My spiritual journey has started I believe for the final time. I've been reading an English translation of the Qur'an (Abdel Haleem) and feel like God is now a strong and tangible presence in my life. My town doesn't have a mosque but I'm sure there are many Muslims here (though less than 1 million in Australia). I decided two days ago that I want to be Muslim, by the end of today I will have finished reading the Qur'an. I'm finding it challenging to talk to people I know because whenever I say I want to be Muslim they immediately bring up terrorism. It's frustrating but I am by nature a very diplomatic and kind person so am patient with them and try to speak the truth. I came across you on Science and nonduality.
@brotheromidКүн бұрын
Alhamdulillah. May it be a blessed and luminous journey insha'allah!
@markdavidvinzensАй бұрын
May the Force be with you, Master Omid. 🙏⚜💫☯
@JamesSmith-uw1vjАй бұрын
You are a very gracious teacher.
@muaadspoetry2 ай бұрын
Dear Esteemed Doctor. It’s muaad the poet. I have emailed you. Have you found the time to see my letter to you? Kind regards Muaad Sucule @muaadspoetry
@muaadspoetry2 ай бұрын
Hi dr. I’m a 23 year old poet from west Europe who’s from a Somali background. Rumi has entered my life recently and has had a tremendous effect on my poetry. How can I join your online sessions?
@brotheromid2 ай бұрын
salam! Lovely to have you with us. The Chai sessions are here: www.illuminatedcourses.com/chailoveandprayer. We have online courses and retreat programs as well listed here: www.illuminatedcourses.com May God bless you, omid P.s. Also look up the book Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition
@muaadspoetry2 ай бұрын
@@brotheromid so amazing for your to reply. I’m so excited to join and learn about Mawlana (rah) and his true teachings. I feel like he’s entered my heart and hasn’t left. Listening to your lectures online is a true joy and has opened up a new world to me.
@brotheromid2 ай бұрын
@@muaadspoetry Alhamdulillah. If you are in a position to do so, join us in Turkey this June on this program: www.illuminatedcourses.com/turkey. IF not, then look into the "Heart of Rumi's Poetry" course online
@muaadspoetry2 ай бұрын
@@brotheromid thank you for the information doctor. I really appreciate it:)
@muaadspoetry2 ай бұрын
@@brotheromid could I email you on the email on the illuminated course website. I would love to write a formal letter sharing my journey to discovering Rumi and its effect on my life and the role you played in sharing Mawlana’s work that helped me heal myself and become a minor poet? I would love to write to you but I’m also aware that you are a busy person.
@mzfreestyler81693 ай бұрын
As a Zionist I really appreciate your sufi teachings. Listening to your channel on the train puts me into a tranquil meditative state. The Jews have a long history in Canaan. The philistines (greek invaders) occupied that region in the 12 century which is the reason that during the British Mandate the region was called Palestine. The Palestinian arabs and the Israeli jews must remember to live peacefully with one another. Don't forget who started this war on the 7th of October. I think that anti Zionism ultimately originates from fear. What are your thoughts?
@brotheromid2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words about the Sufi teachings I share. Jews and Arabs all have a long history in Palestine, and I don't find that negating either community's history is fruitful. For example, for the last thousand years surely it has been the Palestinians living on the land, farming it, etc. Surely we are in agreement that Arabs and Jews must be granted the fullness of rights, dignity, and equality. Where we might respectfully disagree is the "who started it" conversation. Remember that the ethnic cleansing of Palestine already took place 75 years ago, and that according to most human rights organizations and even Israeli ones Palestinians live under an apartheid condition. So without supporting the actions of October 7th, and while certainly seeing Israel's response as genocidal and savage, I would see the roots of the condition in a fifty year occupation and apartheid that simply have to be addressed if there is to be hope for peaceful co-existence. Having said that, I have lived long enough to know that KZbin comments section are rarely the place for the most fruitful exchange. And with that, I wish you well and ask God to bless all the residents of this sacred and tortured land. Amin, Amen.
@samyost9592Күн бұрын
My thoughts are that Zionist start wars by using deception in their Media. I think Israel is a war mongering state and needs defunded.
@xeropunt57493 ай бұрын
Salam & Ramadhan Kareem Mubarak Omid! I’m interested in the meaning of the salah. Such as “only Thee do we worship & only Thyn help we seek”. How do we navigate/implement this in life? I just had an appendectomy, and a surgeon did the work. So…how do I intend “Only God”, aside from what:)? Hope that makes sense.
@brotheromid3 ай бұрын
salam and Ramadan Mubarak. The issue of the relationship between Divine will and human will is one that has taken up a lot more space that can be treated in a short KZbin comment. :-). Probably the most helpful answer is that of the need to harmonize our will with God, as in the "when you threw it was not you that threw but God that threw verse of the Qur'an." We have a whole hour long discussion of the verse you are asking about in this online course that I invite you to consider: www.illuminatedcourses.com/the-heart-of-the-quran May God bless you!
@xeropunt57493 ай бұрын
@@brotheromid Thank you very much for your reply Omid!!! True, it is a long dive:))) Thank you for the 8:17 reference, I’ll meditate on that, & the info for further studies!!! Wishing you lots of ease/bémushkily🙏✨
@altonchian92123 ай бұрын
I appreciate Omid sharing this knowledge and facts about the roots of zionism with us ,Perhaps a similar approach should be taken towards our own so called leaders in Islamic world as well, who are equally racist , brutal and inhumane. From Turkey to Arabia to Egypt or to any Islamic country which one , has taken a meaningful action against this genocide ? Only thanks to South Africa which isn’t ruled by acclaimed muslim rulers have taken a serious action against genocide,
@SM-ik7yo3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this illuminating talk. May you be rewarded for it. Where can I find the lectures in this series?
@brotheromid3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. They're part of this series: inayatiyya.org/event/the-divine-names-spring-2024/
@SM-ik7yo3 ай бұрын
Thank you. I have emailed the organizers for registration.
@kanwalrahim79053 ай бұрын
Screaming Toddler was A Surprise Delight ☺️ I could not stop giggling like a kid in kindergarten class especially seeing you trying to get through the Tafsir with a straight face. teacher’ delighful assistant was trying to get into the room …. 🥰
@kanwalrahim79053 ай бұрын
Salaam Professor Safi, in deep appreciation 🙏🏽 for this focused immersion into Surah Fatiha … inshallah, one day will join you on one of your Guided Tours in Spain or Morocco ✨
@brotheromid3 ай бұрын
Inshallah! It would be an honor to have you with us. Here is our info: www.illuminatedcourses.com/tours. And get in touch with me, as we have one partial scholarship for the Morocco program!
@sethshams3 ай бұрын
Qahar also means someone extenuating you by the power and passion you have for him many parents say their child is "qaharing" them
@paolasandoval69923 ай бұрын
Thank you 😭😭😭❤
@adilkhan-uz4zn4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for familiarizing us about the School of illumination, the great Mystic ,Suhrawardi being the founder of this , could you please elaborate more on the idea of knower ,known and knowledge because I think it is very important in epistimology emphasised by Mulla Sadra ,thanks
@kanwalrahim79054 ай бұрын
Shukriya ~ this was very beneficial Essential Guidance To Help Me Practice Internal Navigation and Balanced Discernment
@zafarali42954 ай бұрын
Great
@s.s.6424 ай бұрын
Beautiful, thank you for giving us these tools to help us find the teachers on our spiritual path!
@aadilnazir3554 ай бұрын
I want to join your halaqa?
@brotheromid4 ай бұрын
Salam Aadil, Anyone is welcome to join through here: www.illuminatedcourses.com/chailoveandprayer
@bootsmade4walking4 ай бұрын
MashaAllah
@InesAzaiez5 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏼
@islamal-khateeb81005 ай бұрын
This was so beautifully beneficial 🤍 thank you luminous soul
@izmirmohamadsalleh5 ай бұрын
Thank you brother Omid for this divinely inspired message
@MusiccisuM5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Brother Omid Safi
@Ttttt79905 ай бұрын
Always love your talk.
@anniechaklader53376 ай бұрын
Thank you for this thorough explanation, very helpful.
@bootsmade4walking6 ай бұрын
"'Resist not evil', the scripture says. When there is resistance to evil of the other person, do not become angry with him. When you foster the same emotion, you add to his, and you increase the same fire in yourself. It is like infecting yourself with a contagious disease instead of curing it. Anger and bitterness will die out in time." - Hazrat Inayat Khan
@maksed_236 ай бұрын
Zionism is a threat to peace and human existence
@user-ie1mg3or1l6 ай бұрын
Indeed I dont want to feel hate for hate is The Very sickness of The israelis. Hate belongs to them. They are sick-death. But my heart is só broken that every day became a trial. How to Cross through The hours finding any Sense on life when innocents are being swated as flies? How to live only my love for those suffering souls and desengage From The Fury that prey upon me?
@user-ie1mg3or1l6 ай бұрын
Your message brought relief, I am jewish and I dear love my brothers muslemims. I do believe that all those that worship God truly are my brothers doesnt matter religion. I am wandering From utter despair to appaling hate. How can anyone perpetrate such a hideous crime, erase a precious people in such monstrous fashion? Arabs and jews used to live together in peace. At Spain they flourished mightly, jews where The only ones From abrod received at Persia for learning medicine in The Very times they were despised and persecuted all over Europe...This isnt about religion. Thanks for your words.
@lands_to_sea6 ай бұрын
With respect, I would like to continue to oppose the zionist infected zombies & their claims, so that "not aware" people don't fall in their propaganda & support zionist.
@fightback3976 ай бұрын
$250 billion dollars in aid to israel ?
@brotheromid6 ай бұрын
over the last few decades, yes.
@fightback3976 ай бұрын
Oh thank you very much . It is as if you thought about me when you recorded these words . I will share this video .
@Christopher06326 ай бұрын
Theodor Herzl was an Atheist and most of the founders of Israel were not particularly religious at all. Initially, most Rabbis did not approve Zionism and even today the majority of Jews that are speaking out against the ideology today are Rabbis.
@dcgallin6 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@dcgallin6 ай бұрын
Wise words, thank you so much. We pray for Palestine.
@MS22216 ай бұрын
I agree with everything you say except for one thing...you say where to find people who are seeing things clearly by suggesting specific groups. We must move away from categorizing & go with how we feel. If you're discussing the genocide w a person who is influenced by zionist thinking, it will feel very frustrating. If you're expressing your views w people who are not influenced in that way, it will feel better. We find these people in every race, every culture & in both genders. I believe that to think otherwise is to be thinking too narrowly and are at risk of being influenced by the "Divide & Conquer" tactic. We all must think as broadly as possible these days, with the help of our emotional guidance system.
@brotheromid6 ай бұрын
That is a very good point as well. I was mainly talking about organizational affiliation.
@user-lg2od3bz6f6 ай бұрын
Thank you, sir, for your explanation
@ColdSamra6 ай бұрын
May Allah bless you 🙏🏼
@ColdSamra6 ай бұрын
You're right. I don't think they have any shred of humanity in their hearts.
@CountChocula-on9ix6 ай бұрын
Agree
@bigbamo926 ай бұрын
Facts. No time
@omerkhan79646 ай бұрын
Well said , so true
@naziirani27736 ай бұрын
Your message was short but helpful. Thank you
@bootsmade4walking6 ай бұрын
Ameen.
@abduazirhi26786 ай бұрын
magnificently beautiful....thanks for sharing, Br Safi
@brotheromid6 ай бұрын
Alhamdulillah, may God bless you
@moonobject6 ай бұрын
Thank you Prof Safi
@bootsmade4walking6 ай бұрын
Free Palestine 🇵🇸❤ Peace for the world
@ervinabajrami7 ай бұрын
Love is timeless and also timely! ❤ #ceasefirenow #freepalestine
@Laila-th1cb8 ай бұрын
Thank you for speaking out and exposing the truth. We need people to keep speaking and fight for the human rights for the Palestinians until we are treated as humans and equal. Much love.
@jimsunderji90048 ай бұрын
Very well articulated! We need more people to speak up so the pain of Palestinians can be felt by others!