Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

Alhamdulillah!

The Book Launch Party and Reading for the Sufi novel Sang Raja Jin – Master of the Jinn in Indonesian Bahasa, will be held, inshallah, in the offices of Nun Publisher (Jln. Ampera Raya Gg. Kancil No. 15, Jakarta Selatan, 12550, Telephone: +62 21 78847301:

Saturday, February 16^th - at Hour: 15.00 WIB – (3:00 pm).

Four prominent Indonesian literary figures will read selections from Sang Raja Jin: Nuruddin Asyhadie, a renowned poet and author, Anton Kurnia, a well known literary critic, Siska Widyawati, a Sufi dervish and journalist, and Meithya Rose Prasetya, a writer and lover of mystical works.

And many journalists and critics have been invited.

Ya Haqq!

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

The Prophet (pbuh) has said:

“If one of you is concerned about some practical undertaking, or about making plans for a journey, he should perform two Rakats (cycles) of voluntary prayer. Then he should say the following dua:”

O Allah! I seek Your guidance by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. You have power; I have none. And You know; I know not. You are the Knower of hidden things.

O Allah! If in Your knowledge this matter is good for my religion, my livelihood and my affairs, immediate and in the future, then ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if in Your knowledge this matter is bad for my religion, my livelihood and my affairs, immediate and in the future, then turn it away from me, and turn me away from it. And ordain for me the good wherever it may be, and make me content with it.

- Called the Salat-ul-Istikhara, or The Prayer of Guidance, it is adapted from the excellent and beneficial Simply Islam blog.

Ya Haqq!

From the Darvish blog.

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

Happy New Year to all my Brothers and Sister of every faith and race and creed around the world! May God bless you all this year with health, happiness, love and wisdom. I can think of no better resolution for the New Year than this beautiful prayer.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

- Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Ya Haqq!

Originally from the Darvish blog.

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

The Christmas shopping season begins today, so in the spirit of giving, and because I really loved giving away Master of the Jinn Ebooks for Eid, I am happy to once again offer a FREE Master of the Jinn EBOOK as my Christmas and Hanukkah gift to anyone that would like one. It is in .pdf format and contains all the illustrations of the original book.

“Come, come! Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Atheist, come whoever you are!”

If you would like a FREE Master of the Jinn EBOOK, just email me at:

Irvingk57 (@) aol (dot) com - (write Gift Ebook in the subject line).

Of course, if you want to give Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel as a Christmas or Hanukkah gift, just click HERE to buy the paperback on Amazon.com. They will also gift wrap it for you :)

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

Ya Haqq!

Salaam and Greetings of Peace:

Alhamdulillah! I received an email today from a translator in Tokyo who would like to translate Master of the Jinn into Japanese. It is a blessing for this unworthy darvish, and brought to mind that perhaps some of the kind readers of this Sufism board may also know of, or have contact with, publishers or foreign rights agents in other countries.

And so, a request:

If you or someone you know has any contacts or influence with a Book Publisher or Foreign Rights Agent in your country, please email me and, inshallah, Master of the Jinn, this Sufi novel of Allah’s infinite love and mercy, will be read in many countries in many languages. If you have not read the book yet, I will be happy to email you a copy in ebook format.

My email: Irvingk57 (@) aol (.) com (Remove the brackets and close up the email address so that there are no spaces).

May God bless you all and guide you on the straight path of love and wisdom.

Ya Haqq!