Month: November 2025

Reflections from Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy Introduction: The Strange Gift of Not Being Seen There are lessons you think you understand. Then you live a little longer, get bruised a few more times, taste both humility and humiliation, and suddenly the same line hits differently. This was one of…

Reflections from a teaching by Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy Introduction: The Work of Returning Sometimes the heart drifts without announcing it. Nothing dramatic, just a quiet thickening, a dullness that settles between you and Allah. You might still be praying, still doing what you’re supposed to, but the clarity…

A reflection on Ibn ʿAṭā’ Allāh’s Hikam and the inner mechanics of sincerity Introduction Funny thing is, most of us spend our lives polishing actions while leaving the heart a bit neglected, as if the limbs are in charge of the whole operation. Ibn ʿAṭā’ Allāh turns that upside down…