Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri
Shaykh Fadlalla Haeri was born in the Holy City of Karbala, Iraq, a descendant of five generations of well-known and revered spiritual leaders. Educated in Europe and America, Shaykh Fadlalla obtained undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, majoring in science and engineering. As a businessman, he established several manufacturing and consulting firms in the Middle East, primarily in the oil industry. Shaykh Fadlalla traveled extensively, especially in India, in pursuit of the spiritual teachings of the East, before his eventual re-discovery of the pure and original Islamic heritage of his birth.
Shaykh Fadlalla Haeri is a realized master, teacher, and inheritor of the Prophetic path to divine realization. He has instructed people throughout the world on this path for over 20 years and has written numerous books on various topics concerned with the wisdom teachings of Islam.
Shaykh Fadlalla Haeri is an isthmus between the ancient wisdom teachings and our present time.
For generations Shaykh Fadlalla Haeri’s ancestors were among the greatest teachers of Islam. Shaykh Fadlalla Haeri was steeped in these traditions of worshipping and balanced living from childhood. He left his home for universities in England where he distinguished himself and obtained several degrees in business and science.
Shaykh Fadlalla Haeri, has received permission (idhn) as a Shaykh of Instruction, from numerous lines (tariqahs) of Sufic teaching including the Darqawi-Shadhili, the Chisti, and the Rifa`i to name a few. His teaching calls to the fulfillment and completion of human potential both inwardly and outwardly in a way that reflects our time yet remains faithful to the original Islamic model. This model is none other than surrender to One Reality that engenders, permeates, and encompasses all that is seen and unseen.
Shaykh Fadlalla Haeri currently resides in the Republic of South Africa, where he continues his life's work as a teacher and guide to realizing the ultimate meaning and purpose of life.
In 1979, Shaykh Fadlalla came to the United States to establish a spiritual foundation, the Zahra Trust, to enable serious students of Islam the opportunity of acquiring its basic teachings. The Zahra Trust currently publishes a wide variety of books through its affiliate, Zahra Publications, and has established several spiritual and medical centers in Asia, Europe and South America. The American Institute of Qur'anic Studies at Bayt-ud-Deen, the U.S. base of Zahra Trust, was inaugurated in December, 1981.
Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri recently established the Academy of Self Knowledge (http://www.askonline.co.za), which provides online courses on Self Knowledge. The course at the Academy of Self Knowledge will help a student discover who he or she is. How the worlds known and unknown, manifest from the One source, sustained by the Universal Essence. It will teach a student how to perceive realities and facts in a manner that lets him ir her relate them to the Lasting Truth. Happiness is a by-product of seeing things as they are, relating to them appropriately and relying on the Inner Light. Unless one realizes the everlasting soul within, the constant outer shadows will always distract one.
Works
Beginning's End
Commentary of the Qur`an
Cosmology of the Self
Eid Talk
Forty Windows -- and more
Imam Ali, The Garden of Self-healing, The Prophetic Map for the Wayfarer
Journey of the Universe as Expounded in the Qur`an
Living Islam East & West
Poems
Ripples of Light
Seven Patterns of the Self
The Elements of Islam
The Elements of Sufism
The Inner Meanings of Worship in Islam
The Journey of the Self
The Light, Love and Peace of Islam (Transcription of a 1991 TV Interview of Shaykh Fadhlalla)
The Pilgrimage of Islam -- Encompassing the Five Schools of Law
The Sufi Way to Self-Unfoldment
The Wisdom of Ibn Ata'Allah
See also
Islam
Shia
Sufism