What Exactly is Nearness to Allah [Hikam 214]
“Your nearness to Him is that you contemplate His nearness. Otherwise, what comparison is there between you and the existence...
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Why Difficulties Come from Your Closest and Dearest [Hikam 235]
“He only made affliction come at the hands of people so that you do not repose in them. He wanted to drive you of everything s...
Your Obedience Is Just an Excuse to Give You Something [Hikam 211]
“Your obedience does not benefit Him,and your disobedience does not harm Him. It is only for your own good that He commanded t...
The Satisfaction of the Knower of Allah [Hikam 169]
The Shaykh discusses with great detail different spiritual states Allah Most High enters upon His close servants. Each state manifes...
What Did You Pay Allah for Your Existence? [Hikam 169]
“His providential care of you is not due to anything coming from you. Where were you when He confronted you with His providenc...
Paradise is Only Through His Mercy [Hikam 170]
The following talk sheds light on how to strike the balance in understanding the weight and importance of carrying out good deeds bu...
We Already Gave Witness to His Lordship [Hikam 255]
“He made you witness before He asked you to give witness.Thus, the outer faculties speak of His Divinity while the heart and t...
Our Deeds Only Accepted Because of Allah’s Veil [Hikam 131 & 134]
“Were it not for the kindliness of His veiling, no deed would be worthy of acceptance.” Hikam 131 “Allah is pure a...
When Is It Healthy to Be Alone [Hikam 101]
"When He alienates you from His creatures, then know that He wants to open for you the door of intimacy with Him". [Hikam 101] Pag...
Do You Feel Wretched When You Don’t Get Something [Hikam 147]
“If when given something, the giving expands you, and if when deprived of something, the deprivation contracts you, then take...