“And thus He unites you to Himself…”
I’ve lately been pondering as to what would amount to the Almighty drawing us Near to His Proximity, and certainly what it might take to taste the fruits of paradise in this world. What if I have been...
View ArticleThe Sun of God’s Meaning: Love, Decree and Destiny
Hello to my regular three readers! Below, you’ll find a passage from a book that I find rather magnificent on the question of reconciling the nature of ‘Decree and Destiny’ from a mystical perspective....
View ArticleLiving in this world; outrage at evil or seeing the Good of God?
Friends – all three of you! – I thought I’d share a passage mentioned in the introduction to a translation of a short treatise the great sage and master, ibn al-‘Arabī of Andalusia, wrote to an...
View ArticleBe God’s Alone
Know (and may God be merciful to you) that the destitute, when he exchanges the remembrance of all things for the remembrance of God, purifies his servitude, and whoever serves God in a pure and...
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Barzakh: the living realm of the dead
From, “A Mercy Case” and an excellent summary. A Mercy Case An important Islamic belief is believing in the Barzakh, the realm where everyone who has ever died is currently existing. It is mentioned in...
View ArticleLove-Lover-Beloved
https://wp.me/p9pusb-eC This is most definitely worth reading, and to savour.
View ArticleKey to Salvation
Shaykh Abu’l ‘Abbas al-Mursi, a master of the Shadhili path, said to the young Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah – who then also became a realised master – on their second encounter: There are four states of the...
View ArticleMisunderstanding the Nature of the World
From the point of view of the Divine Reality, there is no evil because there is nothing to be separated from the Source of the Good, but for human beings living in the domain of relativity, evil is as...
View ArticleIf Your Love Proves True…
“Would that You were sweet while this life is bitter. Would that You were pleased while people are angry. Would that what is between You and me were filled and flourishing, and that what is between...
View ArticleTo Quench the Thirst of the Gnostics…
Repeat to me the mention of His Names,And polish hearts with His light and brilliance,And fill the glasses for the souls,For they are yearning to drink.A Name from which the universe took its light,On...
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