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12 wrz 2024 · Sufism, mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God.
- Sufi Thought and Practice
Sufism - Mysticism, Poetry, Rituals: The mystics drew their...
- History
Sufism - Mysticism, Islamic Traditions, Sufi Orders: Islamic...
- Theosophical Sufism
Sufism - Mysticism, Love, Unity: Sufism, in its beginnings a...
- The Path
Sufism - Mysticism, Poetry, Devotion: The path (ṭarīqah)...
- Symbolism in Sufism
Sufism - Mysticism, Poetry, Rituals: The divine truth was at...
- Sufi Literature
Sufism - Mysticism, Poetry, Sufi Orders: Though a Hadith (a...
- Sufi Thought and Practice
Sufism has long constituted one of the most powerful drawcards to people embracing Islam. This book considers a broad range of questions relating to Sufism, including its history, manifestations in various countries and communities, its expression in poetry, women and Sufism, and expressions among popular spirituality.
Sufism helps in transforming the lives of people from low-self (selfishness, might is right) to high-self (mutual trust, selflessness and respect). Similarly, Sufism opposes extremism and narrow-mindedness and is the way forward to bridge the gap between diverse civilizations.
Beginning with the highly influential formulation of Sufism as Islamic ‘mysticism’, it analyses the serious shortcomings of this category, before moving on to assess the impact of anthropological, socio-historical and post-structuralist approaches to Sufism in the subcontinent.
23 lut 2019 · Today, the great division in South Asian Islam is less between Sufis and non-Sufis than between the more puritanical Deobandi movement and the more popular Barelvi movement, both founded and led by Sufi scholars.
Their philosophy has strengthened the Kashmiri social setup by adding details to their hospitality, warmth, tolerance, equality and generosity. In this regard, the paper is an attempt to understand the role that the philosophy of these Sufi saints has played in the history of Kashmir.
27 gru 2010 · “Sufism” is the English term used to refer to mystical interpretations and practices of the Islamic religion. This mystical strand is designated in Arabic by the term tasawwuf, while in Persian the term irfan (gnosis) is also used.
