“WHO?” : Questions for the Sincere Seeker

“Who is our Lord?”   This is the very first and the very last question we are ever asked.  It is the question we all answered, when Allah gathered together all the souls:

And Remember when your Lord took form the children of Adam…their descendants, and made them testify of themselves, Read more

“WHY?” : Questions for the Sincere Seeker

“For the most part, every question is simply a door, a door to understanding why Allah (Subhaanahu wa ta^caalaa) created creation and human beings; why He created this creation the way that He created it, with all its complexity and simplicity, chaos and order, separation and union, struggle Read more

“What?”: Questions for the Sincere Seeker

Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid addresses the question, “What?” in the first talk of the Tasawwuf  Now Five Sundays series (2011 -2012). The following are excerpts from this suhbat. 

Shaykh Rashid says, “To understand the question “what?” is important as it establishes the foundation for the many questions that Read more

The Emerging Phenomena of Post 9-11

Shaykh Ahmed abdur Rashid was recently published in the latest issue of the international journal Political Theology. After pointing out several disturbing social and political “after-effects” of 9/11,  he offers a Sufic perspective on these trends and humanity’s responsibility to counter them with the practical application of universal values. He affirms the foundational principles Read more

“Travel” with a Sufi Guide

In the introduction to his talk entitled “Travel Both Outer and Inner: The Road to Fulfillment in Eternity”, Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid said,

“The subject of travel is one of deep significance to the Muslim and the Sufi.  In many ways, it is the subject that encompasses all subjects; it Read more

Everything Has Its Price – Even Freedom

“I will speak about freedom as it is manifest, or can be manifest, in both the dhaahir and the baatin. Freedom can be the most sublime manifestation of human perfection, granted by the Mercy of Allah, as the station of insaan al-kaamil (the most perfected human being) and exemplified in the Read more

Love: Preparing the Chamber of the Heart for the Beloved

LOVE:Preparing the Chamber of the Heart for the Beloved

was presented by Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid on the 4th Sunday, March 27th, 2011 in the 5 Sundays Series (2010-2011) at the Islamic Study Center in Charlottesville, VA.

“The journey of the soul is a journey toward love, of love, and Read more

Drinking from the Well-Spring of Mercy

“The more that I contemplate this subject of mercy, the more I see that it is endless.  Since the Mercy of Allah (Subhaanahu wa ta’aalaa) is endless and present, if we look, we begin to see everything as a Mercy of Allah (Subhaanahu wa ta’aalaa).
Am I a person who is merciful?  I will approach this subject of mercy in several ways: looking at the Mercy of Allah (Subhaanahu wa ta’aalaa), looking at the example of the mercy of the Prophet (salla-Llaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), and exploring the question of how we can experience and manifest mercy in our own selves.” Shaykh Ahmed Abdur Rashid Read more

Weight-ing for Justice: Seeking the Balance

“I have been speaking about civil society, in the outer, about social justice and social order as necessary for a peaceful society.  But what about taking all these principles and turning them inward-not only using them as a template of the civil society, but seeing that it is also the Read more

Travels on the Road to Peace

“Years of inner striving and outer action have created in me a framework for recognizing the greatness of Islam and its positive and constructive approach to peace. It is one that transcends the limits of this physical life, but also includes it, indeed uses it exclusively as a means to Read more

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