Islam: branches and groups

Each soul enables a unique means of knowledge and evolution, not only for our self but also for the unique aspect of the divine being with which each of us has a never-ending relationship.

An exploration of the Persian poet's spiritual philosophy, with original translations of his poetry *; Features extensive insight into the meanings and contexts of the poetry and philosophies of this spiritual teacher*; Includes over 30 complete poems by Hafz, including ';The Wild Deer,' often regarded as his masterpieceFor 600 years the Persian poet Hafz has been read, recited, quoted, and loved by millions of people in his homeland and throughout the world.

"e;Three steps into Oneness"e;To face the challenges of modern life, we need to evolve a new view of awakening by being balanced within the wisdom of the Absolute and the Relative.

This work attempts to present Rumi to the English-speaking world and to shed light on his life as seen from within the Islamic mystical tradition.

Jesus is seen as a representative of an ancient and continuing wisdom tradition identified with that of the Sufis.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Sufismus, der mystischen Tradition des Islam, die seit Jahrhunderten Menschen auf der ganzen Welt inspiriert.

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

'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.

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

At the very heart of Islam lies the spiritual way of Sufism.

At the very heart of Islam lies the spiritual way of Sufism.

Al-Jawshan al Kabir is one of the prayers most frequently recited by Muslims.

Poems and commentary that open the door for a new generation to experience the ecstatic and embodied spiritual truths contained in Rumi's poetry *; Reveals how the four practices of eating lightly, breathing deeply, moving freely, and gazing intently can invoke the divinity within us all *; Explains how these practices dissolve the self's need for identity so that we may experience a state of transcendent ecstasy and union with the divine *; Takes Rumi's path to finding God from theoretical to embodied practices The great thirteenth-century Sufi mystic and poet Jalaluddin Rumi began his life as an orthodox Islamic believer but felt that to fully experience complete union with the divine he must abandon institutionalized religion and its prescribed forms of worship.

Behind the clamorous headlines of militant and political Islam lies a more serene and cultivated form of traditional Islam.

The How to Live as a Muslim series is an essential guide for anyone who seeks to acquire an accurate knowledge of Islam, as it elucidates all the facets of Islam with precise brevity in three volumes: An Introduction to Islamic Faith and Thought, Living in the Shade of Islam, and Living the Ethics and Morality of Islam.

This book is not a comprehensive study of Rumi and Gulen, but it seeks to explore the places where the thought of the one is echoed in the thinking of the other, either overtly or indirectlyand to note ways in which the opposite is true: that Gulen diverges from Rumi.

This book is essentially a comprehensive survey of principles and criteria derived from the main sources of knowledge in Islam, the Qur'an and the way of Prophet, for the Muslim youth today.

Behind the clamorous headlines of militant and political Islam lies a more serene and cultivated form of traditional Islam.

'Could you show me a djinn?

Followed by many millions of Muslims throughout the world, Sufism is the heart of Islamic spirituality.

Followed by many millions of Muslims throughout the world, Sufism is the heart of Islamic spirituality.

This comprehensive study explores sufism as a form of self-purification, offering a deeper understanding of the sacred acts and a greater knowledge and love of the divine.

Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of ';Whirling Dervishes,' is the best-selling poet in America today.

The first collection of poems translated into English from the forbidden volume of the Divan of Rumi*; Presents Rumi's most heretical and free-form poems*; Includes introductions and commentary that provide both 13th-century context and modern interpretationAfter his overwhelming and life-altering encounters with Shams of Tabriz, Rumi, the great thirteenth-century mystic, poet, and originator of the whirling dervishes, let go of many of the precepts of formal religion, insisting that only a complete personal dissolving into the larger energies of God could provide the satisfaction that the heart so desperately seeks.

A collection of modern Sufi tales by renowned Rumi translator and Sufi initiate Nevit Ergin *; Contains 24 deceptively simple stories that invoke questioning and awareness *; By the renowned English translator of Rumi's complete Divan-i Kebir Sufi stories have traditionally been a means of opening a portal that allows us to advance from our basic perceptions into states of extraordinary awareness.

Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of ';Whirling Dervishes,' is the best-selling poet in America today.

'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.

Mevlânâ Rûmî (1207, Balj, Afganistán -1273, Konya, Turquía) constituye una de las cimas de la espiritualidad universal.

'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.

From the bestselling writer of 'The History of God' and the widely acclaimed 'Islam - A Short History' comes Karen Armstrong's 'Muhammad'.

After decades, women began to take control of their lives.

Reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi Order of Sufis *; Shows how this order, also known as Oriental Freemasonry, preserves the ancient spiritual doctrines forgotten by modern Freemasonry *; Explains how to transform the soul into the alchemical Magnum Opus by combining Masonic grips and the abbreviated letters of the Qur'an *; Includes a detailed biography of Baron von Sebottendorff Originally published in Germany in 1924, this rare book by Baron Rudolf von Sebottendorff reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi Order of Sufis as well as how this order, also known as Oriental Freemasonry, preserves the ancient spiritual doctrines forgotten by modern Freemasonry.

The time has come to reveal more of Rumi than the inaccurate portrayal of a new age guru.

Tierno Bokar (1875-1939), African mystic and Muslim spiritual teacher, was remarkable for the drama of his life story (which was made into a recent play directed by Peter Brook).

Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Introduction to Sufi Doctrine, explores the essence of Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, presenting its central doctrines and methods to a Western audience in a highly intelligible form.

For hundreds of years, the inner spiritual core of Islam has been the focus of Sufi thinkers.

For hundreds of years, the inner spiritual core of Islam has been the focus of Sufi thinkers.