Islamic Sufism
Mortals residing on the land of trouble
“The first stage of attaining Truth is the recognition of your mortality.”
A Sufi saying
Hello from the first month of the new year, 1443!
As you know, we’ve come to accept one linear time based on the movements of the Sun. However, Islamic calendar follows the Moon and according to it, we are already observing the first month of the calen…
Journeying Home
Sufis believe that all of creation is a manifestation of the Truly Divine (Al Haq). If all created things are divine manifestions, then nothing can exist by itself. All are parts of a whole. Sufis call this principle tawhid, or unity.
All created things are a reflection of this Truly Divine Being on the plane of multitude. They do n…
Remembrance
Sufis believe that all of creation is a manifestation of the Divine. If all created things are divine manifestions, then nothing can exist by itself. All are parts of a whole. Sufis call this principle tawhid, or unity.
All created things are a reflection of this One Divine Being on the plane of multitude. They do not have t…
Breath in Sufi Tradition
According to the Sufi tradition, nefh comes before nefes.
Nefh means “to blow”.
God blew Her soul into Prophet Adam. In the Qur’anic Surah Sad (38:72) we find the expression “when I … breathed into him of My [created] soul”. Sufis believe that all creation is the manifestation of the Divine on different levels. Therefore, the f…