Islam: branches and groups

Beyond African Orality offers the first English translation and interpretation of sixty Wolof Ajami poems (Wolof written with an enriched form of the Arabic script) by Serin Mbay Jaxate (c.

Sufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be.

The lights shone forth from the Abode of Eternity.

We live in a time when hearts have hardened, bonds of love have been severed, and concepts have been distorted.

In a time when hearts have hardened, bonds of love have been severed, and concepts have been distorted, and enemies have donned the garb of friends, and those who hate and harbor animosity compete to adorn themselves with the garb of lovers and the sincere, we, by God, are in dire need of speaking about love.

In a time when hearts have hardened, bonds of love have been severed, and concepts have been distorted, and enemies have donned the garb of friends, and those who hate and harbor animosity compete to adorn themselves with the garb of lovers and the sincere, we, by God, are in dire need of speaking about love.

Throughout history, humanity has searched for answers to the deepest questions:Why do we exist?

Synthesizes ancient mythologies across time, space, and cultures to resacralize the human experience Written as a novella interspersed with metered quatrains in the tradition of medieval Persian belles-lettres Includes full-color paintings of key figures and motifs, including Sita, Yggdrasil, the Minotaur, Quetzalcoatl, and the Three MarysIn this globe-spanning chronicle, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, leader of the Inayatiyya, sets forth an astonishing sequence of legends revealing little-known connections between ancient cultures and spiritual lineages.

Some call them prophets.

In a world of endless screens and constant distraction, few sins are as common — or as dangerously underestimated — as the sin of the gaze.

The Mystical Intellect is a scholarly study of Ibn ʿArabī and his monumental work, Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Openings), exploring how the great Andalusian mystic reshaped the architecture of Islamic epistemology.

In 1973, Milton M.

God is with me now.

You are living in a fatherless world.

One of more poorly understood aspects of the history of the Ottoman Empire has been the flourishing of Sufi mysticism under its auspices.

The cell of self-knowledge: Seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 presents a collection of spiritual writings that guide readers toward deep interior awareness.

In twelfth-century Baghdad, crowds gathered to hear Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani speak about the states of the heart — trial, provision, leaving the self, standing with God.

De entre las bellísimas y singulares obras que alumbró el sufismo persa, El lenguaje de los pájaros es sin duda una de sus cumbres, pudiendo contarse por derecho propio entre los hitos de la literatura universal.

FROM GNOSIOLOGY TO WAḤDAT AL-SHUHŪD: The Anthropology of Mystical Knowing in Islam examines how knowledge is understood within the Islamic intellectual tradition.

In a world torn between information overload and spiritual emptiness, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas and the Future of Metaphysical Thought offers a luminous path toward intellectual clarity and moral renewal.

Step into the radiant white light of Obatala, the Orisha of truth, peace, and divine vision, who shapes destinies with wisdom and grace.

Step into the Stream of Sacred Feminine PowerOshun: Goddess of Love and Waters offers a powerful exploration of this cherished deity's myth, magic, and meaning across cultures and traditions.

Highlights the role of transnational space making in the construction of diasporic Muridiyya identity.

Highlights the role of transnational space making in the construction of diasporic Muridiyya identity.

A penetrating analysis of the life and doctrines of the Spanish-born Arab theologian.

Thirteenth-century Sufi poet, mystic, and legal scholar Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi gave deep and sustained attention to gender as integral to questions of human existence and moral personhood.

Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body.

The eleventh and twelfth centuries comprised a period of great significance in Islamic history.

The Thread deals with the oldest questions in human existence: Who am I?

In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles.

In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles.

Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body.

Thirteenth-century Sufi poet, mystic, and legal scholar Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi gave deep and sustained attention to gender as integral to questions of human existence and moral personhood.

In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles.

The Lebanese Shi'ite resistance movement, Hizbullah, is going through a remarkable political and ideological transformation.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Theologie - Islamische Religionswissenschaft, Note: 1,5, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Nachahmung (arab.

The book is an in-depth study of the lesser-explored history of Sufi practices in South Asia.

The book is an in-depth study of the lesser-explored history of Sufi practices in South Asia.

In this study of devotional hagiographical texts and contemporary ritual performances of the Shi'a of Hyderabad, India, Karen Ruffle demonstrates how traditions of sainthood and localized cultural values shape gender roles.

Extraído de su acaso inexhaurible acceso a reinos superiores, en este libro encontrarás (si lo abres, claro está) la faceta más seria de Abu Kasem: cavilaciones y observaciones sobre la vida y el mundo; que para nosotros son una misma cosa, pues no pueden existir por separado.

Extracted from his perhaps inexhaustible access to superior realms, in this book you shall encounter (if you open it, of course) Abu Kasem's serious facet: ruminations and observations about life and the world, which for us are one and the same thing, for they cannot exist separately.

Extraído de su acaso inexhaurible acceso a reinos superiores, en este libro encontrarás (si lo abres, por supuesto) la faceta más seria de Abu Kasem: cavilaciones y observaciones sobre la vida y el mundo; que para nosotros son una misma cosa, pues no pueden existir por separado.

The Lebanese Shi'ite resistance movement, Hizbullah, is going through a remarkable political and ideological transformation.

Thirteenth-century Sufi poet, mystic, and legal scholar Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi gave deep and sustained attention to gender as integral to questions of human existence and moral personhood.

Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body.

The eleventh and twelfth centuries comprised a period of great significance in Islamic history.

What is the highest potential of human consciousness?

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