Course curriculum

  • 1

    ibn 'Atā-illah | The Book of Illumination

    • Live Webinar Information

    • 1. The Opening Praise

    • 2. Introduction

    • 3. Whose Choice?

    • 4. Knowing the Law or Knowing Allah

    • 5. Ten Sources of Strength

    • 6. Understanding Divine Gifts

    • 7. The Grace in Deprivation

    • 8. Dropping the Veil

    • 9. Intermission 1

    • 10. True Submission

    • 11. Allah's Choice

    • 12. The Taste of Faith

    • 13. The Stations of Certainty

    • 14. The Preexisting Measure

    • 15. The Measure to Realize the Measure

    • 16. Guests in Allah's Dominion

    • 17. The Cure for Anxiety

    • 18. Ignorance of the Outcome

    • 19. The People of Understanding

    • 20. The Root of Original Sin

    • 21. The Benefits of Eating from the Prohibited Tree

    • 22. Exercising Free Will

    • 23. The Station and Surrender of Servitude

    • 24. Your Will or God's Will?

    • 25. Removing Oneself from the Measure

    • 26. Subtle Measures

    • 27. The Ark of Submission

    • 28. The Reliance in Presence

    • 29. An Illuminated Heart

    • 30. Contemplation and Perception

    • 31. The Stations of Taqwa

    • 32. Dealing with the Enemy

    • 33. The Source of Transgression

    • 34. The Outward and Inward of Islam

    • 35. The Station of Servitude

    • 36. The Angels Testify

    • 37. From Fear to Safety

    • 38. The Will is Allah's

    • 39. The Praised Measure

    • 40. Two Measures

    • Intermission 1

    • 41. The Measure of the Companions

    • 42. Upholding the Means

    • 43. Means and Detachment

    • 44. The Mannerisms of Upholding the Means (Part 1)

    • 45. The Mannerisms of Upholding the Means (Part 2)

    • 46. Disputing with Allah

    • 47. Trusting Allah

    • 48. The Tranquil Self

    • 49. Dependency in Sustenance

    • 50. Intimate Supplication

    • 51. Servitude and Supplication

    • 52. Sacred Etiquette

    • 53. The Essence of Asceticism

    • 54. Preoccupied with Allah

    • 55. The Sole Sustainer

    • 56. Creator and Provider

    • 57. Comprehensive Worship

    • 58. Enduring Righteousness

    • 59. Piety Before Provision

    • 60. Creation's Caregiver

    • 61. Sole Reliance on Allah

    • 62. Sincerity Beyond Appearance

  • 2

    ibn 'Atā-illah | The Hikam (Aphorisms)

    • Navigating Tasawwuf and Tariqas

    • Aphorisms 1-5

    • Aphorisms 6-7

    • Aphorisms 8-11

    • Aphorisms 12-14

    • Aphorisms 15-17

    • Aphorisms 18-20

    • Aphorisms 21-23

    • Aphorisms 24-27

    • Aphorisms 28-31

    • Aphorisms 32-34

    • Aphorisms 35-37

    • Aphorisms 38-40

    • Aphorisms 41-44

    • Aphorisms 45-47

    • Aphorisms 48-51

    • Aphorisms 52-54

    • Aphorisms 55-57

    • Aphorisms 58-59

    • Aphorisms 60-62

    • Aphorisms 63-66

    • Aphorisms 67-70

    • Aphorisms 71-73

    • Aphorisms 74-76

    • Aphorisms 77-79

    • Aphorisms 80-82

    • Aphorisms 83-84

    • Aphorisms 85-87

    • Aphorisms 88-91

    • Aphorisms 92-94

    • Aphorisms 95-96

    • Aphorisms 97-98

    • Aphorisms 99-100

    • Aphorisms 101-103

    • Aphorisms 104-106

    • Aphorisms 107-108

    • Aphorisms 109-111

    • Aphorisms 112-114

    • Aphorisms 115-116

    • Aphorisms 117-118

    • Aphorisms 119-120

    • Aphorisms 121-122

    • Aphorisms 123-124

    • Aphorisms 125-126

    • Aphorisms 127-129

    • Aphorisms 130-132

    • Aphorisms 133-135

    • Aphorisms 136-137

    • Aphorisms 138-141

    • Aphorisms 142-146

    • Aphorisms 147-150

    • Aphorisms 151-155

    • Aphorisms 156-158

    • Aphorisms 159-162

    • Aphorisms 163-165

    • Aphorisms 166-168

    • Aphorisms 169-170

    • Aphorisms 171-173

    • Aphorisms 174-177

    • Aphorisms 178-180

    • Aphorisms 181-184

    • Aphorisms 185-189

    • Aphorisms 190-191

    • Aphorisms 192-193

    • Aphorisms 194-196

    • Aphorisms 197-200

    • Aphorisms 201-203

    • Aphorisms 204-207

    • Aphorisms 208-209

    • Aphorisms 210-212

    • Aphorisms 213-214

    • Aphorisms 215-217

    • Aphorisms 218-220

    • Aphorisms 221-222

    • Aphorisms 223-224

    • Aphorisms 225-226

    • Aphorisms 227-230

    • Aphorisms 231-233

    • Aphorisms 234-235

    • Aphorisms 236-237

    • Aphorisms 238-241

    • Aphorisms 242-243

    • Aphorism 244

    • Aphorisms 245-248

    • Aphorisms 249-250

    • Aphorisms 251-253

    • Aphorisms 254-256

    • Aphorisms 257-258

    • Aphorisms 259-261

    • Aphorisms 262-264

    • General Themes

  • 3

    Al-Ghazali | Deliverance from Error

    • Doubting Faith with the Skeptics

    • The Categories of Seekers

    • Attaining Certainty with the Sufis

  • 4

    Al-Ghazali | The Inner Dimensions of Fasting

    • Part 1

    • Part 2

    • Part 3

    • Part 4

    • Part 5

  • 5

    Al-Junayd | Counsels on the Path

    • 1. Biography of Imam al-Junayd

    • 2. The First Obligation

    • 3. Restrictions of the Path

    • 4. One Path

    • 5. Making Claims

    • 6. The Knower of God

    • 7. The Path of Sufism

    • 8. The Reality of Thankfulness

    • 9. Talking Aqīdah

    • 10. Abundant Remembrance

    • 11. Approaching Prayer

    • 12. Prayer Beads

    • 13. Servitude & Freedom

    • 14. Uprightness

    • 15. Few Rak'ats

  • 6

    Muhammed Mawlud | Prohibitions of the Tongue

    • Lesson 1

    • Lesson 2

    • Lesson 3

    • Lesson 4 (Ruling on Music)

    • Lesson 5

    • Lesson 6