Giving ‘poor’ people only things that we no longer want or need isn’t real charity, then. It can actually be more about helping ourselves and our needs than others! By Joshua Jasvir Many of us accumulate things in our homes that we don’t need or no longer use or want to keep. And so, every…
Do you worship for the feeling or do you worship because the One who gave you life calls you to do so? This is where having the proper affirmations transform your worship. This is why I sought out guides to show me this path of truly cultivating my belief in the Divine. By Arthur Richards…
Loving God in pursuance of results, rewards and merits would be to reduce one’s love for others or even for God ultimately to the vanity of “self-love” or “self-worship””the worst form of utilitarianism, self-serving vanity, and self-idolatry called egotism or narcissism. By Henry Francis B. Espiritu According to the spiritual teaching of Sufism or Islamic mysticism,…
Traditionally, God-consciousness paved spiritual enrichment, humility, and a unique sense of wisdom. By Yosof Wanly In Arabic, God is called by many names. However, the word most used by Arabic-speaking Jews, Christians, and Muslims is the all-embracing “AllÄh.” AllÄh is derived, similarly, of the Biblical Semitic root, ‘Elohîm’ and the “hÄ-Elôh” of Moses (Pbuh). Furthermore,…
Ibrahim Bin Adam Renounced the Throne to Lead a Life of Complete Asceticism By Sadia Dehlvi Studded with Gems One of the greatest Sufi masters Ibrahim bin Adam of the 8th century is amongst the earliest of Sufis whose lives have been documented. He came from a family of emperors who ruled in the city…
The Quran categorically says that: “…Verily! Allah will not change the condition of a people as long as they do not change their state themselves. … (13:11)”. By Amin Valliani Each one of us wants to be great and successful but very few are able to pay the price of greatness and success. The price…
Hisamuddin Chelebi did not hold any definite nationality and would often say, “I slept as a Kurd at night and woke up as an Arab in the morning.” By Sadia Dehlvi Maulana Rumi’s famous magnum opus, the Masnavi, was inscribed by his disciple Hisamuddin Hassan Chelebi. The title Chelebi is derived from the Turkish word…
A man of God does not make others the target of his negative feelings. Instead, he diverts them towards God. By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan There are many ways in which God maintains the equilibrium of nature. One of these ways is diversion; that is, the channeling off of a force that has reached excessive proportions.…
New Year’s Day, and any other day, for that matter can, instead of being wasted on self-indulgence, be made an occasion for remembering God and for doing good to people in need. By R. Sherim Having a ‘whale of a time’ on New Year’s Eve was a big thing in the family in which I…
The Master of Time (‘Al Sahib ulWaqt’) We have lost the joy of the present moment since we are oftentimes occupied and busy scheming for a future that has not yet happened. By Henry Francis B. Espiritu Our mundane activities in this ephemeral world eat-up our time for contemplation of the real meaning of our…
