Do you not see how almighty God portrays a parable, [likening] ‘Kalima’ – the virtuous word – to a splendid
tree,
whose roots are firmly fixed, and its branches [reach high up] in the heavens?
Today’s Remembrance
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About Jeelani Trust
Who We Are
Jeelani Trust is a public charitable organization dedicated to foster positive change where piety meets
humanity, leading pious, productive, and progressive initiatives in Kerala-India and outside. We
champion Sufi piety, educational advancement, and social welfare, serving as a vital platform for moral
guidance and impactful initiatives in health, humanitarian aid, and socio-religious reform. Functioning
as an inclusive public venture, Jeelani Trust actively promotes Sufi path of excellence, fosters
educational progress, advocates for social welfare, and offers moral guidance to empower society as a
whole.
More than just an organization, Jeelani Trust is a comprehensive public platform, illuminating the path
through the propagation of Sufi piety, the unwavering promotion of education and social well-being, and
the dedicated practice of moral guidance and human development for the global humanity. With a profound
vision of ethics and welfare, the services of Jeelani Trust reach out to the needy people in society at
large, beyond the distinctions of community, culture or caste. The key objectives of the Trust are to
promote world peace, moral progress and communal harmony.
Taking forward the selfless and soulful mission laid out by the astute founder, Quthbuzzaman Dr. Shaikh
Yousuf Sulthan Shah Qadiri Chishti, the current chairman and successor, Naeb Quthbuzzaman Dr. Shaikh
Nizamudhin Sulthan Shah Qadiri Chishti, meticulously ensures significant progress, mobilizing wider
public to the virtuous path of welfare and progress, realized through Jeelani
Shareef and developed under Jeelani Charitable Trust (reg.
no. 0569/04/2006).
Our Vision
Ethically mending and progressively transforming the current human condition, the practical moral
guidance and dedicated social services spearheaded by Jeelani Trust are meticulously designed to
actualize the profound vision of humanity's unity, ushering in an era of world peace, justice, and
harmony.
The Trust envisions a world where every individual lives with moral integrity, social dignity, wholistic
health, and access to knowledge, empowered to achieve their full spiritual and human potential.
Championing the Sufi path of moral empowerment, guided by the teachings of Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace
and blessings be upon him), strengthened by the spirit of Imam Ali (k.w.) and upheld by the great Sufi
Shaikh ‘Muhyiddin’ Abdul Qadir al-Jeelani’s spiritual order, Jeelani Public Charitable Trust is actively
striving to realize a just and peaceful global society where compassion, understanding, and equitable
opportunities universally flourish.
Our Mission
Under the steadfast leadership of its Chairman, His Holiness Naeb Quthbuzzaman Dr. Sheikh Nizamudhin
Sulthan Shah Qadiri Chishti, Jeelani Trust carries forward the foundational objectives set by the
revered Sufi Guru, His Holiness Quthbuzzaman Dr. Sheikh Yousuf Sulthan Shah Qadiri Chishti. Continuing
the profound legacy of its founder, the current leadership firmly advances the noble mission of Jeelani
Trust, expanding its vital work of promoting Sufi perfection of human life, sponsoring developments in
education and health, helping the poor and needy, and spreading peace and harmony in society. Based at
Jeelani Shareef in Kerala, the Trust's core commitment remains to serve society and nurturing a morally
robust humanity.
Upholding our wider vision and addressing the pressing needs of the time, Jeelani Trust keeps devising
effective plans and projects, and systematically carries them out on regular basis. The Trust conducts
programmes and runs institutions for promoting holistic well-being, expanding educational development,
healthcare initiatives, and humanitarian aid, grounded in the principles of Sufi piety and
socio-religious reformation, for the benefit of the deserving and under-served communities within the
region and around the world.
Our Initiatives
At Jeelani Trust, we are committed to creating meaningful change through education, healthcare, social
upliftment, and community development. Every initiative is a step toward a more compassionate and empowered
society.
Jeelani Shareef
Jeelani Shareef, also known as Quthbuzzaman
Jeelani Shareef,
is a global centre of peace, Sufi guidance and universal harmony, working as the Head Quarters of Jeelani
Trust and the functioning locus of various major initiatives under the Trust.
Upholding the Sufi message of Holy Hazrat Quthbuzzaman and the
esteemed
Guru Naeb Quthbuzzaman, Jeelani Study Centre (reg. no. 732/02) functions as the pivotal platform for
propagation of peace and spiritual progress, dynamically representing the mission of Quthbuzzaman Jeelani
Shareef.
Ghausiyya Sunni Jam’iyyathul Ulama, the official Ulama council of the Sunni – Sufi scholars of Kerala, was
inaugurated by its chief patron and the renowned Sufi master, His Holiness Quthbuzzaman Dr. Shaikh Sufi
Muhammad Yousuf Sulthan Shah Qadiri Chishti, on 24th Novemember 2013, at the Kaloor International Stadium,
Kochi.
Nizamia Institute for Islamic Studies
and Liberal Arts
Nizamia Institute for Islamic Studies and
Liberal Arts (reg. no. 01/ 2021)
is a unique residential educational institution, located within the serene compound of the global Sufi
centre, Quthbuzzaman Jeelani Shareef, Cochin - Kerala. A key initiative of the Jeelani Trust, Nizamia
Isntitute is a thriving model educational venture, under the astute Chairmanship of the Sufi leader Dr.
Shaikh Nizamuddin Sulthan Shah Qadiri Chishti.
A thriving international educational initiative,
Nizamia Madrasa is an
online Islamic leaning platform, offering foundational religious schooling and moral education for the
children, run by Jeelani Trust,
The pious and humanitarian Sufi mission of Jeelani Trust is taken forward also by a number of
publications, and media platforms, including social media. The publication division of the Trust is aimed
at producing books, periodicals, research journals and pamphlets; keenly attending to a global audience of
multi-language bases, with special attention to the local language, Malayalam.
Sufi Guidance in Spiritual Path –
'Tawhid' & ‘Tariqah’
Envisaging a virtuous society of ethical elegance
and spiritual prowess, the primary task and the key service constantly met by the Jeelani Trust is the
moral transformatory mission of tasawwuf & tariqah (Sufi moral teachings and spiritual guidance in a
complete Sufi silsila), initiated under the Sufi Guru His Holiness Quthbuzzaman Dr. Shaikh Sufi Muhammad
Yousuf Sulthan Shah Qadiri Chishti, the founder of the Trust. Carrying forward the sacred tradition of
Qadiri – Chishti order, the Sufi successor and the current supreme master of the order, His Holiness Naeb
Quthbuzzaman Dr. Sheikh Nizamudhin Sulthan Shah Qaidiri Chishti earnestly upholds the spiritual mission,
with an increased thrust on da’wah (propagation of the Sufi path) and extensive developments in
ethical-humanitarian mission.
With a profound vision of human development,
social empowerment, and humanitarian welfare, Jeelani Public Charitable Trust is dedicated to reach out to
the needy people in society, beyond the distinctions of community, religion or caste. Taking ahead the
pious humanitarian mission intimated by the devout founder of the Trust, revered Sufi Guru Hazrat
Quthbuzzaman, the Jeelani movement for social and spiritual change vigourously widened the horizon of hope
for social and human development aided by the pious philanthropic support and social service, under the
Sufi successor and the current Chairman, Holy Guru Hazrat Naeb Quthbuzzaman Dr. Sheikh Nizamudhin Sulthan
Shah Qadiri Chishti.