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Living from the Heart (Interfaith Dialogues) – with a talk by Shaykh Taner Ansari, Grand Shaykh of Ansari Qadiri Rifai Sufi Order

Posted on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 by ansariuk

An interfaith event, Living from the Heart, organised by Richmond and Putney Unitarian Church.

We are proud to announce that the Grand Shaykh Taner Ansari of the Ansari Qadiri Rifai Sufi Order will be delivering an address at Richmond and Putney Unitarian Church on the theme of:

A Sufi perspective of spirituality in the twenty-first century.

There will also be a bring-and-share lunch following the service to which you are all warmly invited.

Date: 18 October, Sunday
Time: 11 AM
Venue: Richmond and Putney Unitarian Church, Ormond Road, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6TH

For enquiries, please contact: revsimonramsay@gmail.com for further details.

Full schedule:

1030 arrivals and greetings
1100 joint service begins

Opening sentences
Lighting of the chalice
Chant- come, come, whoever you are
Reading Ibn Arabi on different religions
Sharing the peace
Chant- From you I receive
Reading- Vivekananda- Universal religion
Introduction of and talk by Shaykh Ansari (20 mins)
Musical Voluntary
Reflective silence (5 mins)
Closing prayer for togetherness and peace
Q and A (15 mins)
Closing music

1230 refreshments (20 mins)

Zikr (15 mins)
Lunch and fellowship

London

Special Sufi Zikr led by the Heads of our Sufi Order – 19 and 26 October, Monday, 7:30 PM

Posted on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 by ansariuk

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that Shaykh Taner and Shaykha Muzeyyen Ansari, leaders of our Sufi Order, will be leading Zikr (Meditation) on the 19th and 26th October.

Date: 19th and 26th October, Mondays
Venue: Essex Unitarian Church, 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, London W8 4RT

They will present a talk and have a questions and answer session. This will be followed by Zikr (Meditation) and then dinner.

We greatly look forward to seeing you there.

Arts, Interfaith, Words of Wisdom

Interview with the Heads of Qadiri Rifai Ansari Sufi Order – Fundamental concepts of Sufism

Posted on May 10, 2015May 10, 2015 by ansariuk

In a two-part video interview with the Heads of the Ansari Sufi Order, Shaykh Taner and Shaykha Muzeyyen Ansari, the Heads explain:

fundamental concepts of Sufism
common misconceptions of Sufism
finding Sufism
living Sufism
the science behind the 99 Names of Allah

Thanks to ITV (a South African local community television broadcasting station) for uploading the interview.

Arts, Events, London

Special Zikr (Meditation) to celebrate the Urs of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Geylani

Posted on February 1, 2015 by ansariuk

QADIRI RIFAI ANSARI SUFI ORDER

Invites you to celebrate

URS

SHAYKH ABDUL QADIR GEYLANI

with a Traditional Sufi Zikr accompanied with ilahi,

daf and Sufi whirling

Special guest: Shaykh Syed Khaled Ali (from the Qadiri-Tahiri Tariqa)

MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY (19:30 – 21:30)

Essex Unitarian Church

112 Palace Gardens Terrace

Notting Hill Gate W8 4RT

Tel: 07941 653337

Words of Wisdom

There are so many ways of looking at the same thing

Posted on December 29, 2014 by ansariuk

From: ~ Murshid Shaykh Taner Ansari ~

THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE SAME THING:

Think about how many levels Allah is living His life. How many dimensions, how many levels, how many ways, how many manners! Do more thinking about these things. Start with the ones that are very apparent. Everyone has life, so think about life first. That’s the main thing, how does He live?

Manifest life the way Allah lives. Think about consciousness. Is all life conscious or do you first find consciousness in a brain? What is happening? Think about the dimensions. How many dimensions are there? How many ways are there? I am trying to encourage you get used to thinking in this way.

Very rarely does Allah make me repeat the same thing. He has been making me talk for 10 years or more now. It’s the same subject, but there are so many angles you can look at the same thing from. For example, take a sphere: how many circles can you put around a sphere? There are 360 degrees one way, 360 degrees every other way. There are so many different angles to look at it from.

That’s why you can sit here and talk about the same subject until you die and not say the same words. What does Allah say in the Quran? “If the oceans were ink and all the forests were pens, Allah’s words would not be finished.” He counted His blessings and He could not count them all.