AbstractThe present paper aims to provide textual evidence in support of Rumi’s spiritual shiism. The evidence will be taken from Rumi’s Mathnawi. Shiism, in its true form, believes in the welayat (authority) of Imam Ali and his eleven descendents following the demise of Prophet Muhammad. Allah has chosen Ali and his descendents, as the true […]

 2. Feministic Sufism Discussion of the question of the female role in Sufism would not be complete without citing the famous expert on Muslim culture, Professor Annemarie Schimmel. In her book [3] Mystical Dimensions of Islam she points out that “Sufism mare than stern orthodoxy, offered women a certain amount of possibilities to participate actively […]

This study is mainly concerned with the involvement of Baluchi Women in Religious and Sufistic Rituals and Poetry. Another objective of the study is to explore the links between Central Asian and Baluch traditions in this regard. The study focuses on the participation of women in Sufi practices in Baluchistan particularly in the context of […]

My  Lord!  Expand  my  breast  for  me,  and  make  easy  for  me my  work,  and  loosen  the  knot  of  my  tongue  that  they  may understand  my  speech.”Concerning  Shi‘ism  and  Sufism—two  words  denoting  the same  reality—many  mistakes  have  been  made  by  contemporary scholars,  especially  Westerners.  These  mistakes  have  either  been made  out  of  ignorance  or  were  […]

When you don’t lose yourself… When you lose yourself… “Abdulkarim Soroush”   When you don’t lose yourself, the beloved is like a thorn When you lose yourself, the beloved is the purest gold When you don’t lose yourself, a fly can fell you When you lose yourself, elephants fall before you When you don’t lose […]