Category: Glimpses

In an earlier post, we offered the moving recollection by Musharaff Moulamia Khan, the youngest brother of Hazrat Inayat Khan, of how he began his musical education.  To complement this, Continue Reading →

In the post beginning our series on the subject of discipleship, Hazrat Inayat Khan refers briefly to the mundane character education has acquired in the West.  To gain some idea Continue Reading →

Nargis Jessie Dowland (1866-1953) was an English mureed of Hazrat Inayat Khan and an early editor and publisher of his lectures.  The following is taken from her Notebook, which she kept Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan offered the following memory of a comment by his murshid, Syed Abu Hashim Madani.  The concept of ‘sin’ is often troublesome, especially to those with a strict religious background. Continue Reading →

As he travelled through the world, Hazrat Inayat Khan met many people, and they very often wanted to present their own ideas and theories.  Here is the Master’s recollection of Continue Reading →

When he was still a very young man, Hazrat Inayat Khan began to travel all over India, and during his journeys he had many interesting experiences.  Here is one anecdote Continue Reading →

Hazrat Sayyid Ali Miran Datar was born near Lucknow in 1426.  From his childhood he was very spiritual, but at the age of eighteen he joined the army of the Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan was, in a way, the embodiment of the Indian spirit of music, combining perfect musical mastery with deep awareness of the spiritual foundations of this art.  Here Continue Reading →

Among his many gifts, Hazrat Inayat Khan was a very skilful healer, and a number of mureeds have recounted tales of his help with illnesses that seemed beyond the care Continue Reading →

In 1926, during what was to be his last visit to the United States, Hazrat Inayat Khan had the opportunity  to speak with the automobile magnate Henry Ford.  Their meeting Continue Reading →