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Author : Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 185230068X
Author : Fadhlalla Haeri
Publisher : HarperElement
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Islam
ISBN : 1852301597
Author : Haerifadhlalla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0614212693
Author : Dr. Kamran Ahmad
Publisher : Made For Success Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781613397909
Sufism has become a lush spiritual experience in the everyday lives of millions the world over. For centuries, Sufism has evolved to form an integral path through the essence of life. Especially for the people of Pakistan, Sufism winds like a cool mystical stream nurturing a parched landscape. No one knows this better than Kamran Ahmad, Ph.D., scholar of Religion and Psychology in the United States and his native Pakistan.
Yet today messages to Sufis abound from all sides - messages saying what religious life should look like, proposing that Sufis cast aside these deeply held beliefs. Those who would impose religious ideals on others don't seem to grasp the powerful spiritual roots in our daily life that run deeper than anything that can be prescribed. What's more, we may need to be reminded of these deep roots ourselves.
In his landmark work Tareeqat, Dr. Kamran Ahmad peels back the veil to reveal this rich inner life in all its suppleness and strength. He bravely takes on critics who would leave secrets of the heart and soul untouched, unspoken. Tareeqat offers a spiritual richness that defies description and will leave you breathless.
Dr. Ahmad maintains that the Sufi connection to spiritual essence remains an unspoken, unwritten truth. In Tareeqat, you will discover that a paradox has taken hold of the South Asian region, one that keeps us tacitly quiet about what matters most. In an unspoken language, the dictate decrees that matters of the spirit, secrets of the spirit, and secrets of the heart are taboo topics. They're not to be talked about, written about or argued about. They are to be experienced. They are to be lived as part of everyday life, much as a haunting melody weaves its magic in and out of consciousness.
When you read Tareeqat, you will discover how strong and deep the spirit runs in our everyday lives and relationships. As you do, you will clearly see the path to recognize it for what it is, embrace it with love, live it with pride, in its eternal flow, in its ever-changing forms. You will gain the courage to see the richness of Sufism for all that it is, all it can be. And you will never look at life same way again.
Author : Mark Sedgwick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199977666
Western Sufism is sometimes dismissed as a relatively recent "new age" phenomenon, but in this book Mark Sedgwick argues that it has deep roots, both in the Muslim world and in the West. In fact, although the first significant Western Sufi organization was not established until 1915, the first Western discussion of Sufism was printed in 1480, and Western interest in Sufi thought goes back to the thirteenth century. Sedgwick starts with the earliest origins of Western Sufism in late antique Neoplatonism and early Arab philosophy, and traces later origins in repeated intercultural transfers from the Muslim world to the West, in the thought of the European Renaissance and Enlightenment, and in the intellectual and religious ferment of the nineteenth century. He then follows the development of organized Sufism in the West from 1915 until 1968, the year in which the first Western Sufi order based on purely Islamic models was founded. Western Sufism shows the influence of these origins, of thought both familiar and less familiar: Neoplatonic emanationism, perennialism, pantheism, universalism, and esotericism. Western Sufism is the product not of the new age but of Islam, the ancient world, and centuries of Western religious and intellectual history. Using sources from antiquity to the internet, Sedgwick demonstrates that the phenomenon of Western Sufism draws on centuries of intercultural transfers and is part of a long-established relationship between Western thought and Islam.
Author : Fitzroy Morrissey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000029758
Studying the history of the notion of the ‘Perfect Human’ (al-insān al-kāmil), this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn ‘Arabī and later treated in greater depth by al-Jīlī, the idea left its mark on later Islamic mystical, metaphysical, and political thought, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, up until modern times. The research tells the story of the development of that idea from Ibn ‘Arabī to al-Jīlī and beyond. It does so through a thematic study, based on close reading of primary sources in Arabic and Persian, of the key elements of the idea, including the idea that the Perfect Human is a locus of divine manifestation (maẓhar), the concept of the ‘Pole’ (quṭb) and the ‘Muhammadan Reality’ (al-ḥaqīqah al-Muhammadiyyah), and the identity of the Perfect Human. By setting the work of al-Jīlī against the background of earlier Ibn ‘Arabian treatments of the idea, it demonstrates that al-Jīlī took the idea of the Perfect Human in several new directions, with major consequences for how the Prophet Muhammad – the archetypal Perfect Human – was viewed in later Islamic thought. Introducing readers to the key Sufi idea of the Perfect Human (al-insān al-kāmil), this volume will be of interest to scholars and students interested in Sufism, Islam, religion and philosophy.
Author : Jonas Atlas
Publisher : Yunus Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Sufism is often described as ‘the mystical branch of Islam’. Giving some more attention to this underexposed spiritual side, it is often proposed, could help us to ease certain contemporary societal tensions. One finger then points toward the rigorous religious aggression of fundamentalism as ‘the problem’, while another points toward the soft beauty of mysticism as ‘the solution’. Yet, no matter how well-intended the contemporary focus on Sufism might often be, in the end, it repeatedly portrays a lack of comprehension when it comes to Islamic mysticism. The typical descriptions are full of mistakes, and the conclusions they lead to need much nuance. Those misunderstandings do not simply stem from innocent ignorance. They are misunderstandings with more profound origins and implications. They’re closely tied to enormous blind spots in the contemporary view of religion and deeply entwined with pressing political issues. In fact, the way we deal with mysticism in general and with Sufism in particular actually kindles many contemporary conflicts. This book thus seeks to add the necessary nuances, correct the misunderstandings and unveil the contemporary ‘politics of mysticism’. It seeks to clarify how the growing interest in what is called ‘Sufism’ is connected to both the contemporary demonization of Islam and the modern destruction of profound spirituality in the East as well as the West.
Author : John Baldock
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848584075
Insight into Life is the real religion, which alone can help man to understand Life.' Hazrat Inayat Khan The Sufis have been using carefully constructed stories for teaching purposes for thousands of years. Though on the surface these often appear to be little more than fairy or folk tales, the Sufis hold that they enshrine - in their characters, plots and imagery - patterns and relationships that nurture a part of the mind not reachable in more conventional ways, thus increasing our understanding, flexibility and breadth of vision. Familiarization with this body of material can eventually provide answers to questions about our origins and our destiny. In this book John Baldock explores the rich body of literature the Sufis have produced to guide spiritual travellers. While explaining the significant teachings and emphasizing their significance for us, he sheds a timely light on the Sufis' fascinating perception of life, revealing it to be a process of the heart and not of the head, and offers intriguing pathways to further study and reflection.
Author : Brenda Domínguez-Rosado
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781527519435
Jamaican Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison searches for answers for herself and other Caribbean-based descendants of enslaved Africans by examining and presenting different spiritualities in her poetry in the hope of providing alternatives to the psyche in need of healing after the traumatic events of the infamous transatlantic Middle Passage. The inclusion of Sufism in her poetry seems to have a dual purpose, in that it offers a “new” creative angle and a sincere belief in its power to provide relief from personal anguish. The fact that Sufism is similar to Jamaican-based religions works in its favor. Can Jamaicans, who are Goodison’s primary subject, really relate to its message? She does not underestimate her audience’s capacity for change or their willingness to accept the ideas of Sufism. Her role as facilitator is not a secret; she is openly promoting her ideas and her belief that healing is possible. This book is divided into three chapters. In Chapter One, a brief history of slavery in the Caribbean region with a focus on Jamaica is presented. The second chapter explicitly focuses on Lorna Goodison and her use of the written word to reveal her feelings about her ancestors’ (and her own) traumatic past. It also defines Sufism, includes some examples of Sufi poems, and shows what aspects of Sufism resonate with Jamaican Revivalism and Rastafarianism. The final chapter first makes reference to how Sufi elements have been used by other writers such as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Walt Whitman, Thomas Merton, and Doris Lessing, and then illustrates how, contrary to these others, Goodison is the only one to apply Sufi ideals to a Caribbean context, thus falling into her own creative category, that of a new Caribbean literary canon.
Author : Ron Geaves,Theodore Gabriel
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441114877
This volume provides an objective analysis of current trends and developments in the beliefs and practices of Sufis in Britain. Sufism is a dynamic and substantial presence within British Muslim communities and is influencing both religious and political discourses concerning the formation of Islam in Britain. In the 21st century Sufis have re-positioned themselves to represent the views of a 'Traditional Islam', a non-violent 'other Islam', able to combat the discourses of radical movements. Major transformations have taken place in Sufism that illuminate debates over authenticity, legitimacy, and authority within Islam, and religion more generally. Through examining the theory and history involved, as well as a series of case studies, Sufism in Britain charts the processes of change and offers a significant contribution to the political and religious re-organisation of the Muslim presence in Britain, and the West.
Author : Mark J. Sedgwick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789774248238
A scholar with long experience of Sufism in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe succinctly presents the essentials of Sufism and shows how Sufis live and worship, and why.
Author : Gn Memon,Dr Mahdieh Boostani
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798463522290
This research work is a comparative study of the Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi and the American poet Walt Whitman. The first question which arises here is how far it is feasible to study these two poets, remote not only in time and space but also in culture, tradition, language, and nationality. The key phrase in this topic is 'Comparative Study.' Comparative Literary Study can be defined as an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expressions across linguistic, national, and disciplinary boundaries. It "performs a role similar to that of the study of international relations, but work with languages and artistic traditions, to understand cultures from the inside." In short, Comparative Literature is "literature without borders." The present comparative study tries to investigate the common Sufi and transcendental elements in Rumi and Whitman and also the former's influence on the latter. Despite geographical, linguistic, and historical differences, certain common ideas seem to exist between the two poets and this makes this research on comparative study an interesting one. To compare and examine the Sufi notions Rumi's Mathnavi Manavi and Divan Shams and Whitman's Leaves of Grass have been considered in this research work. A glance at the previous studies of Rumi and Whitman reveals that the elements of 'Sufism' have been ignored in the poetry of Whitman. In the present study, the following questions have been enquired: What is 'Sufism'? How did it arise? What are its essential features? What is classical Persian Sufi poetry? Who are the masters of classical Persian Sufi poetry and how they have influenced Rumi? How has 'Sufism' influenced both Rumi and Whitman? Has Rumi influenced Whitman? What are the common Sufi elements in Rumi and Whitman? All in all, the mystical thoughts of both poets are so close, and because Rumi's mystical thoughts are interpreted in the field of 'Islamic mysticism' which is 'Sufism', hence, the strong affinity between the two poets has been investigated in terms of Sufi aspect. Evidence represented that Whitman was familiar with Persian poetry and Islamic mysticism, and he was inspired by the beauty of Sufi poetry. Both poets considered self-knowledge as the only way for salvation. Rumi and Whitman emphasized the soul of man, which is mixed with the Nature of immortality. They believed human eternal love is widespread in all creations. In their idea, annihilation can be achieved by love, which is the most important element of creation.
Author : Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri,Fadhlalla Haeri
Publisher : Element Books, Limited
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1862041407
A true and timely overview of the universality and light of the prophetic message of Islam.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004516090
Visualizing Sufism approaches the question of the presence of graphic materials in Islamic mystical literature from a broad and comprehensive perspective. To this goal, an international group of specialists in the field worked on largely manuscript and unpublished sources with the aim of analyzing the use of visual elements in the works of some key figures of Islamic mysticism—Ibn al-ʿArabī, Aḥmad al-Būnī, Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh, al-Shaʿrānī—, and in intellectual networks—Ḥurūfiyya and Bektashiyya, Shīrīn Maghribī and his connections. The result is the most extensive collection of specimens of Sufi graphic materials ever brought together and discussed in a single volume. By virtue of the object of study investigated in the chapters of this book, in addition to the history of Sufism, questions are raised that touch upon numerous areas in the field of Islamic Studies, including intellectual history, codicology, and art history. Contributors Elizabeth R. Alexandrin, Noah Gardiner, Ali Karjoo-Ravary, Evyn Kropf, Giovanni Maria Martini, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, and Sophie Tyser.
Author : Esra Çizmeci
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000998627
This ethnographic research project examines the generation of post-tariqa Tasavvuf (Sufism: a spiritual practice and philosophy recognised as the inner dimension of Islam) in a variety of private, semi-public, public, secular and sacred urban spaces in present-day Turkey. Through extensive field research in minority Sufi communities, this book investigates how devotees of specific orders maintain, adapt, mobilise, and empower their beliefs and values through embodied acts of their Sufi followers. Using an ethnographic methodology and theories derived from performance studies, Esra Çizmeci examines the multiple ways in which the post-tariqa Mevlevi and Rifai practice is formed in present-day Turkey, such as through the authority of the spiritual teacher; the individual and collective performance of Sufi rituals; nefs (self) training; and, most importantly, the practice of Sufi doctrines in everyday life through the production of sacred spaces. Drawing on the theories of performance, she examines how the Sufi way of living and spaces are created anew in the process of each devotee’s embodied action. This book is informed by theories in performance studies, anthropology, religious studies, and cultural studies and places current Sufi practices in a historical perspective.