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Archive for September, 2007
Hz Mawlana Rumi
Posted in Islam, Rumi, Sufism on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
800th Birthday of Hz Mawlana (RA)
Posted in Islam, Rumi, Sufism on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
September 30th is the birthday of Hz Mawlana Rumi. The excellent Darvish blog has a nice reminder too. Here’s a poem form the Diwan Shams-e-Tabrizi which offers an insight into the secret of Mawlana’s popularity.
Shall I tell you our secret?
We are charming thieves who steal hearts
and never fail because we are
the friends of the [...]
The Taste of Hidden Things
Posted in Islam, Knowledge, Sufism on September 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the best contemporary books on Sufism is The Taste for Hidden Things by Sara Sviri. It combines interesting quotations from classical sources with insights from more recent practitioners. Much more interesting than the usual introductory books. Here’s a poem by an unnamed student of the author called “Mudtarr” (constrained).
It is always like two [...]
A Saying of Imam Zayn al-Abedin
Posted in Islam, Knowledge, Sufism on September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you are aware of any of your actions, that is a proof that it has not been accepted (by God). For that which is accepted is elevated and hidden from you; your not noticing it is a sign of its acceptance.
Imam Zayn al-Abedin (RA).
The Breaking Wave of Love
Posted in Islam, Rumi, Sufism on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is vintage Mawlana (May God sanctify his lofty secret).
The Breaking Wave of Love
Ah, once more he put a fire in me,
And once more this crazy heart
is craving the open plains.
This ocean of love breaks into another wave
And blood pours from my heart
in all directions.
Ah, one spark flew
and burned the house of my heart.
Smoke filled [...]
The Path of Blame 3
Posted in Islam, Sufism on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just to round things off, here’s what the Shaykh al-Akbar has to say on this topic. It is worth noting that the Shaykh prefers the word malamiya to the more well known form malmatiya. He explains that this is the highest “mode” of walaya and distinguishes it from other modes whom he calls the ubbad, [...]
The Path of Blame 2
Posted in Islam, Sufism on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Here some words from the masters of the malamatiya themselves.
Abu Yazid (al-Bistami) said: Whoever does not regard their attestation of the truth (shahidihi) as pure compulsion (idtirar), their spiritual moments as pure deception (ightirar), their interior states as a pitfall of which they are heedless (istidraj), their speech as pure falsehood (iftira’), and their devotions [...]
The Path of Blame
Posted in Sufism on September 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hz Khadim-e- Mohabbat could be said to have followed the path of blame. One of his contemporaries, Hz Mawlna Ghulam Azam (RA) recounted that when he first met the shaykh he observed something that caused him to abandon the shaykh’s company. As he said himself: ” I was a mere mawlawi” (meaning that he was [...]
Hz Mawlana on Fasting
Posted in Islam, Sufism on September 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The following is an interesting poem by Hz Mawlana (RA) on fasting and its reward. It should be read in the context of the hadith: ” The fast is for me and I am its reward”. Here’s what Mawlana says:
Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.
Pleasant journey to the one
Who is the company of the [...]
Ramadan
Posted in Islam, Sufism on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ramadan: The fire of extreme desire is called Ramdh and to accept and undergo this experience for the sake of God is the period of Ramadan which is Ayyamun ma’dudat (counted days). This is necessarily followed by “Eid ul Fitr”, which means therefore that, our pure nature (fitrat e muttahara) should sprout forth after this [...]
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