Ashq (Ecstatic Love)
‘Ashq means intense love of and fondness for perfection, beauty, or physical charm. Sufis usually call this sort…
Soul
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Happiness and Virtue: A Prophetic Example
Happiness is an ideal for which everybody longs. People endure all kinds of sacrifice for its sake. But…
Mechanisms of Soul and Conscience
Question: What could be said about comprehending the essential natures of the soul and the conscience, which play…
Immigration in the World and in the Soul
Are you an immigrant? You may ask: who is not an immigrant? Recent statistics show that there are…
I Am an Immigrant
I have come to the conclusion that life is a great irony. More specifically, human life is a…
Ascencion to His Mercy
As the water of ablution trickles down my face Anticipation overwhelms me in the presence of His Grace…
From Continence to Virtue: Cultivation of Moral Character
Can people be held accountable for what they feel and wish from a moral point of view or…
Her Heavenly Abode… A Letter to A Friend Far Away
Sometimes, to say goodbye to someone you love is quite impossible. It is easier to say “see u…
The Means of Detecting Potential Errors and Sins
Question: If a person’s self recognition of errors or sins is the first step to the path of…
Brittany’s Spirit: A Legacy of Learning and Living
It was a day not unlike any other typical school day. I got up at 5:30 a.m., caught…
Music of the Spheres
Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to…
Reflections on Noah’s Ark
As the titanic waves engulfed and threatened the Ark, an unseen “hand” guided and protected it; until its…
Never
To the soul of Yunus Once the heart has found You, Would it ever remember another? Once it…
Zuhd (Asceticism)
Zuhd, which literally means renouncing worldly pleasures and resisting carnal desires, is defined by Sufis as indifference to…
Ode no XXXI from Bang-i-D’rra
Every object is at strife in the desire to “be” Churning in time, “the process of becoming” Every…