Where the Waters Flow â Help Us Carry the Riverâs Wisdom Forward

âThe sacred river is the sympathy coming out of our own heartâ â Hazrat Inayat Khan 11 November 2025 Dear Friends, There is an old Sufi story about a stream that, after descending from the mountains and crossing valleys and meadows, reaches the edge of a vast desert. There, the stream hesitates. How will it […]
In the Fire and the Silence â Help Us Carry the Desert’s Teaching Forward

âAs fire when not kindled gives only smoke, but when kindled, the illuminating flame springs forth, so it is with love.â â Hazrat Inayat Khan 4 November 2025 Dear Friends, Across spiritual traditions, there is one place to which seekers have always fled, or been led: the desert. The desert is not silent. It speaks […]
Toward the Summit Within â Help Us Uphold the Mountain of the Heart

28 October 2025 Dear Friends, There is a mountain that cannot be seen by the eyes of the world, but only by the gaze of the soul. Beyond the horizon of perception, rising through the veils of imagination and spiritual insight, there stands a mountain unlike any other â Qaf, the legendary mountain of mystics […]
The Zephyr, October 2025

15 October 2025 Dear Community, And therefore upon God let them that trust put all their trust. â Qurâan, Chapter âAbraham,â verse 12 In times of difficulty, who can you trust? The image above was taken by my wife, Eva, in March 2009 during the early morning hours when she traveled to the city of Lira […]
The Hidden Light Within the Cave ðŠ

âGo within the cave of your heart; it is there that the Friend awaits.â â attributed to Hazrat Ali 14 October 2025 Dear Friends, The path inward, toward the Heart of hearts, has often been likened to a descent â not into darkness as absence, but into a deeper seeing. Among the most enduring symbols […]
â Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2025Â â

âEvery atom of the universe is as a messenger to proclaim the Unity of God.â â Hazrat Inayat Khan 30 September 2025 Dear Friends, Every path is a landscape, and every landscape a mirror of the soul. Every atom of the landscape is full of the Friend. This Fall, the Inayatiyya invites you to journey […]
The Zephyr, September 2025

17 September 2025 Dear Companions on the Path, Behind Fazal Manzil stands a chestnut tree planted by Amina Begum a hundred years ago. When Pirani Sartaj and I left for London last week it still had most of its leaves. Weâve returned to find that its branches are now mostly bare. It seems that summer […]
News from the Caravan – September 2025

âDay of Waterâ â Sunday, September 21st Dear friends, This year at Easter, Pir Zia proposed a Ziraat lodge at the sources of the Danube, Brigach, and Breg in the Black Forest. Along the Danube, the second longest river in Europe after the Volga, Europe was settled upstream from the Black Sea. Through Ukraine, Romania, […]
Astana Executive Leadership Update â Join Us to Celebrate & Welcome

Dear Beloved Friends of the Caravan, I hope this message finds you well. It is with a heart full of joy and gratitude that I reach out on behalf of the Board to share exciting news about our new Executive Director of Inayatiyya North America & Oceania. We are truly blessed to welcome Mikaâil Petin, […]
The Zephyr, August 2025

20 August 2025 Dear Companions on the Path, There is a cool, subtle breeze flowing through the window on a beautiful summerâs day in England. The noise of the bombs, the cries of hungry children and the images of floods, fires and earthquakes are loud. Hazrat Inayat Khan said, âVerily, the power of the word can […]