Hana Horack-Elyafi

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  • Hana Horack-Elyafi

    August 12, 2012
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  • The angels lower their gaze

    Verily the angels lower their gaze in the presence of the rememberer of God, just as the people lower their gaze before lightning! (Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, cited p.149, The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition Guidebook of Daily Practices and Devotions, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani)  

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    August 11, 2012
    Life after Death, Spirituality, SUFI
    angels, dhikr, dhikrullah, gaze, golden chain, Hanafi madhhab, haqq, haqqani, lightning, Muhammad Hanafiyya, Naqshbandi, naqshbandi guidebook, rabbani, remembrance, shaykh hisham kabbani, Shaykh Nazim, spiritual, sufi
  • The Levels of Orbit

    The Levels of Orbit

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    August 10, 2012
    Uncategorized
  • Coffee….

    This post is a link to a beautiful talk by a Sufi Murshid, Sahreef Baba, about coffee as an analogy of the process of spiritual transformation!

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    August 2, 2012
    Spirituality, SUFI
    Allah God, coffee, cyprus, islam, lefke, murshid, Naqshbandi, shaykh hisham kabbani, Shaykh Nazim, Sherif Baba, spirituality, sufism, surrender, tariqah, tasawwuf, transformation
  • CARDS…..

    These beautiful cards (A5) are available for £2.50 each or five for the price of four, plus postage. They are blank inside….Well I think they’re beautiful – do you?

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    August 1, 2012
    CONTEMPORARY ART, Spirituality
    A5 card, blank cards, Calligraphic cards, Cards, Eid Cards, islamic art, islamic calligraphy, Islamic cards
  • When we talk about God, we’re like a school of fish, discussing the possible existence of the sea. – Rumi

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    July 21, 2012
    Uncategorized
    existence, God, school of fish
  • Musical Interlude

    “Mercy,” this links to a youtube ‘video’ of a track from the album “Eternity,” by the Rabbani Project. The track is about the monk Bahira,  a hermit in the Arabian desert, who had spent years waiting in meditation for the arrival of the Prophet foretold by Jesus, peace be upon him. Pure, Happy and funky! “You can’t […]

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    July 9, 2012
    CONTEMPORARY ART, Spirituality, Uncategorized
    arabian desert, Bahira, Christianity, islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Literature, Mercy, People, prophet Muhammad, religion, Religion and Spirituality, salt dough, stencils, youtube video
  • Eternity

    “If we do not understand, if our understanding reaches only to material aspects then we have lost! Because above material aspects we have spirituality and heavenly aspects. Try to reach heavenly aspects as they will continue up to Eternity. Therefore, I like this word, “Eternity!” I feel so happy to say, “Eternity!” It sounds so […]

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    July 7, 2012
    Uncategorized
  • Life after Death

    One day a group of philosophers came to debate with Sayyidina `Ali (r) the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad (s), about the reality of life after death and Heaven and Hell. His answer was simple: “We each have a 50% chance of being right, so look at it like this: if you are right that […]

    Hana Horack-Elyafi

    July 6, 2012
    Spirituality
    Afterlife, Death, God, human-rights, islam, Morality, Muhammad, Philosophy, photography, prophet Muhammad, religion, spirituality, sufi, theology
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