My Daughter Denies That I Am Growing Old
“I am as you see me—not as time sees me.” There was nothing in advancing age that frightened me when I used to count…
Spirituality
Spirituality, in this tradition, is the inward dimension of a faith lived outwardly. This large collection gathers Shaykh Akram Nadwi’s writing on the heart, sincerity, restraint, and the ordinary struggles of the soul. The articles keep the inner life tied to knowledge and conduct, treating spiritual growth as inseparable from how a person thinks and behaves.
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Reminder: Do not praise yourself
Do not exalt yourself, for there is no servant whose record is free of both good deeds and sins. All sins arise from the stirrings of the soul and the following of its desires, whilst…
The Solitude of the Wise
In the journey of life, there emerge among people certain individuals who appear to walk a different path. They do not speak excessively, are…
A Word on Human Grief
I never imagined that I would find myself writing, at a time when humanity boasts of its advancement, about a city being annihilated in…
Tarīqah-yi Pṛhnē kā (The Method of Reading)
Reading is among the most vital means for the development of human consciousness, the awakening of intellectual insight, and the refinement of spiritual culture.…
Karak Chai
Some years ago, on one of the nights of ʿUmrah, my dear companion Zayd and I were taken, after ʿIshāʾ prayer, by Shaykh ʿAbd…
A New Synthesis
When the rare heavens willed to adorn the pages of history with fresh colours, the grandeur of the house of Tīmūr—which for centuries had…
A Letter: The Story of My Student Days at Nadwah
My dear one, You asked a simple question—yet it opened the sealed chambers of my heart like the sudden arrival of spring on a…
O Son of Nothingness!
O son of nothingness! O you who were brought into being when once you were not even a thing to be mentioned! Death shall…
School of Thought Never Let Me Go
It is with some difficulty that I attempt to express what lies within my heart. My thoughts, observations, and experiences are of the kind…
Proof of the Cow against the Lion
In a remote countryside, there lived a simple farmer. He possessed nothing of this world’s riches but a modest home, a small patch of…
Learn to Awaken the Question
It is said that Alexander the Great, in the prime of his youth, was an exceptional and intelligent young man, sharp of mind and…
The Three Foundational Disciplines of Traditional Education
Education is the lofty foundation upon which the intellectual, spiritual and moral edifice of generations is raised. It not only refines the character of…
Questions & Answers on Spirituality
View all Q&A →Knowing oneself through returning to the Dīn
My student, Abu Hanifah Dilawar, forwarded to me the following question: Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhu, Shaykh. This is a question from a Bangladeshi reader of the Bangla Facebook page who regularly reads your articles. They wrote: “I could…
Seeking help, crowdfunding, and mortgage
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Shaykh. I pray you are well in sha Allah. I have a question. Can we apply for crowdfunding, or can we raise fund through such platforms once end up in financial hardship? Is it…
The nature of waswasah
Assalamu Alaykum Shaykh, My question is about how Shayatin can adversely impact our lives with their waswasahs? Do all mental health issues, such as overthinking and panic attacks, emerge from waswasah? How can we stop it? Are they signs of…