Fadhlalla Haeri

Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri is a Sufi shaykh. As a businessman, he established several manufacturing and consulting firms in the Middle East, primarily in the oil industry. He has been a religious teacher for more than 30 years and has written many books on Islam, some of which are available in other languages.

Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri was born in Karbala, Iraq, where his ancestors were respected teachers of Islam. He studied in Europe and America and obtained undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in science and engineering.

Haeri has received permission (idhn) as a Shaykh of Instruction, from lines (tariqahs) of Sufic teaching including the Darqawi-Shadhili, the Chisti, and the Rifa'i. His teaching calls for the fulfilment and completion of human potential both inwardly and outwardly. Currently living in the Republic of South Africa, he writes on and teaches how to realize the ultimate meaning and purpose of life.

His recent initiative, the Academy of Self Knowledge or ASK www.askonline.co.za, is an international online programme dedicated to assisting people of all backgrounds to discover who they are and how the known and unknown manifest from the One Source, sustained by the Universal Essence.

Works

• Keys to the Qur'an - Commentary on Selected Surahs of the Qur'an 5 Vols
• Journey of the Universe as Expounded in the Qur'an
• Beginning's End
• The Sufi Way to Self-Unfoldment
• Living Islam East & West
• Songs of Iman on the Roads of Pakistan
• 30 Windows
• 40 Windows and more
• Cosmology of the Self
• Beyond Windows
• Bursts of Silence
• Ripples of Light
• The Elements of Islam
• The Elements of Sufism
• The Inner Meanings of Worship in Islam
• The Journey of the Self
• The Pilgrimage of Islam -- Encompassing the Five Schools of Law
• Fasting in Islam
• The Qur'anic Prescription for Life
• The Wisdom of Ibn Ata'Allah - a translation and commentary
• Calling Allah - By His Most Beautiful Names
• Son of Karbala
• Witnessing Perfection
• The Essential Message of the Qur'an
• Sound Waves
• 101 Helpful Illusions
• Happiness in this Life and the Hereafter

External links

• [1] Excerpts from his books
• [2] An Interview with Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri on Enlightenment
• [3] The Mercy of the Qur'an and the advent of the Zaman
• [4] Ask Online Website