in prayer, reciting the Qur’an in …

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Shaykh Shabrawi on the Path of the People (al-Qawm)

July 24, 2014

The path of the People [al-qawm] is ardour and effort. Those who earnestly expend their effort obtain everything that they …

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Some of the Divine Injunctions related by Imam Abdallah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad

July 10, 2014

‘We give here some Divine injunctions handed down as Holy Traditions [ahadith qudsiyah], and sound hadiths. The Messenger of God, …

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Imam al-Ghazzali On Hopes and Beguilement

May 2, 2014

Said Samura, ‘The Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, “For every Prophet there is …

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The Reality of Faith

May 2, 2014

“… related of Muadh Ibn Jabal (May God, Exalted is He!, be pleased with him), when he was asked by …

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Kierkegaard on Philosophy and Understanding Life

April 23, 2014

Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause — …

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Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi On Glorification

February 7, 2014

I desired to praise the Chosen One and was hindered, By my own inability to grasp the extent of his …

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The Lament of Rabbi Zusia

January 23, 2014

‘Once the ancient Rabbi Zusia appeared before his disciples crying and wringing his hands. Alarmed, they asked him, “Why are …

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Imam al-Haddad’s ‘Qad Kafani ‘Ilmu Rabbi’ – ‘My Lord’s Knowledge Has Sufficed Me’

January 19, 2014

A beautiful poem I recently discovered written by the great Yemeni Sayid, Sufi and Shaykh Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad’s short qaseeda …

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On Praising the Prophet SAW

January 12, 2014

Given the fact that its Rabi’l Awwal, the Islamic month traditionally considered the month in which the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) …

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Faheem A. Hussain has a BA (Hons.) in Arabic and Islamic studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, a PGCE in Religious Studies from Roehampton University, and a MA in philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London.

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