Posted in Culture, History, Life, Religion, Sufism, tagged Chaghatay, Intellect, Islam, Karakhanid, Kashghar, Kutadgu Bilig, Literature, Mirror for Princes, Speech, Wisdom, Yusuf Khass Hajib on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Recently, I have delved into the profound wisdom of Yusūf Balasağuni (qs) taken from his masnavi entitled, Kutadğu Bilig or The Wisdom of Royal Glory. Yusūf the Khāṣṣ Ḥājib (qs), an honorific which translates roughly to “Chancellor”, was an 11th century writer and poet; a contemporary to Mahmud al-Kashghari and is the author of the [...]
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Posted in Blogs, Life, Religion, Thoughts, tagged Ambition, Blogger, Islam, Muslim, Rank, Spirituality, Success on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week, I had the opportunity to discuss one popular Muslim blogger’s most recent post prior to its publishing. And at the time, when he shared the idea for the post, I thought it would be one of the most important blog topics of Rabi al-Thani 1429. And after reading the post, I realized just [...]
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If you read, if you practice, you may qualify for a Sufi circle. If you only read, you will not. If you think you have had experiences upon which you can build, you may not qualify.
Words alone do not communicate: there must be something prepared, of which the words are a hint.
Practice alone does not [...]
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