⭐ Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2024—The Bat 🦇🌙

Farther they see than the palest of those countless hosts. Needing no aid from the light, they penetrate the depths of a loving soul that fills a loftier region with bliss ineffable. —Novalis 26 November 2024 Dear Friends, The second animal we encounter on our journey within the Forest of Memory is the bat. The […]

The Zephyr, November 2024

23 November 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, The world shall live in me, not I in it. —Akhlaq-i Jalali Several weeks ago, the world took a turn. What this turn means to us depends on where we stand, and where we live, and what we believe. It depends on our chosen religion. And it depends […]

Inayatiyya International Board Newsletter, November 2024

As the Inayatiyya International Board, we have some news to share with you about organizational leadership changes. Ophiel van Leer and Rabia Povich are stepping down from their vice president positions at the World Message Council at this time. Ophiel served as European Vice President of Music for the last four years. During this period, […]

⭐ Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2024—The Serpent 🐍 ⭐

I came out from [my self] as a snake from its skin. Then I looked. I saw that lover, Beloved, and love are one because in that state of unification, all are one. — Bâyezîd Bistâmî  19 November 2024 Dear Friends, On our journey within the Forest of Memory, the first animal encountered is the serpent. […]

⭐ Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2024—The Cat 🐈 ⭐

Dear Friends,   This time every year, we appeal for financial contributions to support the Inayatiyya in spreading Murshid’s message far and wide. As we were planning our appeal, those of us on the Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2024 Campaign Committee found ourselves casting around for inspiration for a theme, and it arrived in the form […]

The Zephyr, October 2024

16 October 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, Flooding is a great peril, as we know. In 2022 nearly two thousand people died in floods in Pakistan, and last year four thousand people died in floods in Libya. This year, serious weather events have caused extensive damage and loss of life in China, Central and […]

A Message from Pir Zia

8 October 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, A year ago we commenced, as an order-wide daily practice, the recitation of Amaan101x times a day, or more, as an act of focused empathy toward those suffering in Palestine/Israel, Ukraine/Russia, Sudan, Congo, and other zones of devastation in the world. A year on, prayers—together with outer-world […]

The Zephyr, September 2024

18 September 2024 Dear Companions on the Path, Greetings! I hope this finds you very well. Here in the northern hemisphere, summer is now reaching its end. The last year has been, in many ways, the best of times and the worst of times. The immense loss of life, displacement of people, and widespread suffering in […]

Inayatiyya International Board Newsletter, September 2024

As the Inayatiyya International Board, we have some news to share with you about organizational leadership changes. We are grateful to the following outgoing UK trustees, Nigel Hamilton (Chair), Aziz Dikeulias, Noor-un-Nisa Paula Jacobs, Sarida Brown, and Vakil Michael Kenton, for their generous service and care in tending to the flourishing of the Message in […]

The Zephyr, August 2024

21 August 2024 Greetings from the South coast of England, It is lovely to be able to start this Zephyr with the winds of hope after a few weeks of tumult brought on by race riots in the UK. Last night at dinner in a wonderful Afghan restaurant in London, with friends from around the world, […]