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Dhahir and Batin

June 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Everything Allah (swt) has created apparently has two aspects, the Dhahir (outer) and the Batin (inner).   But in fact, the inner and the outer are really the same, it is our perception that makes us think that they are different.  Allah (swt) is ONE, ahad. Look at the human body, outwardly it appears one way, while inwardly there are other “worlds.”  The actions of the body are totally different than the activities going on within the body.  Within our body there are hidden systems so alien to us that we would... 

Q/A w/ Shaykh Rashid

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The Shaykh replies…

March 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Asking questions of the Shaykh is a carefully considered process. One wants to open oneself to the reply, to hear the personal response in the answer. We all benefit from the question and the reply.  Neither are to be taken lightly. If you would like to ask a question  Read More →

Around the Fire

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The Dervish in the Oak Glade

May 9, 2009 · 2 Comments 

 Once there was an aspiring dervish.  While wandering, he came upon an oak glade.  He stayed and prayed and meditated, once a week going out for food.  Year after year he aspired, and did his practices.  But no response came, and sometimes he thought that his prayers couldn’t  Read More →

Shuyukh

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Khwajah Bahauddin Naqshband

February 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

“Although for the last eight hundred years Sufism has been characterized by Sufi orders (tariqah) under the guidance of Sufi shaykhs, during the formative period (from the eighth to the eleventh centuries C.E.) the orders did not yet exist… The second major period of Sufism’s history [Read the full story]  Read More →

Invited Perspectives

alt text Shaykh Rashid meets Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was  in Springfield, Massachuestts to inaugurate “The Desmond Tutu Lecture Series on Public Health Awareness.” He received an honorary doctorate degree from American International College on April 20th and spoke to over 1000 students, faculty and guests.  Read More →