The Nafs

The Nafs
Shaykh AbdalQadir As Sufi
Tucson Discourses
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim
We start right at the beginning, trying to make a definition of nafs in its totality. So the first thing to understand is that inner science in the Sufic science of the self, and we must grasp Ibn ‘Arabi’s statement that nobody knows the nafs except the sufis. [...]

Sharh of the Diwan of Abu Madyan al-Ghawth

Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi al-Murabit ad-Darqawi
(Weimar, German, 1998)

The pleasure of life is only in the company of the fuqara. They are the sultans, the masters, the princes.
There is no higher company. As they are the least of men and make no claims, they are the elite and the two worlds are their property. With [...]

First Letter from Shaykh Ahmad al-Badawi

First Letter from Shaykh Ahmad al-Badawi
(Shaykh Ahmad al-Badawi was the student of Shaykh Moulay al-’Arabi al-Darqawi)
In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most-Merciful

There is no power nor strength except by Allah, the High, the Immense, and may Allah bless our master and Prophet Muhammad and his family and Companions and grant them peace abundantly until [...]

The fuqara must ask always to be in change.

note: diterbitkan oleh muqadeem abbas/ ribat-jakarta/ 2007
The fuqara must ask always to be in change.
By Shaykh Abdal Qadir as-Sufi
The fuqara must ask always to be in change.
The du’a of the Muslim is, “O Allah, keep me in change.” Keep me always changing because everything is changing and every day Allah is on a new creation.
You [...]

‘La hawla wa la quwatta illa billahi…

‘La hawla wa la quwatta illa billahi l-’Aliyyi l-’Adhim’
By Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi al-Murabit
A’udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ar-rajim Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
‘La hawla wa la quwatta illa billahi l-’Aliyyi l-’Adhim’
 
Today we see all these things happening in the war and nobody, nobody standing up and saying that we have to tell you La hawla wa laquwatta [...]