The Hikam with Shaykh Zahir Bacchus

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 143rd aphorism of the Hikam  : “The believer when praised feels abashed before Allah to be extolled for a trait he does not see in himself.“ 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 […] The post 143 – Feeling Abashed Before Allah When Praised- The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 142nd aphorism of the Hikam  : “People praise you for what they suppose you to be. So blame your self for for what you know it to be.“ This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century […] The post 142 – When People Praise You- The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 141st aphorism of the Hikam  : “Things are affirmed by His affirming them, and effaced by the soleness of His Entity.” 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 […] The post 141 – Allah is in Control of Everything- The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 140th aphorism of the Hikam  : “He has given you to contemplate things made to exist, but not allowed you to stop with them: Say: ‘Look at what is in the heavens’ —opening to you the door of comprehensions, and He did not say: ‘Look at the […] The post 140 – Contemplating Creation – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 139th aphorism of the Hikam  : ” He has outwardly manifested everything because He is the Inward. And folded away the existence of everything because He is the Outward.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th […] The post 139 – The Inward and Outward – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 138th aphorism of the Hikam  : “But for His appearing in things made to exist, perception would not alight on them. Did His attributes appear,  the things He makes exist would be obliterated.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by […] The post 138 – The Reality of Things – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 137th aphorism of the Hikam  : “Allah is not veiled from you by something that exists apart from Him, for nothing exists apart from Him. But what veils you from Him is imagining that something exists apart from Him.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece […] The post 137 – Allah is Not Veiled – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 136th aphorism of the Hikam  : “Were the light of certainty to dawn upon you, you would see the next life closer to you than to have to journey to it. And see the allurements of this life darkened by the pall of mortality upon them.” This […] The post 136 – The Light of Certainty- The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 135th aphorism of the Hikam  : “No one is your friend but he who is so while fully knowing your faults and that is no one but your All-generous  Master. The best to be friend of is He who wants you for yourself , not for something […] The post 135 – The Best of Friends – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 134th aphorism of the Hikam  : “Whoever honors you is only honoring Allah’s gracious concealment of how you are. So the praise belongs to Him who has concealed you, not him who honors and thanks you.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature […] The post 134 – Allah Conceals Our Reality – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 133rd aphorism of the Hikam  : “Being shielded is of two kinds: being shielded from disobedience, and being shielded in disobedience. The ordinary ask Allah Most High to shield them in disobedience lest they fall from the regard of other people; while the elect ask Allah to […] The post 133 – Protection from Disobedience – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 132nd aphorism of the Hikam  : “When you obey Him, you are more in need of HIs forbearance than when you disobey 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 […] The post 132 – Our Need for His Forbearence – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 131st aphorism of the Hikam  : “But for his graciously concealing how it really is, no deed would merit acceptance. ” 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 […] The post 131 – The Reality of Our Deeds – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 130th aphorism of the Hikam  : “Were you only to reach Him after your misdeeds had all been eliminated, and your pretensions all obliterated, you would never reach Him. But rather, what He wants  to make you reach Him, He conceals your nature with His nature , […] The post 130 – Reaching Closeness to Allah – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 129th aphorism of the Hikam  : “Nothing pleads harder for you than utter need, nor is anything faster to bring divine gifts than humiliation and want.” 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 […] The post 129 – Pleading With Utter Need- The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 127th aphorism of the Hikam  : “How should there be broken for you the laws of nature, when you have not broken those of your own nature.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century Ibn […] The post 127 – Breaking Laws of Nature – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 126th aphorism of the Hikam  : “He has forbidden you to claim what is not yours of what belongs to other creatures.  Should he permit you to claim what He is, when He is Lord of the Worlds?” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in […] The post 126 – Knowing Our Place – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 125th aphorism of the Hikam  : “Cleave to the attributes of His godhood and realize the attributes of your slavehood.” 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 […] The post 125 – Realizing our Slavehood – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 124th aphorism of the Hikam  : “There will unending things to blame you for, should He return you to yourself; And no finish to things to praise you for, should He manifest His bounty upon you.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature […] The post 124 – Blaming and Praising Ourselves – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 123rd aphorism of the Hikam  : “When He wants to manifest HIs favour to you, He creates and then attributes 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 […] The post 123 – Allah’s Favour To Us – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 122nd aphorism of the Hikam  : “Do not seek a reward for a work you are not the doer of; It suffices you as a reward for works that it is He who accepts them.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – […] The post 122 – The Real Doer of Our Deeds – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 121st aphorism of the Hikam  : “Whenever you seek recompense for a deed, you are called upon to have genuineness in it; While merely getting off free is enough for someone defending his case.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written […] The post 121 – Genuineness in Deeds – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 120th aphorism of the Hikam  : “The prayer is a place of holding intimate converse, and a mine-lode of sincerity of love;In which the vistas of secrets extend before one, and there appear at its horizons dawnings of illuminations. He knew of weakness from you, so made […] The post 120 – The Secrets of Prayer – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues with the 119th aphorism of the Hikam  : “The prayer is a purifying of hearts from the foulness of sins and a seeking to open the door upon matters that cant be seen.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the […] The post 119B – Purifying Hearts With Prayer – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 119th aphorism of the Hikam  : “The prayer is a purifying of hearts from the foulness of sins and a seeking to open the door upon matters that cant be seen.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master […] The post 119A – Purifying Hearts With Prayer – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 118th aphorism of the Hikam  : “As the Real knew of impatience in you, He made spiritual works diverse in kind; and as He knew the greediness in you,  He withheld them from you at certain times; So that your concern might be to fulfill the prayer, […] The post 118 – Fulfilling the Prayer – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 117th aphorism of the Hikam  : “He knew you could not bear to be without Him, so He gave you to see what proceeds from 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 […] The post 117 – Seeing Things Clearly – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 116th aphorism of the Hikam: “He as ordered you in this adobe to reflect upon created things; but shall reveal to you in that adobe the very perfection of Himself.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual […] The post 116 – Reflect Upon Created Things – The Hikam – Shaykh Zahir Bacchus appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

  In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 115th aphorism of the Hikam  : “Devotees and ascetics are but alienated from everything because they are absent from Allah in everything. If they beheld Him in everything, they would not be alienated by anything.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by […] The post 115 – Beholding Allah in Everything appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues covering the 114th aphorism of the Hikam: “The unware considers in the morning what he will do. While the wise consider what Allah will do 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 […] The post 114 – What Will Allah Do With Us Today? appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues covering the 113th aphorism of the Hikam (third of three parts) : “The coming of divine help is in the measure of one’s preparedness; And the dawning of illumination, of the purity of inmost souls.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master […] The post 113C: Being Prepared for Receiving Divine Help appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues covering the 113th aphorism of the Hikam (second of three parts) : “The coming of divine help is in the measure of one’s preparedness; And the dawning of illumination, of the purity of inmost souls.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master […] The post 113B: Being Prepared for Receiving Divine Help appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus starting covering the 113th aphorism of the Hikam (first of three parts) : “The coming of divine help is in the measure of one’s preparedness; And the dawning of illumination, of the purity of inmost souls.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master […] The post 113A: Being Prepared for Receiving Divine Help appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 112th aphorism of the Hikam: “No one disdains regular spiritual works except an utter fool. Their fruits of it are in Final Adobe, while works end with the end of this one; and the most fitting is to be concerned with is that which nothing else will ever follow. […] The post 112- Valuing Regular Spiritual Works appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 111th aphorism of the Hikam: “Not everyone truly of the elect has yet been freed of shortcomings”.  We did not have our normal recording equipment due to technical challenges so apologize for lower sound quality then usual. This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – […] The post 111 -The Elect Can Also Have Shortcomings appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 110th aphorism of the Hikam: “Whenever He makes you obedient outwardly to His command and bestows you surrender inwardly to His irresistable power, He has shown you largesse beyond thanking” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century […] The post 110 – Being Thankful for Being Good Servants appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 109th aphorism of the Hikam: “Take not your Lord to task that what seek is slow in coming; but take yourself to task that your manners are slow in coming.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual literature – written by the great spiritual master of 13th/14th century […] The post 109 -Taking Ourselves to Task appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus covers the 108th aphorism of the Hikam : “Glorious be to the one who has veiled the secret of electhood in the appearance of humanness, and who is manifest through the mightiness of Lordship in the very showing of one’s slavehood.” This podcast covers “The Hikam”,  considered a classical masterpiece in spiritual […] The post 108 – Veiling of the Secret of Elect-hood appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues to cover the 107th aphorism of the Hikam with this episode also being an overview of how our spiritual approach should be : “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 […] The post 107C -Our Whims are What Defeat Us appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

In this episode,  Shaykh Zahir Bacchus continues to cover 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 […] The post 107B -Our Whims are What Defeat Us appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 107A -Our Whims are What Defeat Us appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 106 – His Loving Kindness and His Ordianing Fate appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 105 – Appreciating Our Trails appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 104 – The Lights of Hearts and Inmost Souls Never Set appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 103 – Only Finding Rest Through Allah appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 102 – He Wants to Give You When He Makes You Ask appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 101 – When You Are Alienated From His Creation appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 100- Our Best Moment is the Realization of Our Neediness appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 099 – Our Need of Him is Intrinsic appeared first on SeekersGuidance.

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 […] The post 097-098 Allah’s Blessing of Creating and Preserving Us appeared first on SeekersGuidance.