Love Letters to Muhammad (5 of 11)
Everyone who knew you agrees about one thing. “He had a smile of incomparable charm.” Here’s how I see your smile for myself: Warm. Bright. But never the high-beam setting of a salesman or a politician...
Jul 2016: Wealth of the Seeker
July newsletter: Sacred Practice with Shaikh Kabir, UK retreat details and David Ginsberg on the wealth of the seeker...
Light Through the Wounds of Orlando
Omid Safi reflects on the tragedy of Orlando and the work of compassion and healing that is needed from all of us.
Jun 2016: Seekers of Beauty
June newsletter: refreshing our understanding of the principles and values of Sufism, Yasmin Babiker on seeking beauty, and upcoming events...
May 2016: The Living Tradition
May newsletter: launching our Living Tradition blog on Patheos, Rahima McCullough on manifesting our latent qualities, new talks, poetry and more...
Sacred Earth, Sacred Self
Writing in the Times of India for Earth Day, Shaikh Kabir explores how to experience the Self in harmony with the magnetic field of Mother Earth. Download the full article...
April 2016: A New Era
News from Shaikh Kabir's recent India trip, reflections on Nur, upcoming eCourse on Sufi Stories, and lots of UK events for your diaries...
The Foundations of Heartfulness in Islam
The purpose of human life can be stated as: to attain the knowledge of Reality. Everything that is given to human beings through revelation is to guide us to knowing our true selves and through our selves to attain the knowledge of all the dimensions of reality. We are in the process of becoming the non-judging, objective witness, al Shahid. . .
The Weapons of Beauty
Plenary talk by Shaikh Kabir at the Sufi World Forum in New Delhi, India, where he spoke about the weapons of beauty, friendship, music, poetry, and continual remembrance of Allah, and the urgent need to honor and empower women.
The Joyous Disciplines of Dervishood
ONE DAY as I was having a cup of tea outside a small hotel in Istanbul, I noticed that the street was named Dervishlersokak, which means “alley of the dervishes.” At that very moment, a man pulling a cart stacked high with sacks of chickpeas passed by, a single man carrying the kind of burden [...]