Sawt Al Umma, Issue 111, 13 January 2003 Only a person in whom servitude dwells seeks freedom. A person who does not reflect on an allusion will not be guided by a clear statement. He who digresses from his subject loses his argument. He who speaks with precision should support it with facts or otherwise […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí July 28th, 2015
Excuse me if I remove myself from these straitened times… these times of the ‘canned’ interpretation of religious texts, the ready-made opinion that awaits us like early morning breakfast and the inherited answer we hear and repay like a promissory note that has become due. Excuse me if I take an extended holiday from what […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí September 12th, 2014
Sawt Al Umma, Issue 109, 30 December 2002 When injustice opens fire on justice, the heart begins to darken. When ugliness murders beauty in broad daylight, the heart becomes darker. When sin sits on the throne of life mandating that the human self massages its toes in salty water, then the heart becomes extremely dark. […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí September 11th, 2014
Sawt Al Umma Issue NO. 107 16 December 2003 No matter how widespread and accepted they may be among people, false ideas and misconceptions, fixed and immovable in the minds of those who hold them, are devoid of lifeblood. They are ideas sealed with red wax. They are like pieces of dry wood. People eat […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí December 16th, 2003
Sawt Al-Umma, Issue No. 106 9th December 2002 Our life, no matter how long it may last, is no longer than an exciting movie. No sooner have you seen the opening scene than you find yourself close to the last. So don’t neglect your spiritual ‘fitness’ before you are surprised with the word ‘the end’..before […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí December 9th, 2002
Sawt Al-Umma, Issue No. 105 2th December 2002 The Arabic word al-wahi usually translated as ‘revelation’ is a secret between the one who gives revelation (Ar: al-mulqi) and the one who receives it (Ar: al-mutalaqqi) The Quran says: “Raised high above ranks (or degrees), (He is) the Lord of the Throne: by His Command does […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí December 2nd, 2002
Sawt Al-Umma, Issue No. 104 25th November 2002 Some people mistakenly imagine sufis are exempt from obligations. It’s a common misperception, a result of a superficial and hasty interpretation of texts or sometimes even an intentional animosity toward sufism. In fact, as is so often the case, the opposite is true. Sufism actually involves an […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí November 25th, 2002
Sawt Al-Umma, Issue No. 103 18th November 2002 The sufi perhaps is more sensitive to and has a stronger belief in this despite the mistaken, widespread, prevalent and inaccurate ideas people have about sufis such as the ‘lifting of obligations’, ‘the people of the step’ (Ar: ahl al-khatwa), ‘the power to heal’, ‘returning missing people […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí November 18th, 2002
Sawt El Umma, Issue 102, 11th November, 2002 At the moment we find ourselves losing consciousness, we won’t have time to weep under domes, nor read the Book. We will be holding onto nothing but a mirage. At the moment the rain stops, there will be no moon at the end of the night to […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí November 11th, 2002
Sawt ul-Umma, Issue 101 November, 4, 2002 Who can hold the desert to account for the shimmering strip of water on the horizon? Who can hold the poor man to account for dreaming of riches, if only for a few minutes? Who can hold the saints (awliya) the chosen ones and the pious to account […]
Ýí Glimpse of Light Ýí November 4th, 2002