The Hikmah Project

1. The Mountain and the Mirror 2. Climbing into Emptiness 3. The Ascent Within 4. Where Heaven Meets Earth 5. Not to Conquer, but to Surrender 6. The Call of the Mountain 7. Footsteps on the Path 8. Between Ice and Light 9. The Sacred Climb 10. Higher Than Everest

From the reading: Daily Practice: The Art of Stumbling Gracefully Today, when you inevitably fall short of your own expectations, whether you lose your temper, waste time, or struggle with your fast, do not turn away from God in shame. Instead, practice Immediate Return. Catch the moment of failure, pause, and present your weakness to God without excuses. Say, internally or aloud: "O Sustainer, th...

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Salima Adelstein  is Co-President of UoS and Academic Dean for the Spiritual Ministry degree programs. She is Founder and Spiritual Director of the Farm of Peace, a Sufi healing retreat center and community. As a Sufi Mystic, Master Healer and Teacher, she has guided students to the Truth for over 25 years. Salima is co-author of A Drop in the Ocean of Love and teaches seminars nationally and...

Guest Humaira Masihuddin is a lawyer based in Islamabad and holds LLM in Public International Law from the University of London, LLB (shariah and law) from the International Islamic University, MA in Cultural Anthropology from University of Pittsburgh USA and an MSC in Criminal Justice Studies from University of Leicester in UK. She is a criminologist cum victimologist and and has been visiting fa...

Podcast Summary: Heart of Business - Episode with Mark Silver Introduction: Mark’s book, Heart-Centered Business , is dedicated to Al Amin, highlighting the deep trust and love Mark strives to embody in commerce and life. Mark Silver's Journey: Raised in a Jewish family, Mark dreamed of becoming a rabbi but felt something was missing. While exploring deeper spirituality and starting his journey wi...

Fawzia Al-Rawi holds a PhD in Islamic studies. She completed her Arabic, Islamic and ethnological studies at the Universities of Vienna and Cairo. She then spent 12 years in Jerusalem where she brought up her children and worked at the Institute for the Promotion of Palestinian Agriculture and at the University of Jerusalem, while deepening both her theoretical and practical knowledge of Sufi...

Dr Sh Usama Hasan reads Purification of the Gnostics by Ibn Arabi

 Michael Sugich, an American writer who was initiated into a traditional Sufi order over forty years ago and who lived for 23 years in the sacred city of Makkah Al Mukaramah, has kept company with some of the greatest Sufi saints of the age from many parts of the world. His book is a unique eye-witness narrative of a mystical tradition that today hides in plain sight, veiled by the turbulence...

Summary notes are due to follow. Further details of the course can be found on thehikmahproject.com

Two new courses are due to start soon: 1. Qu'ranic Arabic for Beginners with application to Wazifah Ibn Mashish, Ibn Arabi's Prayers of the Week (Wird) and his Salat al-Faydiyyah 2. Fusus al Hikam & Classical Commentaries - line-by-line reading with Dr Hany Ibrahim Session notes to follow shortly for members...

Details of the workshop in Oxford, UK Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:00 - Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:00 GMT can be found here

Details of the workshop in Oxford, UK Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:00 - Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:00 GMT can be found here

Summary and notes to follow

Secrets of the Heart Retreat Details: Markfield Conference Centre Ratby Lane Markfield LE67 9SY Fri, 5 May 2023 18:00 - Mon, 8 May 2023 Further details can be found here About Guest: Dr. Laird has practiced integrative patient care in a variety of outpatient settings for forty years. As an early member of the holistic medicine movement, Dr. Laird noted with concern that "body-mind-spirit" medicine...

Abd Al-Razzar Kashani was a student of Mu'ayyid al-Din al-Jandi, who was a student of Sadr al-Din Qunawi, the stepson of Ibn 'Arabi

Passage from the Futuhat al Makiyya

A poem by Sheikh Muhammed al Jamal Shadhili

Imam Abdul Karim reads from The Secret of the Love of God

Reading from Rumi, Fihi ma Fihi, Thackston, Boston Shambala, 1994, p42-43

Imam Abdul Karim describes his experience of knowing the Prophetic character pbuh

Reading from Letters of a Sufi Master - Shaykh as-Darqawi

Reading from Letters of a Sufi Master - Shaykh as-Darqawi