Sunday, September 21, 2008

و هو معكم اينما كنتم ٥٧:٤

Click on the title to Wa huwa ma'akum aynama kuntum (Egli è con voi dovunque voi siate) Qur'an 57:4. Ramadan Karim! -- [strip n° 145/SWB # 814]

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

144. Guttersnipe / پسر از جوى

Frogs wish you a Blessed Ramadan, dear Ragazzo del Rigagnolo!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

143. Take Off / hawas kardan / هوس کردن

Click on the title to hawas kardan. Happy Ramadan! ;D -- [2/6]

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

142. Runways

Stumbling vs. Flying 1/6: Runways; click on the title to SWB # 00814 (Spoiler alert!)
Click to Hafez's ghazal http://tinyurl.com/65eh6h
Click to the Airport http://tinyurl.com/5v9btc

Sunday, September 7, 2008

141. Post bar duhul bastan / پوست بردهل بستن

Click on the title to SWB # 38800. Ramadan Mubarak!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

140. Call to Tavern / ميخانه مؤذن

Click on the title to the Song of a Poor Drunkard (SWB # 47873). Click on this link to Alkes http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/alkes.html

Sunday, August 31, 2008

139. Fruit Salat / miwa'i dil / ميوه ديل

Click on the title to SWB # 47850. You might also like # 47441, # 36817 and # 3015. Ramadan mubarak! Enjoy!!

Thursday, August 28, 2008

138. Qadeem Pump / Antica pompa / پمپ قديمى

Click on the title to the Qadeem Pump ;D

Sunday, August 24, 2008

3:64 / one of His


Click on the title to all articles and videos of the 2008 Conference (July 29 - 31) "Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed: Implications for Christians and Muslims" - held at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Divinity School - Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA -- [strip n° 137]

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

136 / ١٣ / / Mother / madre / مادر


Click on the title to مادر

Sunday, August 17, 2008

135 / ١٢ / Game / Gioco / شكار


Click on the title for شكار

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

134 / ١١ / Muhasaba / المحاسبه


Click on the title to an article about Muhasaba; click on this link to the Writer's Home http://en.fgulen.com/

Sunday, August 10, 2008

133 / ١٠ / Blood and Budella / خون و روده ها


Click on the title to SWB # 10476; on the following links to a classical Mickey's "blood and guts" story http://tinyurl.com/5u57lm

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

132 / ٩ / a’udhu bi-ka min-ka / اعوذ بك منك


Click on the title for practical hints to get rid of negative thoughts!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

131 / ٨ / You! Son of a Frog!! / تو فرزند از قورباغه اى


Click on the title for an Adab (manners / respectful dialog) Reminder at Sufis Without Borders

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

130 / ٧ / Transformation / dil tabdil / دل تبديل


Click on the title to a Tadpole Coloring Page (Indiana University)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

128 /٥/ Soul / Anima / Jân / جان


Click on the title to SWB # 24531 [on Beer, Bir and Pir] :D

Sunday, July 20, 2008

127 /٤/ Hidden Drum / Daf penhAnI / د ف پنهانى


Click on the title to Rumi's # 3149, on http://tinyurl.com/6ek9je for translation and drummer lingo; to a Tavern in Isfahan click on http://tinyurl.com/6gvq7s

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

126 /۳/ Essere e chi essere / بودن و كى بودن


Click on the title to Sufis Without Borders # 47251

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

124 /۱/ To Be and Who To Be / بودن و كى بودن


Click on the title to Sufi News then search for Gülen

Sunday, July 6, 2008

۱٢٣ / Fanin Wayabqa / Estinzione e Sussistenza / فان و يبقى


Click on the title to enter the Tavern and read the complete poem of Sa'di (d. 1292) translated by Sidi 'Abd al-Haqq
Click on this link http://tinyurl.com/6a77u6 to Sura 55 Al-Rahman

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

١٢٢ / King and Beggar / Shâh va faqira / شاه و فقر


To know more about Kings and Beggars, click on the title to Project Gutenberg and search for *Modern Persia* or click http://tinyurl.com/5fzdbk to Sufis Without Borders # 47251

Sunday, June 29, 2008

۱٢۱ / That and This / ân va in / آن و اين


If you are not familiar with the perceptual illusion in the central frame, click on the title, then here: http://tinyurl.com/alaja

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

۱٢٠ / Blows / zarbéân / ضربان


Click on the title to the Ace of Wands

Sunday, June 22, 2008

۱۱۹ / Poison and Pain / zahr va dard / زھر و درد


Click on the title to the whole poem (SWB # 38798)

Sunday, June 15, 2008

١١٧ / Dawn / Alba / Sahar / سحر


Click on the title to a definition of Dawn

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

١١٦ / Universo / Jahân / جهان


Click on the title to the whole poem (SWB # 38798)

Sunday, June 8, 2008

١١٥ / Shiraz Wine Brew / شراب شيرازى


Click on the title to SWB # 38798
Click to a portrait of Saadi http://tinyurl.com/2yzsbj

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

١١٤ / Happy Birthday ! / تولد مبرك


Click on the title to meet Professor Chittick

Sunday, June 1, 2008

١١٣ / Dust / Polvere / Khâk / خاک


Click on the title to SWB # 00374
Click to the Golestan in Farsi http://tinyurl.com/5k8msh

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

١١٢ / Golestan / Roseto / گلستان


Click on the title to the Golestan
SWB # 00113 with SWB # 00117 http://tinyurl.com/6ckaas
Golestan for All Age Kids: http://tinyurl.com/62j5l3

Sunday, May 25, 2008

١١١ / Sajjada ( prayer mat ) / به مى سجاد رنگين


Click on the title to a rhymed translation of Hafiz's Ghazal # 1
Click to SWB # 39536 http://tinyurl.com/5qxrhb

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

١١٠/ Colors / Ranghâ / رنگها


Click on the title to SWB # 14317 on Sufi Bozos and Shades of Grey
Click below to Cocco Bill, the Italian Shaykh of Brawls http://tinyurl.com/6djb9u

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

١٠٨ Poh Folk / Ya ayyuha n-nas... / يٲيُّہاٱنَّسُ


14.05.08 Click on the title to Surat 35 al-Fatir
Click http://tinyurl.com/5q355a to SWB # 39031

Sunday, May 11, 2008

١٠٧ / Zalal al-fuqarā´ / الفقره


11.05.08 Click on the title to RELI 4301/6301 Syllabus
Click http://tinyurl.com/5e6mbe to a review of the Dazzling Pearls
Click http://astore.amazon.com/wilderwri-20 to the Sufi Book Store

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

١٠٦ / Fana Fillah / فنإ


07.05.08 Click http://tinyurl.com/5h6z62 to SWB # 1080 (on Fana)
and http://tinyurl.com/6a2xdn to SWB # 1075 (more on Fana)

Click on the title to *Junayd: The Book of Fana'*
(in Early Islamic Mysticism by Michael Anthony Sells)

Sunday, May 4, 2008

١٠٥ / Dhikr (a.) / Zekr (p.) / ذکر


04.05.08 - strip # 105 --centocinque / sad panj / صد پنج
Click on the title to know more about the Sufi practice of Dhikr

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

104. Is this lesson easy? / آيا اين درس آسان است


Click on the title to the SWB # 44622 lesson on pronunciation. If you want more, drink from # 37776 and if you want more than more, drink from # 8786

Sunday, April 27, 2008

103. Questo pozzo acqua ha! / آين چاه آب دارد

27.04.08 - The title says: This well has water (in câh âb dârad)
Click on the title to Sufis Without Borders' # 11657 on Qanats. Click below to a Wiki article about Persian Wells http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

102. Fissatissima! / negâh-e khiré / نگاه خي ه


23.04.08 Click on the title to SWB # 31087

Sunday, April 20, 2008

101. Succo d’uva / آب انگور


20.04.08 - Click on the title to SWB # 7268
Click for a Kidipede article about Socrates http://tinyurl.com/y448a5
Click for a Kidipede article about Sufism http://tinyurl.com/56osna

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

100. Questa acqua è / in âb ast / اين آب است


16.4.08 Click on the title to SWB # 44615
Click for the Name (beware that your heart might crack, better if you have a Shaykh at hand) http://tinyurl.com/6kuzmx

Sunday, April 13, 2008

99. Quello un pozzo è / ân câh ast / آن چاه است


13.04.08 - click on the title to Ilya Frank's site for English Speakers

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

98. Shiraz شيراز (A Sufi Sense of Time)


09.04.08 Click on the title to a related article on Sufi News
Click to a short bio of Professor Italo Pizzi, Iranologist: http://tinyurl.com/6hjh32

Sunday, April 6, 2008

97. Shariah ال شريعه


06.04.08 Click on the title to a related article on Sufi News
Click to the relevant part of SWB # 10507 http://tinyurl.com/6bpzkg

Wednesday, April 2, 2008