Quran, Tasawwuf, Wayfaring

Travelling Du’a: Unveiling The Secret

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا، وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُون “Glory be to the One Who has subjected this [transport], for we could never have accomplished this (by ourselves)], and indeed to Our Lord we will surely return” [Al-Zukhruf: 43:13-14]. This is a Du’a from the blessed Qur’an we say when we […]

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The Wise Qur’an

يس – وَالْقُرْءَانِ الْحَكِيمِ  Ya Sin. By the Qur’an, full of wisdom [Ya-Sin: 36:2]. Allah takes an oath in the Qur’an which is full of wisdom, for it is the uncreated speech of the All-wise. Indeed, the Qur’an is alive with a soul of its own. It enlivens the hearts and minds of the people […]

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A hidden universe: the secret of the dot of ب of Basmallah

“Each Ayah of the Qur’an is not just a verse but a universe. A universe of unending knowledge, learning and meaning.” بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Suhrawardi [1] captures with great eloquence and insight when he said: “All of the knowledge of previous scriptures are […]

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Unending source of knowledge

The Qur’an is an unending source of knowledge to derive learning and seek its counsel, Divine Speech says: – “If all the trees on Earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, replenished by seven more oceans, the words of Allah could not be exhausted” [Luqman: 31:27]. This Qur’an, the beginningless eternal Speech of Allah, […]

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