THE SECRET OF SALVATION Some verses of the Glorious Qur’ân begin with an oath in order to focus the...
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The Blessing of a Pure Heart: Ikhlâs and Taqwâ-I
A LIFE OF TRIAL From among the many millions of living creatures that exist, it was man that Allah...
Interview of Osman Nuri Topbaş on Tasawwuf
Altinoluk: In your book “From Faith (Īmān) to Internalization of Faith (Ihsān),” you state that the...
Love
Love is the joy, pleasure, tranquility and taste of our fleeting life. Love is the yeast in the...
The Significance of Manners in Tasawwuf
One of the Companions of the Prophet, Abū Dardā’, was appointed as a judge in Damascus. Because of...
Islam Gives Life to Mankind
The Prophet Muhammad (upon him blessings and peace) embraced a society that was engulfed in...
Selflessness
During a journey, ‘Abd Allāh b. Ja‘far (may Allah be pleased with him) stopped by a date orchard...
Mankind’s Reality
Allah the Almighty has provided everything in the world for the service of mankind (Jāthiya...
Excellence (Ihsān) and Vigilance (Murāqabah)
Tasawwuf, or Islamic mysticism, means the full awareness of one’s being in the presence of Allah at...
Light and Darkness
Allah the Almighty created man’s perception and intelligence for him to understand reality by means...
Rizq (sustenance)
Abu Hāzim said: “I found the whole world in two things: the first is my sustenance and the second...
The beautification of death
Beautification of death” denotes a level of maturity where one can neutralize the negative and...
Heedlessness
A traveller who was travelling in a vast desert suddenly encountered a wild animal and took to his...
Fear and Hope
Would You destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us?” (A‘rāf, 7:155) A person’s life...
Being with the righteous and the truthful
Once there was a heedless man who hated the friends of Allah. One day he passed by a dervish...