Sheikh Abdul Aziz periodically collates themes for contemplation, which come from a variety of sources including the writings of Hazreti Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi and other Sufi masters, as well as the Hadith or sayings of the Prophet Mohammed and the Holy Qur’an. They are a focus for reflection and a source of inspiration and both spiritual and practical nourishment.

Current contemplation themes

The themes below are collated from gatherings of the Sufi Circle.

Sufi Circle7 April 2015

The capital required for the market of this world is gold; there in the next world the capital is love and two eyes wet with tears.
Whoever went to market without any capital, his life passed and he speedily returned in disappointment.
“Oh, where have you been, brother?” “Nowhere.” “Oh, what have you cooked to eat?” “No (good) soup.”
Become a buyer, that my hand may move to sell to you, and that my pregnant mine may bring forth a ruby.

Mathnawi Book 6, v.839-842

If you want a customer from whom you will get gold, how should there be a better customer than God, O heart?
He buys a dirty bag from your stock of goods, and gives you in return an inner light that borrows its splendour from Himself.
He receives the dissolving ice of this mortal body, and gives a kingdom beyond imagination.
He receives a few tear-drops, and gives a Kawthar so delicious that sugar shows jealousy of its sweetness.
He receives sighs full of melancholy and vaporous gloom, and gives for every sigh a hundred gainful dignities.

Mathnawi Book 6, vv.879-883