Shrine of Shaykh ad-Daghestani in Syria (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Entering Shaykh ad-Daghestani's shrine in Syria (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
What was unveiled to me of experiences and visions cannot be expressed in words. When I entered the seclusion I said to my ego, ‘O my ego, even if I am going to die, I am not going to leave this seclusion. You must know that. Do not try to change my mind or to cheat me.’
— Shaykh Abdullah Fa’izi ad-Daghestani
When I was visiting Sufi shrines in Syria, I did a week-long retreat at the shrine of Shaykh Abdullah Fa’izi ad-Daghestani–the spiritual guide of Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani (who was buried earlier today in Cyprus). After Shaykh ad-Daghestani died in 1973, Shaykh Nazim succeeded him as the leader of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Order…
What shall I say about myself? I am like the moon. When the sun goes, the light of the moon goes. If the light of my Master leaves me, I am in darkness. I am nothing. Whoever sees me as this one or that one sees me through the Light of my Master…
— Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani
