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Sidi Mounir's teachings on video
Qasaid and sama': Sufi spiritual song
- Blessed are those (Ya sa'da qawmin biLlahi fazu), qasida
- Day has dawned upon the moon (Atla' nahar), qasida
- O Beauty of existence (Yâ jamâla l-wujûd), Sufi sama'
- O you who yearn for Our Excellence (Ayyuha l-'âshiq ma'nâ husninâ), qasida
- I was near the abode of Laylâ (Danawtu min hayyi Laylâ), qasida by Ahmad al-'Alâwî
- O dweller of the Abode (Yâ uhaylal himâ laqad), qasida
- Yâ tâlibân rahmata Llâh, qasida
Talks on Sufism
Interviews on Sufism
practising sufism
- Listening in spirit: the sama'
- The foundations and meaning of the Ramadan fast (2/2)
- The foundations and meaning of the Ramadan fast (1/2)
- The prayer upon the Prophet (2): the attached graces and the salat ibrahimiyya
- The prayer upon the Prophet (1): the Muhammadan Reality
- The benefits of dhikr
- The foundations of spiritual brotherhood
- Laylat al-Qadr, pearl of the month of Ramadan
- Glimpses of Ibn 'Arabi's youth (1): Fatima of Cordova
- Glimpses of Ibn 'Arabi's youth (2): Averroes
- The doctrine of Junayd
- Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, voice of divine love
- 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the founder
- A path of rigour, a path of beauty
- The flavour of spiritual practices
- Remembering: dhikr
- Sufism at the heart of Islam
- The flavour of spiritual experience
- The keys of the spiritual path: sincerity and humility
- A spiritual master named Jesus
- The three degrees of Revelation
- Religious form and the initiatic approach
- The perpetual pilgrimage (1/2): Mecca, centre of the world
- The perpetual pilgrimage (2/2): initiatic death and the inner pilgrimage
- The master's gift, the disciple's receptivity
- Love in Sufism
- A piece of pure gold: Maabal, disciple of Tierno Bokar
- The journey of the soul: the seven stations
- The worship of the wayfarer
- The love of the wholly Other
- The experience of Sufism today in the West
- Reviving faith: the letter and the spirit
- What is dhikr? An interview
deepening sufism
- Sufism in contemporary society: an interview with Faouzi Skali (2000)
- Royal offerings at the sanctuary of Moulay 'Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish
- Sufism and the third millennium, by Larbi Rahim
- The zawiyas of Fes in the topography of the sacred
- Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch: the other face of Islam
- Hagia Sophia: light, memory and the preservation of the sacred
- The prophetic trials (2/2): the maturing of souls
- The trials of the prophets (1/2): the crucible of the chosen one
- The divine authorisation (idhn): transmission and degrees (1/2)
- The divine authorisation (idhn): transmission and Qur'anic sources (2/2)
- Spiritual courtesy (adab) in the believers' relationship to the Prophet of God
- Ghani Alani: calligraphy as an initiatic path
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (11/11): the conquest of Mecca and the death of the Prophet
- Wisdom and Jests of Joha, by Faouzi Skali: 70 spiritual tales
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (10/11): the expeditions (maghazi)
- The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times, by René Guénon: a presentation
- Le soufisme en Europe, by Francesco Piraino: a review
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (9/11): the jihad of the Prophet
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (8/11): the Prophet's House
- The allusive science (ishara), by Kalabadhi
- The Burda: Imam al-Busiri's qasida in praise of the Prophet
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (7/11): the settling at Medina
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (6/11): the emigration (Hegira)
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (4/11): the Revelation
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (5/11): the Night Journey
- The Hikam of Ibn 'Ata' Allah, commented by Ibn 'Ajiba
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (3/11): marriage and maturity
- Hikam no. 1: not counting on one's works (Ibn 'Ata' Allah, commentary by Ibn 'Ajiba)
- Wisdom of Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Iskandari: invocation without the heart's presence
- In the company of Shaykh Abd al-Wahid Yahia: three testimonies on René Guénon
- Correspondence Cairo-Amiens (1): unpublished letters of René Guénon
- Correspondence Cairo-Amiens (2): unpublished letters of René Guénon
- Eva in her own words: the dream of the tomb and the sama' of Konya
- Martin Lings, or the apology of the religion of the heart
- The saints of Islam, sons of the Prophet: Muhammadan holiness
- The heart of the path: the spiritual guide and the transmission of the secret
- The symbolism of the Arabic letters: the name of Allah as creation
- "Wisdom, or the recognition of Love as the ultimate goal to be attained"
- "Spirituality as a reminder of the essential, in forms proper to each epoch"
- "I thought the Sufi saints had only lived in ancient times"
- East and West: Sufism as a bridge
- Salman the Persian, or the quest for the perfect master
- On the Seal of the Saints (Khatm al-awliya')
- A symbolic approach to the Qur'an (1/3): parables and hidden meaning
- A symbolic approach to the Qur'an (2/3): the inner disposition
- A symbolic approach to the Qur'an (3/3): the Guarded Tablet and the signs of the world
- On the barzakh (1/3): the isthmus between the two seas
- On the barzakh (2/3): the shahada, the doctrinal barzakh
- On the barzakh (3/3): fear and hope according to Qushayri
- O Latif: a poem by 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
- Sufism in daily life: living the universal in the ordinary world
- The veils of separation are lifted, a poem by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghuri
- Correspondence Cairo-Amiens (5): unpublished letters of René Guénon
- Correspondence Cairo-Amiens (6): unpublished letters of René Guénon
- Arnaud Desjardins among the Sufis of Afghanistan
- Neither East nor West: going beyond the opposition
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (1/11): the Hashemite lineage
- The life of the Prophet Muhammad (2/11): early childhood
- Correspondence Cairo-Amiens (3): unpublished letters of René Guénon
- Correspondence Cairo-Amiens (4): unpublished letters of René Guénon
- Correspondence Cairo-Amiens (7): unpublished letters of René Guénon
- Traits of Sufi humour: Shibli, Kharaqani and the others
Sayings of the masters: an anthology of Sufi wisdom
- Sayings of 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of 'Abd al-Rahman Jami: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Abu al-Hasan al-Kharaqani: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Abu Madyan Shu'ayb: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of al-Harith al-Muhasibi: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Sidi 'Ali al-'Imrani (al-Jamal): Sufi quotations
- Anonymous sayings of the Sufi tradition
- Sayings of Bayazid al-Bistami: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Dhu'l-Nun al-Misri: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Ibn 'Ajiba: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Iskandari: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of the Imam 'Ali: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Jalal al-Din Rumi: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Moulay al-'Arabi al-Darqawi: Sufi quotations
- Verses of the Qur'an in the Sufi path
- Sayings of Sa'di of Shiraz: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of the Prophet (pbuh)
- Sayings of the masters of Sufism
- Sayings of Sidi al-Hajj Abbas: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Sidi Hamza al-Qadiri Boutchich: Sufi quotations
- Sayings of Sultan Valad: Sufi quotations
The Qadiriya Boutchichiya tariqa
- 'A Sufi sage amongst us': Faouzi Skali on Sidi Hamza (2000)
- 'Sidi Hamza, the living saint': a portrait from the Moroccan press (2000)
- Tribute to Sidi Jamal al-Qadiri Butshish (2): the Qur'an, the sama' and the mudhakara
- Tribute to Sidi Jamal al-Qadiri Butshish (1): the master of poverty
- The spiritual testament of Sidi Jamal
- Sidi Jamal's speech at the dikra 2025
- 'O you who ask to attain the Truth', a qasida by Sidi Hamza
- Extracts from Sidi Jamal's speech, mawlid 2024
- Sayings of Sidi Hamza on love and humility
- Sayings of Sidi Hamza on the wayfaring and the heart
- Sidi Jamal, the master of beauty (1942-2025)
- Sayings of Sidi Hamza on the path and spiritual practices
- Sayings of Sidi Hamza on knowledge and the initiatic method
- The spiritual testament of Sidi Hamza
- The renewal of Sufism according to Sidi Hamza
- The universal dimension of Sidi Hamza
- Sidi Hamza, or the living teaching
discovering sufism
- Introduction to the study of the Qur'an (2): the dimensions of a verse
- The Dala'il al-Khayrat (Guide of Blessings): 4. A cyclical initiatic journey
- The Dala'il al-Khayrat (Guide of Blessings): 3. The Muhammadan Reality
- The Dala'il al-Khayrat (Guide of Blessings): 2. Prophetic intercession
- The Dala'il al-Khayrat (Guide of Blessings): 1. The prophetic light
- Introduction to the study of the Qur'an (1)
- The Sufi path, an esoteric path?
- Surah al-Fatiha, explained
- Surah Ya-Sin according to Ibn 'Ajiba (4): "Peace! A word from a merciful Lord"
- Surah Ya-Sin according to Ibn 'Ajiba (3): the vessel of the Law on the ocean of Reality
- Surah Ya-Sin according to Ibn 'Ajiba (2): the night, the day, the sun and the moon
- Surah Ya-Sin according to Ibn 'Ajiba (1): the fetters of the soul
- Surah al-Qadr commented by Ibn 'Ajiba
- The structure of the Qur'an
- From doctrine to experience
- "Au seuil de l'aube, un cheminement soufi": a review
- Spiritual work
- 'The Conference of the Birds' by Attar: a review
- "Lettre ouverte à ceux qui critiquent le soufisme": a review
- 'Le souvenir de l'être profond' by Faouzi Skali: a review
- The state of discipleship
- The Prayer upon the Prophet of 'Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish
- Bringing the spirit back to its origin, by Faouzi Skali
- Sufism and Islam
- On the necessity of a master, according to Ibn Khaldun
- The Sufi path
- Sufism is a taste
- The awakening of the heart (1/2): an interview with Faouzi Skali
- The awakening of the heart (2/2): an interview with Faouzi Skali
- Invocation: dhikr and wird on the Sufi path
- The spiritual guide on the Sufi path
- "Initiation au soufisme" by Éric Geoffroy: a review
