Join the Columbus Sufi Circle
as we celebrate the birth
of the Insan il-Kamil
with Dhikr - Allah!
Everyone welcome!
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As Muhammad’s birth was
drawing near
Many signs appeared before
he came!
In the month of Rabi‘
al-awwal then
On the twelfth, the night
of Monday, look,
When the best of mankind
was born
O what marvels did his
mother see!
Spoke the mother of that
friend:
“I saw
a strange
light;
the sun was like its moth.
Suddenly it flashed up from
my house,
Filled with world with
light up to the sky,
Heavens
opened,
vanquished was the dark,
And I saw three angels
with three flags.
One was in the East,
one in
the West,
One stood upright on the
Ka‘ba’s roof.
Rows of angels came from
heaven,and
Circumambulated all my
house;
Came the houris group on
group; the light
From their faces made my
house so bright!
And a cover was spread in
mid-air,
Called ‘brocade’ – an angel
laid it out.
When I saw so clearly these
events
I became bewildered and
confused.
Suddenly the walls were
split apart
And three houris entered in
my room.
Some have said that of
these charming three
One was Asiya of moonlike
face,
One was Lady Mary without
doubt,
And the third a houri
beautiful.
Then these moonfaced three
drew gently near
And they greeted me with
kindness here;
Then they sat around me,
and they gave
The good tidings of
Muhammad’s birth;
Said to me: “A son like
this your son
Has not come since God has
made this world,
And the Mighty One did
never grant
Such a lovely son as will
be yours.
You have found great
happiness, O dear
For from you that virtuous
one is born!
He that comes is King of
Knowledge high,
Is the mine of gnosis and
tawhid [monotheism].
For the love of him the sky
revolves,
Men and jinn are longing
for his face.
This night is the night
that he, so pure
Will suffuse the worlds
with radiant light!
This night, earth becomes a
Paradise,
This night God shows mercy
to the world.
This night those with heart
are filled with joy,
This night gives the lovers
a new life.
Mercy for the worlds is
Mustafa,
Sinners’ intercessors: Mustafa!’”
Sinners’ intercessors: Mustafa!’”
...
“They described him in this
style to me,
Stirred my longing for that
blessed light.”
Amina said: “When the time
was ripe
That the Best of Mankind
should appear,
I became so thirsty from
that heat
That they gave me sherbet
in a glass.
Drinking it, I was immersed
in light
And could not discern
myself from light.
Then a white swan came with
soft great wings
And he touched my back
with gentle strength.
And the King of Faith was
born that night:
Earth and heaven were
submerged in light!”
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Welcome, O high prince, we welcome you!
Welcome, O mine of wisdom, we welcome you!
Welcome, O secret of the Book, we welcome you!
Welcome, O medicine for pain, we welcome you!
Welcome, O sunlight and moonlight of God!
Welcome, O you not separated from God!
Welcome, O nightingale of the Garden of Beauty!
Welcome, O friend of the
Lord of Power!
Welcome, O refuge of your
community!
Welcome, O helper of the
poor and destitute!
Welcome, O eternal soul, we
welcome you!
Welcome, O cupbearer of the
lovers, we welcome you!
Welcome, O darling of the
Beloved!
Welcome, O much beloved of
the Lord!
Welcome, O Mercy for the
worlds!
Welcome, O intercessor for
the sinner!
Only for you were Time and
Space created…
Sulayman Chelebi from Annemarie Schimmel
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Join the Columbus Sufi Circle
to welcome the "darling of the Beloved,
...the much beloved of the Lord",
an Nabi, ar Rassoul..
Zikr Allah, poetry,
followed by sohbet, sweets.
Saturday, December 22, 7:30 pm
Zawiyya al Mu'min
1000 Urlin Avenue, # 1507
Columbus, Ohio 43212
Contact Hilal at hilal1001@sbcglobal.net or 614-446-3337 for more information
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