Majzooban Noor released a report saying that Amirali Mohammadi Labaf, one of dervishes of Nematollahi Gonabadi residing in Qom city, a couple hours ago was arrested by the security forces. According to the received report Mr. Labaf was arrested by the security officials this morning in front of Qom judiciary and so far there is […]
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Why is Rumi the best-selling poet in US?
By Jane Ciabattari 21 October 2014 The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born 807 years ago in 1207, have sold millions of copies in recent years, making him the most popular poet in the US. Globally, his fans are legion. “He’s this compelling figure in […]
Masnavi-i Ma’navi
PROLOGUE THE Composition of this Masnavi has been delayed for a (season;1) Time is needed for blood to become milk.Till thy fortune comes forth as a new-born babe,Blood becomes not milk, sweet and pleasant to the mind.When that light of God, Husamu-’d-DinTurned his course down from the summit of heaven,While he had ascended to sublimest […]
Change the World
Bayazid, a Sufi mystic, has written in his autobiography, “When I was young I thought and I said to God, and in all my prayers this was the base: ‘Give me energy so that I can change the whole world.’ Everybody looked wrong to me. I was a revolutionary and I wanted to change the […]
Defeating extremist mindset through Sufism
International conference: Defeating extremist mindset through Sufism KARACHI: The teachings of Sufism are the only way forward to attain peace and counter extremism in the society, said participants at a session, titled ‘Counter Cultural Narratives and Discourses Against Religiosity and Extremist Ideologies’, at the Third International Sufi Conference on Friday. The participants included Dr Kanika […]
There’s more to life than being happy
{mp4remote}http://majzooban.net/images/videos/EmilyEsfahaniSmith.mp4{/mp4remote} Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but what if there’s a more fulfilling path? Happiness comes and goes, says writer Emily Esfahani Smith, but having meaning in life — serving something beyond yourself and developing the best within you — gives you something to hold onto. Learn more about the difference between being […]
SUFI PSYCHOLOGY: THE ISOLATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE NAFS
By Charles Upton To set out on the Sufi path, two things are required. First, you must become a Muslim, and obey the universal norms of Islam. Secondly, you must find (God willing) a shaykh who is part of a valid silsila, a line-of-transmission stretching back to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon […]
Review of Spiritual body and celestial earth
Author: James Winston Morris [Review in Iranian Studies, vol. 28 (1995), pp. 110-111.] Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi’ite Iran. By Henry Corbin (translated by N. Pearson). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977 (pb. reprint, 1989); Bollingen Series XCI:2. xviii + 374 pp. While this classic study, first published in 1960, is […]
The Fruit of Heaven
There was once a woman who had heard of the Fruit of Heaven. She coveted it. She asked a certain dervish, whom we shall call Sabar: ‘How can I find this fruit, so that I may attain to immediate knowledge?’ ‘You would best be advised to study with me’, said the dervish. ‘But if you […]
Minute Faith ~ Sufism
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