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Ecstasy in the love of god
April 19, 2026, 3:11 PM IST
“When an irrational animal like camel dances at the tune of bell, why don’t you, being the best of creation, attain absorption and ecstasy in the love of God, or go into rapture by listening…
April 19, 2026, 3:11 PM IST
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When the soul begins to sing
April 4, 2026, 10:44 PM IST
“O chevalier, wine is that wine, poured by the hand of the Unseen into the cup of the heart and drunk by the eye of the spirit. The people became drunk with the passing of…
April 4, 2026, 10:44 PM IST
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Treasuring waqt, the spiritual, eternal ‘now’
March 14, 2026, 2:18 PM IST
“The Sufi is the present moment’s son; Talk of “tomorrow” Sufis learn to shun,” said Molana Jalal al-DinRumi (1207-1273). Sufi saints have advised for centuries what the modern thinkers speak of to help us improve…
March 14, 2026, 2:18 PM IST
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Attaining absorption and ecstasy in the love of God
March 6, 2026, 1:57 PM IST
“He who has access to the divine realities is drawn away in rapture,” said Hazrat Sayyid Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī (1196–1258), the founder of the Shadhili Sufi order (tariqa). In our modern times, rapture is understood…
March 6, 2026, 1:57 PM IST
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Seeing God in everything that exists
February 27, 2026, 3:04 PM IST
“Until you become an unbeliever in yourself, you cannot become a believer in God,” said Hazrat Abu Sa’id Abul-Khayr (967–1049), a renowned Persian Sufi mystic. In the hustle and bustle of daily life, our existence…
February 27, 2026, 3:04 PM IST
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Fasting during Ramadan is the hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness
February 18, 2026, 10:15 PM IST
“The month of Ramadan is a guest that comes to wash the dust off our hearts,” goes an old Sufi saying. Sufi saints have regarded the fasting of Ramadan as a tool which sharpens the…
February 18, 2026, 10:15 PM IST
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Disciplining the thoughts, controlling the mind
February 14, 2026, 3:00 PM IST
How to discipline the mind and the thoughts. This has been one of the core concerns of Sufi masters in providing guidance and direction to their followers. Sufi saints have used diverse metaphors for the…
February 14, 2026, 3:00 PM IST
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Love is all about drowning in the ocean
February 7, 2026, 12:19 AM IST
“The intellectual is always showing off; The lover is always losing his self. The intellectual runs away, afraid of the water; Love is all about drowning in the ocean,” said Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi, the…
February 7, 2026, 12:19 AM IST
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This secret talk dissolves the two into ‘One’
January 31, 2026, 3:04 PM IST
The holy and blessed days of Ramadan are approaching. Our love and devotion towards the Almighty must express itself as the invocation of our soul to Him. Our tongue must taste the sweetness of calling…
January 31, 2026, 3:04 PM IST
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The devotional visit to God’s kaaba … Thousands year of worship
January 24, 2026, 2:52 PM IST
Throughout Islamic history, the spiritual pilgrimage to Mecca has been the cherished and lifelong goal for Muslims. The journey to Mecca has been called “the height of spiritual fulfilment, and the holy city’s transcendental geography…
January 24, 2026, 2:52 PM IST
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The light of the treasuries of the invisible realms
January 17, 2026, 2:23 PM IST
“Wisdom is a light. When its ray shines upon you, it adorns the tongue with right remembrance, the heart with right thought, and the bodily members with right activity,” said Persian Sufi master Hazrat Rashīd…
January 17, 2026, 2:23 PM IST
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The heart has eyes that perceive the real
January 9, 2026, 11:08 PM IST
“Beyond the stage of intellect there is another stage. In this another eye is opened,” said Persian Sufi master and philosopher Hazrat Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111). What the great mystic referred to is the eye…
January 9, 2026, 11:08 PM IST
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Seeing God in everything that exists
January 2, 2026, 9:26 AM IST
A man once asked Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, “Give me proof of God. Where does he exist? Show Him to me.” Hazrat Nizamuddin (1238-1325), the saint revered as ‘Mahbub-e-Ilahi’ (Beloved of God), smiled. He asked the…
January 2, 2026, 9:26 AM IST
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The Sufi path to the authentic soul
December 26, 2025, 2:45 PM IST
“When someone betrays Allāh in secret, Allāh will expose his true self to everyone,” said the influential 9th-century Persian Sufi master Hazrat Yahya ibn Mu’adh al-Razi (830–871). Sufi philosophy teaches us that a man can…
December 26, 2025, 2:45 PM IST
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Dhikr of the tongue is a doorway to dhikr of the heart
December 19, 2025, 12:20 AM IST
Constant remembrance of God’s name delivers us from the stresses and strife of ordinary life. The transformation is profound. When one is anchored in God’s love, one develops a compassionate heart and views all events…
December 19, 2025, 12:20 AM IST
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The Sufi art of Shukr, the Sufi path of gratitude
December 10, 2025, 4:15 PM IST
“Whoever is not grateful for blessings is in grave danger of them disappearing. Whoever is grateful for them ties them up with their own tether,” said Hazrat Ibn Ata’illah Iskandari (1259-1310), a renowned Egyptian Sufi and…
December 10, 2025, 4:15 PM IST
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The sacred soundscape of the Sufis
December 7, 2025, 5:20 PM IST
Hazrat Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (1285–1386), the founder of the Ashrafi Sufi order, said that Sufis are those who sincerely adhere to the following: have given up the world, have given up all desire, have…
December 7, 2025, 5:20 PM IST
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Seeking the divine beloved beyond whom there is no beyond
November 30, 2025, 9:33 AM IST
“The gnostic is not veiled from God by the coming or going of things,” said Egyptian Sufi master Hazrat Ibn ʿAṭā Allāh al-Iskandarī (1259-1310), the third murshid (spiritual guide) of the Shadhili Sufi order. In his…
November 30, 2025, 9:33 AM IST
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Live in the present, stay anchored in the divine
November 23, 2025, 12:43 PM IST
“Sufism is to regard the moments. The Sufi should not gaze beyond his limits, nor face any but his Lord, nor concern himself with anything but his own moment,” said Sufi master Hazrat Abd Allāh…
November 23, 2025, 12:43 PM IST
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Remembrance of the divine beloved and his grace
November 15, 2025, 11:13 PM IST
“According to the Sufi saints, ‘awareness of time’ is an expression signifying vigilant supervision and reckoning of the breath.” This was written by 16th century Sufi mystic and author Mawlana ‘Ali ibn Husain Safi in…
November 15, 2025, 11:13 PM IST
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