TRANSLATED BY A.J. ARBERRY Rumi stated: Mohammed, the great Prophet, once said, “The worst of scholars are those who visit princes, and the best of princes are those who visit scholars. Wise is the prince who stands at the door of the poor, and wretched are the poor who stand at the door of the […]
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Masnavi-i Ma’navi (The Pauper and the Prisoners)
A certain pauper obtained admittance to a prison, andannoyed the prisoners by eating up all their victuals andleaving them none. At last they made a formal complaint tothe Qazi, and prayed him to banish the greedy pauper fromthe prison. The Qazi summoned the pauper before him,and asked him why he did not go to his […]
Salih’s Advice (Prologue)
The Art of Sufi Healing
In “The Art of Sufi Healing”, the author blends the ancient mystical tradition of Sufism with the latest mind/body research to foster personal transformation and healthy living. The concepts of Sufi healing are based on 1,400 years of successful experience in working with the physical and metaphysical aspects of the human being and include a […]
Why Sufi shrines are targeted by Islamic State
When an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber killed 88 people and wounded hundreds more at a Sufi shrine in Sehwan on February 16, it did not deter the devotees of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, the 13th-century Sufi mystic, who draws millions to his tomb in Pakistan’s Sindh privince. The attack followed a bombing in November 2016 […]
Muslim Saints and Mystics Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya’(Memorial of the Saints) al-Shebli
heart and brain
It is the heart and brain that work together to think of God.
DISCOURSES OF RUMI (OR FIHI MA FIHI)
TRANSLATED BY A.J. ARBERRY introduction Recognized as perhaps the greatest mystical poet of Islam, Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) communicated something through his writing that has attracted spiritual seekers from almost every religion in the world, for hundreds of years. Even in his day, Rumi was sought out by mer-chants and kings, devout worshippers and rebel-lious […]
The Europeans who chose mystical Islam
By Inka Piegsa-Quischotte 29 September 2016 (WWW.BBC.COM) “My name,” said the lady, clad from headscarf to sandals in shades of pink and purple, “is Bahia, which means ‘ocean of beauty and compassion’ in Arabic. Welcome to my school.” Tea was poured, sweets were proffered and we sat down in the shade of more than 100-year-old […]