Poem on Repentance and Returning to God
The time has come for me to see after the darkness of ignorance. My old age is a morning that calls me to its dawning rays. The night of youth is short, so proceed deliberately. The morning is the end of the road for the night traveler. How have I been deceived by the world and its adornment, building my [...]
Innovation hotheads are like Ivan Petrovich Pavlov’s dogs
If the world of Islam is put into a snow globe, and an outsider peers in, he might be forgiven for thinking that those little people walking about on the streets are Pavlov’s dogs. Every time the outsider whispers the word bida, the people inside would go insane and start beating one another with shoes, [...]
Early study circles and their effect on transmission of Islamic knowledge
The early period of Islam was marked, first and foremost, by an intense activity in the development of sacred law. The debate was represented by two sides, that of ahl-al-ray and ahl-al-hadith- those who dispensed advise based on what was commonly practiced and logical against those who only related what the Prophet and the early [...]
All knowledge springs from Divine Unity
See but One, say but One, know but One, In this are summed up the roots and branches of faith.
Shaykh Mahmud Shabistari, Mystic Rose Garden, pp 84
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