Category: Tasawwuf Essentials

On Wuqoof-e-Qalbi(Vigilance of the heart)

On Wuqoof-e-Qalbi(Vigilance of the heart)

وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ (And those who strive for us- We will surely guide them to our ways. And indeed Allah is with the doers of good.)    [29:69]  Wuqoof e qalbi (Vigilance of the Heart) means to remember Allah Almighty  all the time. This word, “wuqoof “ comes from the word “waqf” which means “To […]

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Dawaah by Addressing the Heart

Dawaah by Addressing the Heart

    Dowload original talk here وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ [51:55] (And remind, for indeed the reminder benefits the believers) I was recently sitting with some students in a university and they were talking about how to do da’wah to non-Muslims as well as to the not-so-practicing Muslims. And I remembered this hadith. It has been collected by Imam […]

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Understanding the Three Types of Nafs

Understanding the Three Types of Nafs

CII talk delivered by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed. 18-11-10 [Question 1 of 3] Q1: Can you please explain the different types of nafs, nafs-e-ammara, nafs-e-lawwama and nafs-e-mutmainna. A: In the Quran-e-Kareem the word nafs is used in two ways. 1. First way that the word nafs is used, is to indicate our own-self. Some people would translate it in English as self, some people would translate […]

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