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August 2021

August 30, 2021

Freedom from Food: The Gifts of a Three-Month Fast

Daliah Merzaban describes the taste of Love concealed beneath pangs of hunger “Keep your body...

June 2021

June 19, 2021

Beyond Gain and Loss: Rumi’s Teaching on Surah Ash-Sharh

In Book III of the Masnavi, Mevlana tells the story of an eagle taking...

March 2021

March 28, 2021

Prophet Muhammad and the Garbage Thrower

True power and compassion flow when validation comes from within Of the many stories relating...

February 2021

February 23, 2021

In the nearness of the night

What do you call an enlightenment about the dark? Something shifted for me around the...

May 2020

May 23, 2020

Finding Forgiveness with al-Ghafur

“That floss is going to give you a fit,” Miss Lou-Ann clucked as she watched...

March 2020

March 03, 2020

Meeting Muhammad

A few years ago I wrote a series of love letters to Prophet Muhammad (peace...

January 2020

January 07, 2020

Considering Time: New Year Reflections

The movement into a new year naturally makes us reflect on the passage of time....

December 2019

December 12, 2019

My Mother’s Humanness and Divine Love

A man came to the Prophet Muhammad (PUH) and asked him who was the person...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

Prophet Muhammad and the Man Who Ate Too Much

Early in my time on the Sufi path, I went to visit some friends I...

June 2019

June 15, 2019

Following Unexpressed Pain Into the Arms of Mercy

More than previous Ramadans, this year the holy month felt like a journey with my...

April 2019

April 06, 2019

Sacred Space: Lighting the Lamps Within

When I imagine sacred space, my first impulse is to think of the soft, thick...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

Muhammad’s Intimacy with His Rabb

In a previous article we mentioned how the Prophet (PUH) had a deep capacity...

August 2018

August 12, 2018

Countering Islamic Extremism With Radical Love: Book Review

While reading Omid Safi’s new book, Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition, I...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

When Prophets Come Alive

I recently accompanied my murshid on a spiritual retreat in Turkey, along with a group...

June 2018

June 18, 2018

Truth Is From Your Lord

“O My God, show us Truth as truth and bless us with following it and...

June 05, 2018

Nurturing Intimacy During Ramadan

It’s well after midnight and burning candles flicker in my dimly lit living room. Music...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

Thanking Big

I’d just finished getting my hair cut and styled at the one salon in London...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

Sacred Space: Making Prayer Beautiful

My childhood memories of the mosque hardly evoke the idea of sacred space. I recall...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Preventing Spiritual Flabbiness: The Benefits of Regular Fasting

Several years ago, one of the most-thoughtful readers of my blog commented on a piece...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the Women in His Life

Dearest M, Where do we go from here? For the last...

January 2017

January 13, 2017

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and His Battles, Then and Now

Dearest M, My heart is heavy as I write this. Not because of anything between...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

Before the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Became the Messenger

Dearest M, I’ve been thinking about something you said: “Islam began as something strange and...

November 2016

November 10, 2016

On Animal Companions

Dearest M, Before I came to Islam, the only story I’d ever heard about...

October 2016

October 21, 2016

Feminine Symbols in Islam

Islam and the Divine Feminine? Really? Yes, as improbable as it may seem,...

October 03, 2016

Coming home to the heart

Dearest M, Expatriates are supposed to fall into one of three categories: missionary, mercenary or...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Finding Guidance in Dreams

My dearest M, There’s the Hadith that says, “Anyone who sees me in a...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

Opening the Door to Surrender

Each time I open the door to leave my apartment, I recite three poignant yet...

July 21, 2016

If You Only Knew This About The Prophet

This is the fifth in my series of 11 Love Letters to the Prophet...

July 05, 2016

Is Love Shelved Under “L”?

My heart knocked against my ribs as I took the stairs two at a time....

June 2016

June 27, 2016

The night of a thousand months

In the name of God, the Infinitely Compassionate, the Infinitely Merciful We sent it (the...