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Islam Image Quotes-IQ2: Sincerity

TM — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:57:37 +0000

If I had to choose the one phrase out of all of Shaikh Husain’s “oft-repeated phrases” that I hear the most, it could be this one. Such a simple statement – in theory – but in practice… Whatever you do, do it sincerely. ~Shaikh Husain Ash-Shadhili Doing sincerely is never forcing. There is no compulsion…

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Inspiration Plus Angle

TM — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:54:40 +0000

He’s lost some weight, our boy. Earlier, I had been trying for some time to get him to drink – he doesn’t drink easily. I approached, as usual, head-on from the front – and then I remembered: “This is how I do it,” he said. “Watch.” Wisdom is like that: there’s a subtlety of angle,…

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Capture Your Beloved’s Heart, O Seeker

TM — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 08:56:51 +0000

After recognizing the benefit of the companionship of a shaykh [i] who is connected to the Prophet (pbuh) by the transmission of his Light; a noble guide who lives by both sharī’ah [ii] and Truth – for the sincere murīd [iii] who hopes to arrive at the Divine Presence; the importance of being a companion…

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Pantun Al-Qur’an, by Shaikh Husain: The Challenge

TM — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:12:30 +0000

In The Diwan of Shaikh Husain Ash-Shadhili Ad-Darqawi, a diwan of three languages: Arabic, Indonesian and English, the pantun Al-Qur’an stands alone in one language only: Indonesian. This eloquent pantun [i] is a poem based on the Noble Qur’an, the sunnah (prophetic tradition) and ilham (inspiration). Direct quotations from the Qur’an have been italicized. It…

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Mulai Baca: Syaikh Husain Asy-Syadhili Ad-Darqawi

TM — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:59:11 +0000

These wise words have been extracted in their original language, Bahasa Indonesia from The Sunday Series: Majlis Tafsir Al-Qur’an with Shaikh Husain at the Foundation of The Happy Heart Zawiyah in Parung, Indonesia. The Pantun Al-Qur’an is from ilham (inspiration). Although Shaikh Husain is originally from Malaysia and of Chinese descent, he speaks both English…

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Sufism and the Real Seeker: By Shaikh Husain Ash-Shadhili

TM — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:13:42 +0000

Shaikh Husain is among those who aim for the essence. As long as I have had the honor of knowing this noble man – before he received his Shadhili-Darqawi idhn from Shaykh Fattah in 1998 (he also received idhn in the Rufa’iyyah and Chistiyyah tara’iq) – he has had the gift of weeding through details, the…

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Love Manifest: The Fireworks of Duality

TM — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:22:49 +0000

By Shaikh Husain Ash-Shadili Ad-Darqawi Shaikh Husain’s original poem was written in Bahasa Indonesia. If you would like to view it, you can find it here. From His manifested love, A display of duality, Sparks, Two flames: Subjugation (qahar) and subtlety (latif): Constantly radiating, …And We have created everything in pairs. From His creative power,…

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Bunga Api Keduaan

TM — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:32:22 +0000

Oleh Syaikh Husain Asy-Syadili Ad-Darqawi Shaikh Husain’s original poem was written in Bahasa Indonesia, as you see here. If you would like to view an English version of this poem, you can find it here. Dari pengejawantahan Cinta ini, Tercetuslah sepasang bunga api keduaan, Menyalakan dua api daya-ciptaNya yang perkasa. Yakni, sifat ke-qahar-an (Yang Maha…

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It is Easy for a Person

TM — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:23:01 +0000

It is easy for a Person… “It is easy for a person to acknowledge: ‘There is no god but Allah,’ and to say it. What is difficult is to say: ‘…and Muhammad (pbuh) is His prophet,’ and to acknowledge it with obedience.” -Shaikh Husain That which is easy to acknowledge with words is often difficult…

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Rights: I Owe yoU?

TM — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:51:18 +0000

Rights: Do I Owe You or Do You Owe Me? One thing I’ve noticed: many of the young people who grew up living Islam close to the shaikh seem wise beyond their years. One afternoon, on the way to the gypsy wagon, I encountered Hayder-a young man who later studied, somewhere in Africa, to become…

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