Category: Tasawwuf Essentials

Controlling our Nafs

Controlling our Nafs

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى (79:40) But he who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained himself from evil desires, فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى (79:41) most surely his abode shall be Paradise. — Five ways to inculcate fear of the maqam of our Rabb in our nafs 1.Remember your sins; think how Allah swt looked […]

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What to do once we fall into sin?

What to do once we fall into sin?

[The following post has been inspired by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db’s CII Tazkya Talk –  February 3rd, 2011] Tazkya Talk Flyer ->  [To listen to Shaykh’s Tazkya Talk every Thursday 10:10pm [Click here]   In tonights tazkiya talk we learnt how to react properly once we have fallen into sin. We have heard our beloved Sheikh talk about staying pure and […]

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Leaving Sin

Leaving Sin

وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ  [6:120] سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ [37:180-182] Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in the Qur’an-e-karim: وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ [6:120] Leave all sins that you do; the ones that you commit outwardly, and the ones that you commit inwardly. This ayah has two meanings 1. Leave all the outward […]

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