Sometimes I write about poetry here and sometimes I write poetry myself. Today I read the following poem on the tasawwuf blog of my sister on the path, Maryam It is beautiful and with its words it captures the impossibility of capturing the Ineffable,...

Image via Wikipedia In this beautiful miniature painting that illustrates a scene from Nizami’s telling of the folk story of Layla and Majnun we see Majnun in the wilderness longing for his beloved Layla who he is forbidden from seeing. With time...

Two well loved stories of love from the Sufi and the Hindu traditions where both serve as metaphors for the love of the Beloved clipped from astore.amazon.com Discover the common ground shared between Islamic Sufism and Hindu Bhaktism through their...

Image via Wikipedia Eid Mubarak to all my dear friends and readers! May blessings abound throughout the world! Posted in Islam, Sufi Tagged: EidMubarak

Just found this piece of very heartening news. Alhamdulillah! clipped from www.dawn.com RESTON: On Friday afternoons, the people coming to pray at this building take off their shoes, unfurl rugs to kneel on and pray in Arabic. The ones that come...