Islam: branches and groups

Mirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who was also an expert poet and storyteller attached to the glittering court-in-exile of Sultan Husain Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur.

'If something else can capture your attention Then it's not love, but just a trivial passion -Love is that flame which, once it blazes up, Burns everything but the Beloved up.

'If something else can capture your attention Then it's not love, but just a trivial passion -Love is that flame which, once it blazes up, Burns everything but the Beloved up.

This study analyses the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have turned to scripture as a liberating text to confront an array of problems, from patriarchy, racism, and empire to poverty and interreligious communal violence.

This study analyses the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have turned to scripture as a liberating text to confront an array of problems, from patriarchy, racism, and empire to poverty and interreligious communal violence.

This book is about the emergence of a new activist Sufism in the Muslim world from the sixteenth century onwards, which emphasized personal responsibility for putting Godas guidance into practice.

This book is about the emergence of a new activist Sufism in the Muslim world from the sixteenth century onwards, which emphasized personal responsibility for putting Godas guidance into practice.

'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath.

'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath.

Muhyi l-Din Ibn `Arabi (1165-1240) was a hugely influential figure in the development of Sufism, yet although interest in his work continues to grow, his poetry has received very little attention.

'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.

'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.

'Joking is teaching, so take care to listen - Don't look at just the joke's form of expression.

'Joking is teaching, so take care to listen - Don't look at just the joke's form of expression.

What cannot be said about God, and how can we speak about God by negating what we say?

What cannot be said about God, and how can we speak about God by negating what we say?

The thirteenth century mystic Ibn `Arabi was the foremost Sufi theorist of the premodern era.

The thirteenth century mystic Ibn `Arabi was the foremost Sufi theorist of the premodern era.

The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today.

The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today.

'Drunk or sober, king or soldier, none will be excluded'Sensual, profound, delighted, wise, Hafez's poems have enchanted their readers for more than 600 years.

Begun in 1262 AD, Masnavi-ye Ma navi, or spiritual couplets', is thought to be the longest single-authored mystical poem ever written.

Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh.

Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature.

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For many observers, the predation of Boko Haram, unsparing and venal in its manifestation, is shocking, and it seems to lack a local historical frame of reference that would help make it understandable.