Rabi' al-Awwal literally translates to “the first spring” or rather “the original spring”: the spring that preceded all other springs, the one that became the source of all springs, or the source that became the source of all sources, the flowering season that brought...

The memory of Karbala should be approached as a lesson for us, not just as a story that makes us choose sides. Studying these historical events can teach us a lot about the human condition, and therefore about ourselves.

As human beings, we all come from the same soul and possess the different...

The Islam I like to call "conventional" is in a "hamd" crisis today. Yet the opening of the Qur'an, this invitation to enter the dimension of Revelation, begins with "Al-hamd"... and the same is true of the fundamental ritual of the five daily meditations.

"Hamd" describes a state of deep...

You can find this calligraphy on many doors of mosques, dergahs, zawiyas and “centers of spiritual development” especially in the Turkish and Persian Islamic world. It consists of two parts.

1. The word Adab - often translated as 'having good manners'. We would like to translate it as...

The month of Rajab is the month of Istighfar. The literal meaning of ‘Istighfar’ in Arabic is:
“to empty the heart of all its darkness, in order to receive the light.”

The common translation used for ‘Istighfar’ nowadays is “the seeking of...

The truth is, if you have loved someone, you will always love them. Even if time, or space, or misunderstandings come in the way.

He who is able to hate a person after having “loved” that person never truly or actually loved that person. Rather, he lied here or there.

He lied if he...

Everyday, we speak so many words. We don’t even keep track of all that we’ve said, though every single word is being recorded by noble scribes. God’s Angels write down what we say so that on the Day of reckoning, we will not argue about the account. They celebrate the good words...

Keep Reaching

One of the most important questions we need to answer, as human beings, is about how we can weather the storms of life.

There are storms. This we know.

They are hard on us, this we know. A storm changes our landscape by bringing torrents of rain or snow or sand, along with strong...