Maryam Qadri launches Kickstarter Campaign for a Spiritual Translation Project!

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Imam Salim Chishti

A project from Maryam Qadri – one of our friends and subscribers!

Now Seeking Community Support via Kickstarter, The Project will Translate a Work on Sufism by the Renowned French Woman Mystic, Murshida Lucy Goodenough!Renowned author, publisher, blogger and poetess, Maryam Qadri has proudly announced that she will be translating the work of a renowned Sufi Woman Mystic known as Murshida Lucy Goodenough and for this inspiring project on Sufism, she is seeking community support on the platform of Kickstarter. The project will translate Soufisme d’occident: A Feminine Perspective in English language as the original work has been done in French. Continue reading →

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Mystic Mantra: The mingling of two oceans

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Imam Salim Chishti

The “two oceans” referred to in this book implies Vedic culture and Islamic spirituality.

Source: Mystic Mantra: The mingling of two oceans

Indian culture prides itself in its age-old historical conflation with mysticism. Rishis and Sufis in India introduced a broader notion of syncretism, known as “Rishi-Sufi” tradition. This emerged as a harbinger of harmony in social, cultural and religious regeneration of the Indian polity. As integral part of the Vedic mysticism and Islamic spirituality, India’s spiritual synergy flourished under the aegis of the mystical philosophers of the two faith traditions. Continue reading →

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Showing The Sufi Face of Lahore

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Imam Salim Chishti

LAHORE – A mass media student has launched an online campaign to promote the peacefulness and Sufi culture of Pakistans cultural hub Lahore. The Sufi Face of Lahore, which is aimed to introduce the city to international readers, is a final PR project of students of School of Media and Mass Communication, Beaconhouse National University. It is an effort towards projecting Lahore as a city of love, peace and inclusiveness. Shahbano Shahbaz, the brain behind the campaign, told The Nation that ‘Mehv-e-Ishq’ means “absorbed in Love”. Continue reading →

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Khutba – Sept. 15, 2017CE/24 Dhul Hijjah 1438

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Imam Salim Chishti

bismillah-circleآنا جعلنا في آعناقهم آغلالا فهي آلي آلاذقان فهم مقمحون.

‘INAA JA’ALNAA FE A’NAAQIHIM AGHLAALAN FA- HIYA ‘ILAA AL- ADHQAANI FAHUM MUQMAHOON

We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see)

When we do not accept the guidance of Allah (SWT) which is given with compassion and mercy what happens to us? We are in a state of sin and that sin is like a shackle around our necks ever burdening us and making our necks stiff. What is the image of a stiff necked person. That person is terribly hobbled. Unable to look around. In terms of the spirit, it too is hardened by this, the heart is made harder and harder and further from Allah (SWT) And remember these shackles are of our own making when we refuse to believe when we refuse to follow this guidance of Allah (SWT) Continue reading →

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Shrine Culture: The Sufi face of Lahore

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Imam Salim Chishti

A woman lighting up a chiraagh — a ritual mostly seen at Sufi shrines in the subcontinent.

From Daily Pakistan by Shahbano Shahbaz

Sufism, defined as the mystical system of the Sufis, is no less than a divine culture weaved into the history of Pakistan. The practice of Sufi customs within the subcontinent is a spiritual and complex discourse itself with not only an extraordinary timeline of tales, it also leads to the establishment of shrines culture. With an evolution of over 1000 years this sacred practice left its mark in the form a spiritual culture that promotes love, tolerance and inclusiveness. Continue reading →

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