News is circulating about the passing on of Muhtar Holland who was one of the great translators of Arabic of this age. I have just got off a telephone call with Ruslan Moore, the owner of al-Baz Publishing who publish the translations of Sheikh Muhtar’s translations of the works of Sheikh Abdal Qadir al-Jilani. Ruslan Moore has confirmed to me that Sheikh Muhtar passed onto the realm of his Lord at 1pm today (EST) at his family home in New…
Contentions 16 10.      The least likely of your sincere falsehoods is your words: ‘I am a Sufi!’ 11.      The Teacher brings you near to the Divine rigour and gentleness. 12.      Do not say ‘The qualities of mercy preponderate’, without adding, ‘but they do not eliminate.’ 13.      Let not your final thought be: ‘I could have been the dust beneath the feet of the saints, but I refused.’ 14.      Pray that you be granted knowledge in joy rather than in pain….
Got around to watching the much touted Four Lions by film maker Chris Morris, I did not find it laugh out loud funny, it was humorous and I thought it was generally very uncomfortable viewing, I felt uneasy throughout the film. Every character in the film was a caricature, not just the four protagonists – everyone and I found this a little distracting. Anyone who sees this film as a comedy has missed the point of the film, this is…