Kazakhstan: Asia's cradle of divine love.

Byline: Ahmed Shaat

It was not surprising that my heart was captured from the first moment I entered Kazakhstan; I did not feel at all like I was a stranger, except for that welcoming smile that means you are between family members in the land of divine love and the magical nature. These beautiful smiles knew I would fall in love with this land, its people, and its heritage much sooner than I may even realize. As I started my journey to the path of divine love, I was eager to discover and find out the secret of where Al-Yassawi remained until he died, and when I arrived there, I realized the reason. " I wrote 'The Second Book' that you remember, My soul begs you read to your heart's content, I pray it brings you close to the Lord, Merciful Master, pleading I come to you, Yes I. " Sheikh Khoja Ahmed Yassawi As you listen to those recurring tunes of that tambourine, as the name of the great Creator is glorified and praised, it takes a moment for you to surrender your heart fully to the sound and let your feelings out with those spiritual meanings embedded in its words.

This transcends the human aspect of your soul to take you away from your humanity into the space of divine love, which is not limited to the limitations of time or place. The city of Yasi, known today as South Turkestan is located in the Kazakh south, near the Syr Darya River. In addition to its long history, the site has also been known as Yassay and Hazrat at various times.

As the burial site of the Sufi Sheikh Khoja Ahmed Yassawi, it is considered a sacred destination for Muslim visitors and an important centre of Islamic learning. In addition to numerous historical and architectural sites of interest, it was ruled by the Chinese Han dynasty and Tamerlane. When you wander in Kazakhstan, your heart is captured by its spiritual feel. It feels as if you are crossing an earthly portal to heaven, and one can sense that this blessed land is destined to remain a spiritual beacon that has preserved a solid Islamic culture among its routes and wrinkles of the faces of its elderly. It is a building that has evolved between its alleys, and it was firmly established in its corners, and it never left, as its Sheikh Al Yasawi chose to do. On the bath of divine love The path of those who walk for divine love in Asia wasn't empty of ascetics before imam Ahmad al-Yasawi. It was always full of lovers seeking divine love, regardless of their philosophy, their steps, and their paths to reach...

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