when death arrives i don’t want to say: wait, not yet don’t take me away there are still beautiful paintings waiting for the brush in my hands my heart is still full of unheard music and poetry i have debts of remorse and gratitude to pay there are people whom...Read More

neither the gifts received at birth nor skills mastered from books or application not even the fruits of a long and lucrative vocation no inheritance of gold or hoarded stacks of wealth no discipline or abstinence of a life dedicated to health neither those with influence nor illustrious in name...Read More

  Shaykh Ebrahim discourse delivered 16/6/18 Audio available at the bottom of the page There are so many ways that one can describe this journey of becoming ourselves; of becoming fully human. One way that occurs to me that it is useful to explore is that becoming ourselves is from...Read More

  Shaykh Ebrahim discourse delivered 29/9/18 Audio available at the bottom of the page Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Much of our life is really concerned with the pursuit of aspiration, of going after what we want to get out of life. This goal-directed shaping of our beings is the fundamental human...Read More

  A piece by Sidi Yusuf Abdulrahman Comfort breeds contempt for the blessings that constitute one’s existence, and is therefore extremely dangerous for the one who seeks proximity to The One. She who is not frequently reminded of how unconditionally dependent she is upon the Divine Mercy permits the seed...Read More