The Lights of Guidance : Volume 1, New,
from the Knowledge Oceans of the Divine Side.
*[A5+] Large Paperback - 500 pages,
The Early Lebanon Subhas of
~ Shaykh M. Nazim al-Haqqani,
Preface by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani,
Transl. with Notes, Glossary and Index -
by Gibril Fouad Haddad,
Published by ISCA, USA.
Description :
"This advice is for this whole universe. It comes from the heart of Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, rahimahullah, from the heart of Imam Mahdi, alayhi salam, and from the heart of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (s). These jewels are not thrown into the hands of the ignorant. You can never find these things in books. All the oceans of knowledge that had been forbidden to previous saints and hidden within the hearts of later saints will be opened." ~~Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani.
The book Volume1 consists of 106 Suhbas [Anwar al-Hidayah] by the Muhammadan Inheritor of our time, the Nurturer of the Knowers of Allah, Sultan al-Awliya, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani--may Allah sanctify his secret--on the importance of the spiritual life, the infiniteness of spiritual knowledge, the supremacy of divine mercy, the divine honoring of all human beings since before time, the primordiality of belief in all human beings, the defeat of one's ego as the precondition of spiritual caliphate and more.
About Shaykh Muhammad Nazim :
He is Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi. He was born in Larnaca, Cyprus, on the 23rd of April 1922, a Sunday, the 26th of Sha‘ban, 1340H. His lineage from his father’s side traces its roots to Sayiddina Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, radi Allahu anhu, founder of the Qadiri Order. His lineage from his mother goes back to Sayiddina Jalaluddin Rumi, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, founder of the Mevlevi Order. He is Hassani-Hussaini, related to the Prophet through the lineages of his grandfathers to the Family of the Prophet . From his father’s side he received the Qadiri Tariqat. From his mother’s, the Mevlevi Tariqat.
During his childhood in Cyprus he sat with his grandfather, who was a Shaykh of the Qadiri Tariqat, to learn its discipline and its spirituality. Extraordinary signs appeared early in him. His conduct was perfect: he never fought nor argued with anyone. He was always smiling and patient. His grandfather from his father’s side and his grandfather from his mother’s side trained him for the spiritual path. His father sent him to school to study secular knowledge during the day, and in the evening he studied the religious sciences. After completing his high school studies every night, he would devote his time to studying the Mevlevi and Qadiri Tariqats.
He learned Shari’ah, Jurisprudence (Fiqh), the Science of Prophetic Narrations (Hadith), the Science of Logic, the Interpretation of the Qur’an (Tafsir) and he was able to give juristic rulings on the whole range of Islamic subjects. During his first year in Istanbul he met his first spiritual Shaykh, Shaykh Sulayman Arzarumi, a Shaykh of the Naqshbandi Order who died in 1368 H/1948 CE.
In the year 1364 H/1944 CE, Shaykh Nazim moved on to Tripoli by bus. The bus took him to the harbor and dropped him there. He was a stranger there, not knowing anyone. As he wandered around the harbor area, he saw someone coming from the opposite side of the street. That person was Shaykh Munir al-Malek, the Mufti of Tripoli. He was, at the same time, the Shaykh of all Sufi Orders in the city. He approached and said, “Are you Shaykh Nazim? I saw a dream with the Prophet telling me, ‘One of my grandsons is coming to Tripoli.’ He showed me your appearance and told me to look for you in this area. He told me to take care of you.”
Shaykh Nazim soon began to spread spiritual guidance and Islamic teachings in Cyprus. Many followers came to him and accepted the Naqshbandi Order. Shaykh Nazim traveled all over Cyprus, and also visited Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and many other places to teach the tariqat. He moved back to Damascus in 1952, when he got married to one of the murids of Grandshaykh, Hajjah Amina Adil. From that time he lived in Damascus, and every year he would visit Cyprus for the three months of Rajab, Sha‘ban and Ramadan. His family lived in Damascus with him and would travel with him to Cyprus when he went there. He had two daughters and two sons.
Recently in 1991, he began his journey to America. In his first trip he visited over 15 states. He met many people of different beliefs and religions: Muslims, Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists, Hindus, and New Age believers. This resulted in the establishing of over 15 centers of the Naqshbandi Order in North America. He made a second visit in 1993, and traveled to many cities and towns, visiting mosques, churches, synagogues, and temples. Through him, over 10,000 people in North America have entered Islam and have taken initiation in the Naqshbandi Order.
*Dimensions : 23 x 15.2cm.
