The Chishti Sufi Hazrat Nasiruddin Cheragh is the spiritual successor of Hazrat Nezamuddin Awliya. The conversations of the shaykh are recorded in the Khayr al-Majales [The Best of Assemblies]. This is how The Best of Assemblies came about: Shaykh Nasiruddin…

Sīdī Ibn ‘Atā’ Allāh’s gift to us is his Book of Wisdom. He opens it thus: مِْنعَلامَةِالاْعتِمادِعَلىالعَمَِلِنُْقصانُالَرّجاءِعِنْدَوُجودِالَزّلِ  One of the signs that you rely on your own workIs your loss of hope when you’re making a mistake. Commentary: Sīdī Ibn…

There sometimes appear obscure references to a mysterious language, one which only a few great masters know and teach to a chosen few. It is known as suryaniyya, leading to confusion between this and the historical Syriac language, both in old…