Wednesday, October 28, 2009

270. Taste / Gusto / ذوق

Frog the title to a brief Wiki note on Qushayri (d. 1072 AD/465 AH). The poem "What is Tasawwuf?" (with Commentary explaining Taste/Dhawq) is here.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

269. Retreat / khalvat / خلوة

Frog the title and enter the Cell Of Solitude...(SWB # 47435). Frog here to SWB # 49861 and the frog's sound in various languages.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

268. Faith / Fede / إيمان

Frog the title if you have lost your faith, and join 'Ayn al-Qudat (d. 1131) at SWB # 4204.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

267. Surrendering / اطاعة

Frog the title to SWB # 51813 about surrendering and being guided to one's personal chocolate.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

266. Certainty / اليقين

Frog the title to SWB # 5664 on how to drink down the political horrors of the wine of existence and sing tavern songs, i.e. melodies of solutions, proceeding from 'ilm al-yaqin (the knowledge of certainty) toward haqq al-yaqin (the reality of certainty).

Sunday, October 11, 2009

265. Contemplation / فكر

Frog the title to an abstract for a chapter of a semi-academic book on teaching contemplative practices of the world. Frog here to Qur'an 3:190-191 (from the Commentary on the Poem).

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

264. Jam'-i Khatir / جام خاطر

Frog here to Jam. Frog here to Khatir. Frog the title to a triple pun!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

263. Itminan-i Qalbi / اطمينان قلب

Frog the title to the whole poem. Frog here to Qur'an 13:28.