Engraved in the Heart of the Saints
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Someone asked Shaykh Bayazid Thayfur ibn ‘Isa al-Bisthami ( q.s. ), “Show me a deed by which I will be able approach my Lord.” He replied, “Love the friends of Allah ( s.w.t. ) in order that they will love you. Love His saints until they love you because Allah ( s.w.t. ) Looks into their hearts and He will See that your name is engraved within the hearts of His friends and He will Favour you.” Shaykh Bayazid ( q.s. ) was the sixth inheritor of the Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order. Originally called the Path of asw-Swiddiq among the early Muslims, it became known as the Khwajagan Order before it became famous as the Naqshbandiyyah Order in the 14 th century. The word, “ Naqsh ” means “engraving” and the word, “ Band ” means, “enclosed”. The name, “Naqshbandi” is mostly translated as “engravings on the heart” like a seal on heart of the lover, a permanent bonding between a seeker with his Lord and His Most Bel...