Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi Rumi was born in Balkh (Afghanistan) in September 29, 1207 A.D. or 6th Rai’u-‘l-avval 604 A.H. to a family of master Afghan theologians in Balkh in the north-eastern provinces of present day Afghanistan.{jcomments on}
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Clarification and Answering to the Questions (Part One)
PrefaceMajzoobān e Noor Website along with its mission of informing and illuminating Erfan (Gnosis) and Islamic Tasavof (Being Sufi) issues and news in Iran for the masses, surveys the obscure cases, neglected items, or suspicions which Faqr (Poverty and Destitution in front of God) foes have constructed.
Struggle With One’s Nafs
The behavioral absolutes of the shari’ah (Islamic law) set the outer limits that the Sufi must keep within. But the Sufi struggle with one’s nafs puts further curbs on the Sufi’s behaviour and consciousness. Usually this struggle is spoken of as having two dimensions: negation (nafy) and affirmation (ithbat), corresponding to the two components of […]
God Speaks to Moses
Farid ud-Din AttarOne day God spoke to Moses and said:‘Visit Satan, question him, use your head.’So Moses descended to Hell’s burning halls;Satan saw him coming, a smile did he installOn his fiery face. Moses proudly asked himFor advice, waiting for Satan’s crafty whim;Satan spoke through his coal-black teeth:‘Remember this rule which sense bequeathsNever say […]
On Rumi’s Philosophy of Language
On Rumi’s Philosophy of Language Akiro Matsumoto Prof. at St.Thomas University of Osaka 1, Language and Reality in Rumi
The Imam and the Qutb: The Axis Mundi in Shiism and Sufism
Zachary MarkwithThe earth shall never be empty of the witness of God (ĕujjat AllΪh).2In Christianity, Christ is envisaged as the Axis Mundi, or the cosmological andspiritual center around which the world rotates.
Cultural Iran – Political Iran
Dr. Hajj Nur ‘Ali Tabandeh The personality and identity of each nation is dependent upon its culture, civilization, customs, and rites, not on political borders which changes now and then in various situations.
poems of Ibn Arabi
Allah“The Breath of the All-Merciful has no basis in other than the All-Merciful… Its stopping-place is the Yaman of the creatures and It is neither spirit nor body.
PEACE AND JUSTICE:An Islamic view
Gholamreza Aavani, Iranian Institute of Philosophy There is much talk today about peace and justice and we should ask why in our epoch there is so much universal concern about these issues.
Fire protesting! A threat to all despotic governments!!
“Hòa thượng Thích Quảng Đức” believed in Mahayana, one of the Buddhism branches. He was a monk who burned himself to death at one of the busiest Saigon’s roads in June 1963. In this action, without making any movement he burned himself to death calmly like a candle.