 Devil in disguise
God is He who created the seven layers of heaven and the seven layers of earth, and all that are between them. These creations have been laid out to con... |
| No. 1 | article view: 676
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Endless journey
Man’s journey in search for reality seems to be a never ending struggle for people who chose the way of the Sufi through tasawuf or sufism. Sufis differ in their respective approaches according t... |
| No. 2 | article view: 357
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Limitation of freewill
To define freewill in men involves a very complicated issue which determines whether there is freewill or none. During the time of the Prophet he told his followers that 'all those taken from the... |
| No. 3 | article view: 336
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The false praise
For anyone who worships God with the intention to attain salvation in the life hereafter, will be denied heaven and will face the penalty of apostasy (munafiq), because heaven is not the paramoun... |
| No. 4 | article view: 280
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In the name of Allah
There are one hundred and fourteen chapters (Surah) in the Holy Qur'an, which all start in the name of Allah, except for one chapter (Surah At-Tauba) which is mentioned in the later part. Not onl... |
| No. 5 | article view: 253
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The living dead
Once the Prophet said, “if you want to see a corpse walking on the surface of the land, look at Abubakar”. Yet many of the companions of the Prophet took them a hard time to perceive how Abubakar... |
| No. 6 | article view: 241
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The process of purification
Purity as the saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) puts it, constitutes fifty percent of the faith. It means that if man has attained the required degree of purification as prescribed, he... |
| No. 7 | article view: 262
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The veils of God
As Imam Ghazzali Shafie interpreted light as the knowledge, so is said in the hadith, 'between you and your Lord there are seventy thousand veils of light and seventy thousand veils of darkness'(... |
| No. 8 | article view: 297
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The pre-destination
Pre-destination is perceived in so many ways depending on the degree and classification of knowledge that a man possessed. The complexities involved in understanding the pre-destination of men va... |
| No. 9 | article view: 256
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The world: its interpretation and secret
The creation of the world is full of secrets and mystery wherein only the Creator Himself knows. But there are of those, the men of understanding whom He gave a little portion of it. If only but ... |
| No. 10 | article view: 217
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Understanding the essence of reality
Almost everyone talks about reality when it comes to mean about God. But the question lingers on how one's perception conceives of what he meant by Reality. In this regard, the capability to perc... |
| No. 11 | article view: 229
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The vicegerent on earth
Behold thy Lord said to the angels: 'I will create a vicegerent on earth'. (Baqara:30) Adam was created for the sole reason to be the vicegerent of God on earth. This revelation seems to tr... |
| No. 12 | article view: 240
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Incomprehensible spirit
The most controversial phenomenon ever held by mystics and scholars is the nature of Roh which is translated as the Spirit. It occupies the highest portion of secret ever held in the realm of the... |
| No. 13 | article view: 195
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Metaphors of intellect
The metaphor of intellect has been the center point of contentions among learned, particularly among people imbued with mystic and esoteric knowledge like the Sufis (awliya) and other contemporar... |
| No. 14 | article view: 219
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Nothing exists but Allah
The holy Qur'an is purely the words of God delivered by angel Jibrail to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) as guidance to mankind. It is aimed to make man understand his role in the larger dimension of c... |
| No. 15 | article view: 251
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The secrets of prayer
In the common perception of men as taught by many learned in Islam, the five times daily prayer is a means of worship and establishing the divine link with God. On the other hand, it is also perc... |
| No. 16 | article view: 349
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The secrets of fasting
YA AYYUHALLAZI-NA A-MANU KUTIBA ALAYKUM MUSSIYAM, KAMA KUTIBA ALALLAZINA MIN KABLIKUM LAALLAKUM TATTAKUN.(Al Bakhara:183) (Fasting is prescribed to you, as it is prescribed to those before you, s... |
| No. 17 | article view: 240
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The secrets of zakat
“Charity is for those in need who in Allah's cause are restricted (from travel) and cannot move about in the land seeking (for trade or work)”. (Baqara : 273) Wh... |
| No. 18 | article view: 214
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The Godhoodness of God
The controversy of belief as to who the real God is, has led the whole world into religious and social chaos. This is not only true to conflict of belief among different religions, sect and order... |
| No. 19 | article view: 243
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The Philosophy of creation
In a community of people there always exists a system. This is not only true to human being and jinns, even to animals and other kinds of creations on this earth, and even in the world of the uns... |
| No. 20 | article view: 234
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When right becomes wrong
In politics, as an instrument of contention in order to derive at a democratic solution, there always prevails the administration and the opposition side. However, there is no permanency of being... |
| No. 21 | article view: 264
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Annihilation of the self
Annihilation of the self is a process adopted by all sufi orders (tariqa). It is a sequence required for a murshid to accomplish towards attaining closeness to God. In several instances, some are... |
| No. 22 | article view: 1546
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A Poem to be remembered
A life of the two old buddy who craved for the attainment of the real knowledge of... |
| No. 23 | article view: 72
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A Message from the author
The day when you bear that testimony, no less than God Himself acknowledged your utterance as you vowed to submit your whole self to Him. And, in your own volition you established a covenant t... |
| No. 24 | article view: 32
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Are you a seeker of truth?
If you are,- then you would love to cross the seventy thousand veils of light and seventy thousand veils of darkness between you and your God. The thickness of every veil therein is immeasurab... |
| No. 25 | article view: 38
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Capability and Leadership
In Islamic concept of governance, Capability and Leadership are two inseparable qualities in terms of administration. Hence, leadership without capab... |
| No. 26 | article view: 41
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