January: Consciousness aware of Itself is a Divine gift. February: The drop that truly knows itself is aware of the Ocean. March: Every relationship could be Being knowing Itself. April: Your inner being is a sanctuary; cleanse it with the light of compassionate awareness. May: Your body is a servant; train it with love. June: [...]
The following excerpt is from the forthcoming book, Civilization of Paradise, Revelation Poems (Fons Vitae 2014), by Asad Ali. The book contains 90 poems, each associated with a Surah of the Qur'an, as well as 60 pages of introductory materials, including transcripts of three nights during which Kabir and Mahmoud Mostafa visited Dr. Ali's home in 2005. This long awaited book completes the cycle of 114 Poems that began with Happiness without Death (Threshold Books, 1991), by Asad Ali. Annemarie Schimmel, one of the greatest scholars of Sufism of the 20th Century, wrote of Asad Ali's poetry: "if carefully read as it deserves, it can help Westerners understand the grandeur and power of pristine Islam."
Originally published in Facebook by The Threshold Society (December 5, 2013) Translate by: Maryam Khadiya La segunda selecciÛn nos plantea la pregunta de dÛnde venimos y adÛnde vamos. Es para jÛvenes y viejos, para los inmaduros y los maduros. Describe algo sobre la naturaleza del yo o alma, sobre el proceso de dejar ir y [...]
Originally published in Facebook by The Threshold Society (December 5, 2013) Translate by: Maryam Khadiya Rahmanpanah Me gustarÌa ofrecer dos ghazels en memoria de nuestro querido hermano Saeid Rahmanpanah. El primero es inusualmente corto, casi un fragmento, que describe un lugar misterioso. Dejo a tu alma entender dÛnde est· este lugar: Un prado, un ·rbol, [...]