Sitting in a corner,
Reminiscing,
A heart is torn,
The eyes sob,
The self mourns.
Realizing now,
Mistakes that were made,
How could it slip from his hands?
No one answers,
No matter how much this lover demands.
She was the nur of his eyes,
The reason for his sight,
Without her he is blind,
Aimless,
His destination he cannot find.
What to do?
The murid asks the shaykh,
“Seek her out [...]
salamu `alaykum
Shaykh Farid (Allah have mercy on him) said:
گر ہواے ایں سفر داری ولا ** دامن رہبر بگیر وپس برآ
بار باید راہ را تنہا مرد ** بے قلاؤز اندریں صحر امرو
The above basically states that if one wishes and yearns to walk this path of love (to Allah) then grab onto [...]
salamu` alaykum
My eyes gaze upon them in splendid awe,
How rarely does one witness such a site,
Seeing their nur brings to light all of my flaws,
And annihilates the selfs might. (Ibn Ahmad)
(courtesy of Al Kashif)
Shuyukh of the Shadhili Darqawi Order:
Starting from left to right grouped in bunches:
One:
1. Shaykh Ahmad `Alawi 2. al-Arif al-Shaikh Abdul Rahman al-Shaghuri [...]
She came at dawn - that heart-taker of fevered lovers.
She said, “Oh heavy load on my thoughts!
Shame on you! I look in your direction,
but you’ve turned your eyes toward others!”
We’ve run in love’s path all our life,
we’ve tried hard for union all our life.
A glimpse of Your image is better for the gaze
than the [...]
Sadness,
It has engulfed my soul,
I lay here withering,
Seeking to be consoled,
I have diverged from the path,
No longer do I have sight of the goal,
Aimlessly I walk around,
A seemingly never ending stroll.
.
Rumi said sadness is a bad dream,
To me it seems very real,
If only I could contemplate on his words and wisdom,
Feel the spiritual presence [...]
Where are you my beloved?
I seek you all day and night,
Allow me to gaze upon your splendor,
So my passion for you will further ignite,
Do not leave me in this dark prison,
All alone with nothing but these tears,
My heart and soul will soon perish,
And into insanity I shall veer,
I am drunk on your wine,
Back and forth [...]
The noise of the lover is only up to
the time when he has not seen his Beloved.
Once he sees the Beloved, he becomes calm and quiet,
just as the rivers are boisterous before they join the ocean,
but when they do so, there are becalmed forever.
- Shaykh al Awliya Moinuddin al Chishti
By Shaykh Yusuf Nabhani (Allah have mercy on him)
I am the slave of the Master of Prophets
And my fealty to him has no beginning.
I am a slave of his slave, and of his slave’s slave,
And so forth endlessly,
For I do not cease to approach the door
Of his good pleasure among the beginners.
I proclaim among people [...]
Please see:
Sayyidina Muhammad Nur Al Amin (May Allah allow us to benefit from his blessings): Farsi Poetic Recitation
Blessings on the Prophet, his family, and his companions.
An Intimate Calling (Taken from Seekersdigest.org)
from the Wird Book of Imam Ashraf Ali al-Tahanawi
O Messenger of Allah, I come to you seeking refuge
May my Lord’s blessings be upon you and all peace
I come distressed, seeking assistance and succor
For a soul that wrongs despite not having been wronged
O Messenger of Allah, I come to you seeking [...]
