Category Archives: General Bayans

Signs of the Awliyah

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Islamic Spirituality

[Following are some highlights (Not word-by-word) from the first Majlis delivered by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db on 21st Ramadan 2014 – listen to the audio]  إِنْ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقُونَ   “Nay! Indeed the Awliyah of Allah SWT are none other than … Continue reading →

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On Leaving the Laghw [Tark-e-fuzool]

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Islamic Spirituality

[These are the rough notes of a talk given by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed  in Karachi on Sunday, 16th sept, 2012] Laghw Momineen woh log hein jo laghw se bhagte hein. Being involved in too many pointless and wasteful activities is … Continue reading →

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Value 5 things before 5; Q & A Session

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Islamic Spirituality

  1. Even we want Allah swt, but at the same time we keep getting involved in our work as well. How do we manage this? Ans: In order to keep connecting to Allah swt, you have to keep disconnecting from … Continue reading →

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Attaining Sharah-e-Sadr

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Islamic Spirituality

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ اللَّـهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ [Az-Zumar; 39:22] So is one whose breast Allah has expanded to [accept] Islam and he is upon a light from his Lord Allah swt in Qur’an-e-Karim has said: أَفَمَن شَرَحَ … Continue reading →

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Developing Shukr

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Islamic Spirituality

(Some lessons from Shaykh Zulfiqaar Ahmad (db)’s bayan on Shukr,  16-08-2012) 1. Learn to count your blessings; 2. Do dhikr of those blessings, keep on reminding yourselves, privately and publicly; 3. Analyze the lives of pious people how they lived … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Difficult times

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Islamic Spirituality

[Following is a loose translation of a small excerpt from Hadhrat Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmed db’s talk – listen to it on youtube] Sahaba radiyallah ta’ala anhum ajma’een used to quote a saying very often among themselves. They would say, “If problems afflict … Continue reading →

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Die a Good Death

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Islamic Spirituality

[Following are a few highlights from a very powerful talk given by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db on Sunday 13th May in Lahore, Pakistan] Listen to talk on youtube كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ  Every soul will taste death. Then … Continue reading →

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The Harm Principle

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Islamic Spirituality

Taken from here “Shaytan used rationality to refuse prostrating to Adam عليه السلام. His argument was: He is created from the elements of earth, I was created from the elements of fire. Therefore, I am better than him, therefore, it … Continue reading →

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Life: A Journey

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Islamic Spirituality

[The following is a transcript(not word-by-word) of a Talk given by Shaykh Zulifqar Ahmed (db) in Manchester on 22nd Sept’ 2011 during his recent UK Tour] إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ [3:19] “The true religion with Allah is Islam…” سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ … Continue reading →

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Hope in times of despair

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Islamic Spirituality

 إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ [10:23] ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ [30:41] سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ [37:180-182] [Download original Talk’s mp3] In this present day and time in … Continue reading →

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