Source: Fihi ma Fihi – Discourse 2 The Human Being is an astrolabe of God, but it takes an astronomer to know how to use the astrolabe… In the hands of an astronomer the astrolabe is of good use, for “he who knows himself knows his Lord.”** Just as this metal […]
There are a number of biological differences between men and women, the main one being that women have a womb and that they can bear children. The word ‘womb’ is derived from the Arabic word ‘rahm’ which also translates to mercy, and it is one of Allah’s Attributes – Al […]
The culture of mystical Islam flourished in the Persian speaking lands, from Turkey to the northwest Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. At that time it was respected, almost mainstream phenomenon, characterized by a sense of the sacred, an appreciation of the dignity of a human being, and a high degree […]
The goal of the inward life in #Islam is to reach the #Divine as both the #transcendent and the imminent. It is to gain a #vision of #God as the #reality beyond all determination and at the same time of the #world as “plunged in God”. It is to see […]
The tailbone, the last bone at the end of the backbone is the part of the human body that is never lost. As in, it does not decompose completely in the ground. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “All of sons of Adam (men) will decay except for the coccyx (tailbone). From […]
The tongue is very small and light but it can take you to the greatest heights and it can put you in the lowest depths. -Imam Al-Ghazali And as the saying goes: Watch your thoughts they become your words, watch your words they become your action and watch your action […]
1 of Allah’s 99 Most Beautiful Names is The Originator (The Absolute Cause). The One who originates, commences, invents and creates all that exists, without any model or material. “Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be”, and it is.” […]
By: Al-Ghazali, a Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic of Persian descent. Know that the #body is like a town and the intellect of the mature human being is like a king ruling that town. All the forces of the external and internal senses he can muster are like his […]
