Sadia Dehlvi
Lessons from Nagaur Sufi
Recently I spent two days at the Nagaur Sufi Music Festival, held amidst the magnificent Nagaur Fort. Hosted by the Mehrangarh Museum Trust, the three-day festival celebrated devotional expressions. Over 300 people from various parts of the globe participated in the festival. It included local Rajasthani folk singers and musicians from Egypt, Morocco, Syria and Turkey.
Love and compassion
RABI UL awwal, literally means “the first spring”. It is the month of Prophet Muhammad’s birth.
Sufi among Sufis
Shaykh Ali ibn Uthman Hujwiri (d. 1071 AD) came to be called Datta Ganj Baksh, The Giver of Treasures, because of his generosity.
Seek mercy, forgiveness
The New Year is often a time for quiet personal introspection. It’s a good occasion to review our relationship with God.
Jesus: The Spirit of Allah
The festive season of Christmas provides an opportunity to reflect on Jesus and the centrality of Love in Divine philosophies.
The martyrs of Karbala
We are in the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the lunar Muslim Hijrah calendar. According to authentic prophetic traditions, Muharram is one of the four sanctified months mentioned in the Quran, the others believed to be Dhul-Qa’dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Rajab. Muharram literally means, “one that is sacred”. This does not
The king who became a sufi
One of my favourite early Sufis is the eighth century mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham.
The road to Mecca
This week over 20 million Muslims from all across the globe gather in and around Mecca to perform the Haj, a pillar of Islam. Haj is a set of prescribed religious rites that take place on specific dates during Zil Haj, the 12th and last month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims are required to make this pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime, if they are physically and financially able to do so.
Fitrah: The innate nature
Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad said, “God has distinguished the human race by the diversity of its limitations, and appearances.
