Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

In the previous post of the series, Hazrat Inayat Khan began to speak of the need to keep secret one’s practices in the Sufi path, and here he concludes this Continue Reading →

Having spoken about the place of initiation in the path of the Sufi, Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins to speak of the consequence of this journey, and the teaching that Continue Reading →

At the conclusion of the previous post, Hazrat Inayat Khan mentioned the first of three ways of trusting in the path of initiation. The second way of trusting is to Continue Reading →

Having spoken in general terms about the ideal of the Sufi, Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins to address the path of initiation in the spiritual school of Sufism. In considering Continue Reading →

This post begins a concise but profound consideration of just what a ‘Sufi’ is. According to this first instalment, almost all could be called Sufi, but on the other hand Continue Reading →

This post concludes the present series, with the completion of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s explanation of Sama and Qawwali music in the Sufi tradition, begun in the previous post. In the Continue Reading →

As he begins the concluding portion of his description of some aspects of Sufism, Hazrat Inayat now speaks of the place of music in Sufi practice. The previous post is Continue Reading →

As Hazrat Inayat Khan continues his brief resume of some aspects of Sufism, he now considers the well known story of Alif, which is taken from the life of the Continue Reading →

After speaking in the previous post about the compassionate work of those who deliver the message of the Father, Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins to describe a number of esoteric Continue Reading →

In the previous post, Hazrat Inayat Khan began to illustrate the work in the world of the Spirit of Prophecy by means of an allegory, which is concluded here below. Continue Reading →