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In the end a person
tires of everything
except
heart’s desiring
and soul’s journeying.

~ Rumi

la ilaha illa Allah
I am done with everything
except Thee, O Thee!

~ a dervish interpretation of the kalima

Sometimes in my life things happen …

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… in the company of those on whom is the Grace of God, of the prophets, the saints, the martyrs, and the righteous: Ah! what a beautiful fellowship! Such is grace from God: and Sufficient is God as the Knower. - Q 4:69-70
The earth will never lac…

Again, the Kingdom of Heaven islike a merchant in search of fine pearls,who, on finding one Pearl of Great Price,went and sold all that he had and bought it.
~ Teaching Parable of Christ, Gospel of Matthew 13:45-46 ~
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Pearl of Great Price is a para…

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From Ya Nafsi, Ya Nafsi to Ya Ummati, Ya Ummati

The famous Persian Sufi, Bayazid of Bistam (Bistami), saw in a moment of unveiling that the Pole (spiritual king) of the age was none other than the town’s humble ironsmith.
Bayazid was amazed, for…

Bismillahil Wahhab, wa Ni’mal Razzaq
In the Name of God, the Bestower, the Best of Provider

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Injustice, no matter in what form it comes: whether social, political or economic injustice - is shun in the most unambiguous message across all faith trad…

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Therefore, be perfect (insan al-kamal), 
as your Heavenly Father is Perfect (Al-Kamal).
- Christ, upon him be peace, Matthew 5:48

To attain kamaliyat, “perfection” - is a sure destination set out for every sincere seeker, as Murshid al-Qulub, S…

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The gnosis of soul is that everything comes from the Presence. That’s how we know God, through the awareness that the soul has. If everyone could know this all the time, everyone would be a prophet. But that is not the case. Prophets have been giv…

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Preface

Shall man have anything but what he strives for?

That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight: Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete;

That to thy Lord is the Ultimate Goal (wa anna ila Rabbika al Muntaha). - the Qu…

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“See the fig tree, and all the trees. When they are already budding, you see it and know by yourselves that the summer is already near.
Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.”

- Teaching Parable…

1. Reciting the Qur’aan, the Final Revelation of the Last Cycle - while pondering over its meanings and what is meant by it. [Not only the outer, literal meaning situated in the horizontal time, but also its inner meaning, specially that which desce…

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” - Saying …

~ Aleph ~
I called through your door,
“The mystics are gathering
in the street. Come out!”

you say: “Leave me alone.
I’m sick.”

“I don’t care if you’re dead!”
Jesus is here, and he wants
to resurrect somebody!”

- Jelaluddin Rumi

 ~ Beth ~
Isa ibn…