Bilal Ware's guest appearances

Bilal Ware

ICNYU Podcasts

Path & Present w/Baraka Blue

Ankhet Rumi 

The Fifth Pillar

Omid Safi

Philip Goldberg

Brother Ali

Mohammed Rustom

Kabir Helminski

Joseph Lumbard

Rhamis Kent

Hunter Brown

Adisa Banjoko

Michael Sugich

Amir Muhammad

Youssef Kromah

Zaki Hasan

Parvez Ahmed

Rory Dickson

OwlTail

“You know the North Star that Saint Harriet followed to freedom? You have One inside you.”If you find truth and walk away....”it would make you a hypocrite. And that’s what we strive to escape...”Discourse on devotional Sufi poetry with Dr. Bilal Ware. By the blessings of all who walked this path of Love, who saw what we hope to see and became what we hope to become. We thank them for the grains of sand leading back to this Ocean. In this discourse, we go over the, “Goal of Creation”. We answer the question, “what came first, the branch or the fruit?” This arrangement of words here: “The outward form of these stars maintains our world. But our inward reality maintains the heavens.” This is the pinnacle of our conversation. Jalal al-din Balkhī Rumi has said this, “Do you know who you are? You are a manuscript of a Divine Letter, a mirror reflecting that Face”. What does all this mean if “Who You Are”, is not beneficial for all humanity? God teaches, “I’m in the human heart”. So what does it truly mean to serve another human? “The way to God is in the human heart”. Dr. Bilal Ware sums this all up for us beautifully towards the end of our discussion. “What happens when we are serving other human beings?”                                            If you’ve come across this discussion, I pray that it serves your heart. 🌊🌊

“You know the North Star that Saint Harriet followed to freedom? You have One inside you.” If you find truth and walk away....”it would make you a hypocrite. And that’s what we strive to escape...” Discourse on devotional Sufi poetry with Dr. Bilal Ware. By the blessings of all who walked this path of Love, who saw what we hope to see and became what we hope to become. We thank them for the grains of sand leading back to this Ocean. In this discourse, we go over the, “Goal of Creation”. We answer the question, “what came first, the branch or the fruit?” This arrangement of words here: “The outward form of these stars maintains our world. But our inward reality maintains the heavens.” This is the pinnacle of our conversation. Jalal al-din Balkhī Rumi has said this, “Do you know who you are? You are a manuscript of a Divine Letter, a mirror reflecting that Face”. What does all this mean if “Who You Are”, is not beneficial for all humanity? God teaches, “I’m in the human heart”. So what does it truly mean to serve another human? “The way to God is in the human heart”. Dr. Bilal Ware sums this all up for us beautifully towards the end of our discussion. “What happens when we are serving other human beings?” If you’ve come across this discussion, I pray that it serves your heart. 🌊🌊

Ep. 1 - Discourse on Devotional Sufi Poetry w/ Dr. Bilal Ware 

Dr. Bilal Ware is a historian of Africa and Islam. He is professor at UC Santa Barbara. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 at the University of Pennsylvania where he trained in African History, African-American History, and Islamic Intellectual History. His research spans the last thousand years, centering on West Africa, while reaching into the Mediterranean lands of Islam and the Atlantic worlds of the African Diaspora.Walking Quran: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469614311/the-walking-quran/Jihad of the Pen: The Sufi Literature of West Africa: https://www.amazon.com/Jihad-Pen-Sufi-Literature-Africa/dp/9774168631

Dr. Bilal Ware is a historian of Africa and Islam. He is professor at UC Santa Barbara. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 at the University of Pennsylvania where he trained in African History, African-American History, and Islamic Intellectual History. His research spans the last thousand years, centering on West Africa, while reaching into the Mediterranean lands of Islam and the Atlantic worlds of the African Diaspora. Walking Quran: <a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469614311/the-walking-quran/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uncpress.org/book/9781469614311/the-walking-quran/</a> Jihad of the Pen: The Sufi Literature of West Africa: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jihad-Pen-Sufi-Literature-Africa/dp/9774168631" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Jihad-Pen-Sufi-Literature-Africa/dp/9774168631</a>

#049: The Walking Quran: Insights from Islam in Africa w/ Dr. Bilal Ware