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Reflections on Sufi Wisdom, Living Tradition, and Present-Day Concerns

Exploring the lives of Sufi masters, sacred translations, Tasawwuf, history, and the social and cultural expressions born from centuries of spiritual devotion.

  • The Bay’ah: A Prophetic Sunna

    One of the main principles of Sufism is for the murid to give a pledge to his shaykh that he will be an obedient slave of Allah Most High, that…

  • What The Seeker Needs

    by Muhiyy ad-Din Ibn ‘Arabi Kitab Kunh Ma La Budda Minhu Lil-Murid | (translated by Tosun Bayrak) Bismi‘llah ir-rahman ir-rahim (In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate) All…

  • Al-Murid As-Sadiq The True Murid

    How the Faqir Sits Between the Hands of his Guide Bismi‘llah ir-rahman ir-rahim (In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate) Beloved, after Allah has revealed to you your…

  • The Burden of Proof in God’s Law: Why Permissibility Is the Default

    When I tell someone “Actually that’s not forbidden by God” and the poor thing says: “But you haven’t provided evidence from the Quran and Sunnah!”: As for interpretations of the…