The Hikam with Shaykh Zahir Bacchus

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 67th aphorism of the Hikam: “When you see a servant Allah most high has kept at daily works, letting him abide in them, while finding continuous divine help, by no means despite what his Master has bestowed him, merely because you do see in him, the mien of those of gnosis, or splendour of those in love. For had there been no fruit, there would be no work”. 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/ The post 067 – The Blessing of Daily Works appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 66th aphorism of the Hikam: “It is of the ignorance of the disciple to show ill manners and when the penalty is delayed to say ‘Had this been ill behaviour, it would have cut off the divine help and neccasrily caused distance.’  Yet it may be cut off the divine help in a way he is unaware and were it only to prevent the increase, Or he be kept distant while not knowing it, were it only leaving you and whatever you wish”. 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/ The post 066 – Our Ill Manners and Divine Help appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 65th aphorism of the Hikam: “Fear from His kindness to you and your persistent badness toward Him, that it may all be to lead you unwittingly astray: ‘We shall mislead them unawares whence they know not’ “. 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/ The post 065 – His Kindness and our Persistent Badness appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 64th aphorism of the Hikam: “Whoever is unthankful for blessings has made himself liable to lose them. While he who gives thanks for them has made them last with their tethers”. 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/ The post 064 – Being Thankful for Our Blessings appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 63rd aphorism of the Hikam: “Whoever does not draw near to Allah by the gentle graces of kindness is led to him by the chains of tribulation”. 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/ The post 063 – Are You Drawing Closer to Allah Through Kindness or Tribulations? appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 62nd aphorism of the Hikam: “You are free from what you despair and a slave of what you desire”. 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/ The post 062 – You are a Slave of What You Desire appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode, Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 61st aphorism of the Hikam: “Nothing leads you like delusion”. 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/ The post 061 – Nothing Leads You On Like Delusion appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode (second of two parts on this aphorism), Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 60th aphorism of the Hikam: “The branches of a humiliation never grew high except over the sides of a desire (or greed)”. 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/ The post 060B – Humiliation and Our Desires (Part II) appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode (first of two parts on this aphorism), Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 60th aphorism of the Hikam: “The branches of a humiliation never grew high except over the sides of a desire (or greed)”. 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/ The post 060A – Humiliation and Our Desires (Part I) appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode (third of three parts on this aphorism), Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 59th aphorism of the Hikam: “He has prevented both travellers to Him and those who have reached Him from looking at their works, or beholding their spiritual states: Those travelling, because they have not realized true sincerity to Allah in the, and those who have arrived, because He has made them oblivious to them through beholding 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/ The post 059C – Works, States and Our Creator (Part III) appeared first on SeekersGuidance.