بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
“True love is the love of faith.”
…It is called the enlightened love. It is distinct from the sensual love, which is based on emotion and instinct. Sensual love does not proceed from the heart proper… Rather, it emanates from our senses. It is lustful and voluptuous. It is cumbersome, physical and transient. After all, its survival depends on physical contiguity. It dies with distance. On the other hand, the enlightened love, the love of core to core, of heart to heart, does not depend on physical proximity to thrive and prosper. For it transcends space and time… is beyond all calculation… is without measure or count… [This] love is from community of faith, unity of love, the love of God… Only this form of love is true and genuine and it redounds to a spiritual uplifting.”
-Imam Fode Drame, The Rejuvenation of the Soul
Zawiyah is where we discover our path toward true love and faith.
It is the meeting point between the creation and the Creator…
and between creation among themselves, their ideas, their visions.
Zawiyah is a place of mercy and healing for all.
