Allah, Kitab Al-Hikam, Love, Servitude

Bound by Love

Enslaved by love “Love can make a freed man a slave, shacked and bound. Love can make an intelligent man appear as a fool, irrational and reckless.” When true love (Ishq) takes hold of a person, the lover becomes blind and deaf to the world except to his beloved to such an extent, even the […]

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Allah, Kitab Al-Hikam, Servitude, Tasawwuf

Our Greatest Honour

“Amongst the attributes of your human nature, draw away from everything that is incompatible with your servanthood, so that you may be responsive to the call of Allah and near His Presence.” [Hikam|34] The honour of servanthood Allah has ennobled the children of Adam with honour to be the best amongst His creation. And amongst the […]

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Tasawwuf, Wayfaring

Aiming for the sky

Blue sky thinking says:  ‘The sky is the limit’. As great and wonderful this saying is, it is still limiting. The Qur’an is a book which has been sent to free the mind and soul from our limiting constructs and conceptions to the expanse of the realm of the Infinite.  ‘The sky is the limit’, they […]

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Personal Development

Who are you?

Imagine Imagine yourself in a quiet and serene location, with open skies, among nature away from people. Perhaps you are on an empty beach, with your feet resting on soft white sand with turquoise water, and the sound of the waves gently breaking upon the shore whilst you look out unto the horizon. Perhaps you […]

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