Remembering the Life of Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003) I walk And the blood of my feet Transforms the stones into roses. I walk And the tears of my eyes Water the desert shrubs, Everyday the same sun, scorching, merciless, white, And at nightfall the wind, cutting my heart and my hope. I walk […]
Tag: sufism
Forward to the Epistle of Zulfaqar (About Forbiddance of Opium Smoking)
Forward to the Epistle of Zulfaqar(About Forbiddance of Opium Smoking)Written by Haj Mulla Ali Nour Ali Shah Gonabadi IntroductionIn Irfan-e-Iran; a journal on mysticism, Vol. 8 (spring 2001), a book named Zulfaqar (About Forbiddance of Opium Smoking) written by His Holiness Haj Mullah Ali Nour Ali Shah Gonabadi was introduced. The book was recently (winter […]
In Memory of His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah
8th of Bahman 1392 corresponding to 26th of Rabi-ul-awal 1435 is the 105th death anniversary of His Holiness Hazrat Hajj Sultan Mohammad Gonabadi “Sultan Ali Shah”. Sufism or tasawwuf, as it is called in Arabic, is generally understood by scholars and Sufis to be the inner, mystical, or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam.The Nimatullahi Sultan […]
Peace among Religions
Peace among Religions[1] His Excellency Dr. Haj Nour Ali Tabandeh In the name of Allah; the most merciful; the most passionate I am addressing those who have come together in the conference held by Cultural Foundation of Religious Harmony and World Peace. I am so pleased to hear that […]
Pressure on Dervishes to Close Their House of Worship in the City of Nayriz
Recently, threats and pressures on Gonabadi Dervishes and violations of their rights has intensified by Basij militia and extremist religious groups with the aim of closing mystic religious ceremonies of the Dervishes in the city of Nayriz, situated in Fars province, Iran.According to Majzooban Noor, over recent days new efforts by extremist religious groups […]
Islam is not the Religion of Sword
His Excellency Dr. Haj Noor Ali Tabandeh Islam is a religion that has always been under suspicious and accusation of many orientalists and researchers. One of these accusations is that they say: Islam is the religion of sword and recently, by posing new terms, it is called that Islam is the religion […]
Guarantor of Gazelle (Zamin-e-Ahou)
Learn to stand in the Soul of the WorldLearn to feel all the radiant colors of LifeLearn to merge with the Spirit of the BelovedLearn to find your wings and journey skyward Immerse in the Here and Now, in this precious LoveHold your hands out, catch the raining snowKisses from the sky, winter flowers from […]
Imam Mahdi (A.S.) in the Eyes of Muslim Ascetics
15th Shaban in accordance with 24 June is the happy and auspicious birthday anniversary of the twelfth and last Shi’a Imam, Imam Mahdi (A.S.). Majzooban Noor website management, would congratulate this auspicious day, to His Holiness, Haj Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh ( Majzoob Ali Shah) the great Qutb of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Order and […]
The stream of love and the adherence to ancient traditions
We live in the time of global communication with access to plenty of information and still we have so little knowledge on certain subjects or because we have access to plenty information we sometimes are confused by various interpretations and deliberate misinformation. This speech contains material that resulted from more than 20 years of […]
1st Qutb His Holiness Sheikh Junaid Baghdadi
The First Qutb in the Era of Absence and the Master of the Clan and Swimmer of the Seas of the Truth and the Sheikh of Tarighah, Sheikh Junaid Baghdadi. His patronymic name Abol Qasem and his respectable name Junaid bin Mohammad bin Junaid al-Khazzazi Al Qawareeri. Chronologically, his birthdate has been recorded in […]