

The Hikam with Shaykh Zahir Bacchus
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This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – by the spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
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Oct 4, 2018 • 28min
107A -Our Whims are What Defeat Us
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 107th aphorism of the Hikam: “It is not to be feared that the paths will confuse you, but only that whims will defeat you.”
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
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Sep 27, 2018 • 23min
106 – His Loving Kindness and His Ordianing Fate
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 106th aphorism of the Hikam: “Whoever thinks His loving kindness is ever separated from His ordaining fate, does so out of shortsightedness.”
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Sep 24, 2018 • 25min
105 – Appreciating Our Trails
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 105th aphorism of the Hikam: “Let the pain of tribulation be lightened for you by knowing that it is He Most Glorious who is making the trial of you; For Him from whom you are faced with the blows of fate is He who has accustomed you to His choosing well.’ “
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Sep 20, 2018 • 21min
104 – The Lights of Hearts and Inmost Souls Never Set
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 104th aphorism of the Hikam: “He has illumined outward appearances with the lights of His created vestiges; And illumined inmost hearts with the lights of His attributes. This is why the lights of created vestiges set at night, but the lights of hearts and inmost souls never set. And why it has been said: ‘The daytime sun goes down at night, But the sun of gnostic hearts never goes down.’ “
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Sep 17, 2018 • 25min
103 – Only Finding Rest Through Allah
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 103rd aphorism of the Hikam: “The duress of the gnostic never departs, and he finds no rest in anything but Allah.”
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Sep 14, 2018 • 45min
102 – He Wants to Give You When He Makes You Ask
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 102nd aphorism of the Hikam: “Whenever He releases your tongue to ask, know that He wants to give to you.”
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Sep 12, 2018 • 23min
101 – When You Are Alienated From His Creation
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 101st aphorism of the Hikam: “Whenever He alienates you from His creatures, realize that He wants to open for you the door of intimacy with Him.”
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Sep 6, 2018 • 23min
100- Our Best Moment is the Realization of Our Neediness
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 100th aphorism of the Hikam: “Your best moment is that in which you see your neediness, and in which you are returned to your lowliness.”
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Sep 4, 2018 • 18min
099 – Our Need of Him is Intrinsic
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 99th aphorisms of the Hikam: “Your need is intrinsic to you, while the means to fulfill it only appear in order to remind you of what you have overlooked of it. For intrinsic need can not be set aside by things that occur to it.“
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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Aug 31, 2018 • 21min
097-098 Allah’s Blessing of Creating and Preserving Us
In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 97th and 98th aphorisms of the Hikam: “Two blessings that nothing that exists may do without, and every single created being requires: the blessing of being brought into existence, and the blessing of made to continue.” and “He has blessed you first by creating you and second by unceasingly preserving you.”
This podcast covers “The Hikam”, considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn Ata’illah. The Hikam is a book of spiritual aphorisms containing timeless and pure spiritual wisdom.
Shaykh Zahir is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Lote Tree Foundation. He also serves was the Imam at the Jamiat-ul-Ansar Masjid in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Checkout all of the SeekersHub podcasts by visiting http://seekershub.org/podcasts/
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