FROM BOOKS
The Blessing of a Pure Heart: Ikhlâs and Taqwâ-II
02 April 2009
THE SECRET OF SALVATION Some verses of the Glorious Qur’ân begin with an oath in order to focus the audience’s attention...
The Blessing of a Pure Heart: Ikhlâs and Taqwâ-I
01 April 2009
A LIFE OF TRIAL From among the many millions of living creatures that exist, it was man that Allah chose as the represen...
Interview of Osman Nuri Topbaş on Tasawwuf
17 March 2009
Altinoluk: In your book “From Faith (Īmān) to Internalization of Faith (Ihsān),” you state that the Sufi path is very im...
Love
16 March 2009
Love is the joy, pleasure, tranquility and taste of our fleeting life. Love is the yeast in the dough of existence. For...
The Significance of Manners in Tasawwuf
15 March 2009
One of the Companions of the Prophet, Abū Dardā’, was appointed as a judge in Damascus. Because of his post, he had come...
Islam Gives Life to Mankind
14 March 2009
The Prophet Muhammad (upon him blessings and peace) embraced a society that was engulfed in violence and injustice. Thro...
Selflessness
12 March 2009
During a journey, ‘Abd Allāh b. Ja‘far (may Allah be pleased with him) stopped by a date orchard. The caretaker of the o...
Mankind’s Reality
11 March 2009
Allah the Almighty has provided everything in the world for the service of mankind (Jāthiya, 45:13); however, He has als...
Excellence (Ihsān) and Vigilance (Murāqabah)
10 March 2009
Tasawwuf, or Islamic mysticism, means the full awareness of one’s being in the presence of Allah at all times. Only thos...
Light and Darkness
09 March 2009
Allah the Almighty created man’s perception and intelligence for him to understand reality by means of contrasts. We can...
Rizq (sustenance)
08 March 2009
Abu Hāzim said: “I found the whole world in two things: the first is my sustenance and the second is the sustenance of a...
The beautification of death
08 March 2009
Beautification of death” denotes a level of maturity where one can neutralize the negative and unattractive aspects of t...
Heedlessness
07 March 2009
A traveller who was travelling in a vast desert suddenly encountered a wild animal and took to his heels. But however fa...
Fear and Hope
06 March 2009
Would You destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us?” (A‘rāf, 7:155) A person’s life moves in a course betwe...
Being with the righteous and the truthful
04 March 2009
Once there was a heedless man who hated the friends of Allah. One day he passed by a dervish sheikh’s convent and wonder...