“What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of Your Love, that somehow contains the entire universe.”
– Mawlana Rumi
Category Poetry
Deep Loss to Humanity Passing Away of Sidi Daniel Abdal Hayy Moore Poet of Light & A Window into His Work
His legacy, spirit, wisdom, love for the Divine, live on, inna lilahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oun, missing his spirit that has being flying through the mists of memories these last years, his voice resonating, his wisdom prevailing… and praying for a light that never dims our dearest soul friend, mentor and Poet of Light Sidi Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
Remembered and in prayers for him and all his loved ones, al Fatihah and Yasin.
His site which showcases his legacy http://ecstaticxchange.com/
Two Videos of Sidi Abdal Hayy Moore
1- “You’ll Sing a Song” from his book Where Death Goes, The Ecstatic Exchange, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zQOVrTov2g
2-Poem “The Birth Of Prophet Muhammad” – Daniel Moore
Rumi on the Qur’an
“I am the servant of the Qur’an as long as I have life. I am the dust on the path of Muhammad, the Chosen one. If anyone quotes anything except this from my sayings, I am quit of him and outraged by these words..-” Mawlana Jalal-ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
International Women’s Day latest by Nimah Ismail Nawwab
Mawlana Rumi on Creation
“Love created the soul of this world out of nothing”
-Mawlana Rumi
Do We Imprison Ourselves?-The Power Within
Do we imprison ourselves purposely
with the temporal trends of existence?
– Excerpt from The Power Within,
- From “Canvas of the Soul” read by the poet Ni’mah Isma’il Nawwab
at https://soundcloud.com/nimah-nawwab
Rumi on Hajj
“While the intellect still seeks a saddle for the hajj, love has already encircled the Kaʿbah.”
– Mawlana Jalal ad-Dīn Rumi
Seven Upon Seven New Release on Hajj
A flight into the imagery, feelings and sights invoked by various aspects #hajj in a series of new releases. Seven Upon Seven showcases the initial rite of the pilgrimage with filming by Turkish filmmaker Omer Faruk Aksoy and music by Al Firdaus Ensemble.
Hajj Bounties-Innumerable
Boundless and innumerable bounties of the hajj — may they enfold the folds of humanity spreading peace, serenity and mahabbah globally- NNawwab
Rumi Week – Workshop on Islamic Manuscripts
With Al-Hikam al Atta’iyyah manuscript one of the numerous highlights at special collection library at the Alquería de Rosales (Azagra) Center-workshop on ‘Islamic Manuscripts’ with curator Adiba Romero, a great initiative, part of the activities- lectures, concerts, workshops, readings- Rosales, Spai
Arabia Middle East Writing Poetry Youth Women 