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Luminous Chandelier in the Stories of the Poles of Prophets and Messengers
In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious the Ever Merciful: "Allah did choose Adam and Noah the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran above all people." (Quran 3:33) "Peace and salutation to Noah among the nations!" (Quran 37:79) "Peace and salutation to Abraham!" (Quran 37:109) “And We gave (Abraham) Isaac and Jacob, and ordained among his progeny Prophethood and Revelation, and We granted him his reward in this life; and he was in the Hereafter (of the company) of the Righteous.” (Quran 29:27) "Behold Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!" (Quran 12:4) "Peace and salutation to Moses and Aaron!" (Quran 37:120) "Peace be on the Family of Yasin. (Quran 37:130) " So also was Jonah among those sent (by us)." (Quran 37:139)...[More]
"Kitab Shifa" by al-Qadi Iyyad
The Imam, Hafidh, al-Qadi Abul Fadl Iyyad (may Allah be pleased with him) opens his great work of the biography of the Holy Prophet Sidna Mohammed (peace and blessing be upon him) with an introduction saying: Praise be to Allah who is alone in possessing His most splendid Name, and is the Owner of unconquerable might. Praise be to Allah who is Unique having the highest Names, the Owner of tremendous might, having neither beginning nor end. He is apparent, not by imagination or guesswork. He is the hidden out of purity, not out of nonexistence who has encompassed... [More]
Al-Haj Sidi al-Haj Omar al-Futi (d. 1279/1864) says in “Kitab Rima'h al-Hizb al Rahim ala Nuhur Hizb ar-Rajim” (The Spears of the League of the Merciful thrown at the Necks of the League of the Accursed): O my brother, may Allah Most High enable us and you to accomplish what He loves and finds pleasing. You should know that the people of this Ahmedi Mohammedi Ibrahimi 'Hanifi Tijani Path are beloved and accepted in whatever situation they may be, so long as they do not detach themselves from the Path, and do not wear the garb of security from the cunning (makr) of Allah Most High...[More]
patron saints of the Maghreb
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Seal of Saints, Source of Authority and Sainthood, the Concealed Pole and Known Mohammedian Seal, Cosmos of Cosmoses Imam of the Sages, Pole of Poles, Sharif, |
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Patron Saint
of Morocco,
Father of the Shadhiliya, the Mohammedian Axis,
(d. 622/1207) |
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Saint of Syria, the Greatest Master, the Crown of Knowledge, the
Mohammedian Axis, (d. 636/1221) |
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of Marrakech, Author of Dalail al-Khayrat, the Noted Support, al-Imam, the
Mohammedian Axis, Sidi
Mohammed b. Sulayman al-Jazouli (d.
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One of the most widespread and ramified orders of Sufism is that of the Khalwatiya, which remained for generations one of Islam’s most important orthodox paths along with the Shadhiliya, the Qadiriya, and the Naqshbandiya...[More]
Pan Ties of Qadiri-Shadhili Branches
The Qadiriya Sufi Order, so named after Shaykh Moulay Abdellqadir Jilani (d. 561/1166), occupies a pre-eminent place in Moroccan Sufism. Although its organizational..[More]
sufism: heart of islam
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The Concealed Pole, Sidna Shaykh Abil Abbas Ahmed Tijani (may Allah sanctify his precious secret) said, “Oh Seeker on the Path to Allah, Oh the One who yearns for Divine Love and Divine Presence, know that this Path has three stations...[More]
Concept of Revitalization in Islam
“Man”, noted Ibn Khaldun cautions in his Muqaddima, "should not trust the suggestion that his minds makes, that it is able to comprehend all existing things and their causes and to know all the details of existence. Such a...[More]
Morocco: Hub of Sufism Par Excellence
Al-Maghreb al-Aqsa (present-day Morocco) has long been one of the most important crucibles of Islamic mysticism. Moroccan religious and intellectual movements often created ebb tides of intellectual and cultural influence that flowed toward the Muslim East...[More]
