Category: Letters to mureeds

In his efforts to teach the world Sufi wisdom, Hazrat Inayat Khan gave special attention to the role of symbols.  In The Gathas, subtitled ‘a skeleton outline of Sufi thought,’ symbols Continue Reading →

We recently reported on the extraordinary flooding of the Dargah Sufi Inayat Khan in New Delhi, and then gave some idea of the needed repairs and how readers might donate Continue Reading →

As we reported last month, the Dargah of Hazrat Inayat Khan in New Delhi, along with extensive parts of the neighbouring Basti Hazrat Nizamuddin, suffered serious flooding after an exceptional Continue Reading →

If we study the world around us, we see that everyone is searching for something. The scope of the pursuit and the intensity vary from person to person; some look Continue Reading →

Viladat means nativity or birth, and in the Sufi Movement the 5th of July is called Viladat Day, the birthday of Hazrat Inayat Khan – he was born on this Continue Reading →

Readers may be aware that a recent very heavy rainstorm caused serious damage to the domestic airport terminal in New Delhi in which unfortunately one person died. The same storm Continue Reading →

When Jesus was preaching to his followers on a hillside in Palestine, he urged them to put their trust in God as their divine Father. The birds of the air Continue Reading →

The conversation amongst a few friends started from a saying found in the Bowl of Saki (14th of June) : Our thoughts have prepared for us the happiness or unhappiness we Continue Reading →

If we wish to accomplish a task, it will require some level of concentration, and the more concentration required, the more difficult we consider the job. Persuading a thread to Continue Reading →

More than a thousand years ago, a Sufi named Semnun bin Hamza said that, “Whatever one will love, one’s end shall be in that.” Like other simple statements, when one Continue Reading →