Intellectual Network of Mandailing and Haramayn Muslim Scholars in the…
This paper is an attempt to study the scholars‟ network of Mandailing Ulama with those of Haramayn in the mid-19thand early…
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The Relationship Between the Shariah, Tariqah, Haqiqah and Macrifah by Wan…
This paper utilizes a content study to clarify the concepts and relationship between sharicah, tariqah, haqiqah, and marifah by…
Intuitional Insight in Islamic Mysticism
Intuitional insight or mystical cognition is a different insight from common, concrete and intellectual insights. This kind of…
Freedom and Sufism a Brief Analysis on Freedom Concept in the View of…
Freedom is a concept that mystics, politics, and political philosophers granted anespecial attention to its nature and identity.…
Cognition of Ascetic and Amorous Mysticism in Islam
Main goal of cognition approach is restoration and discovery of "semantics" inHumanism and interpretation of surrounding…
The Relation between Law and Islamic Mysticism
No doubt the achievement to understand the depth of meaning and toperceive the mystery of cosmos is possible only by linking the…
A Comparative Study on the Relationship between Spiral forms in Sufi Spiral…
The present article was an attempt to investigate the comparative relationship between spiral forms in Sufi spiral dance (Sama:…
Symbolism in Tafsir Attributed to Ibn Arabi
Sufi believes that the Qur’an has exoteric and esoteric meanings. He tries to renounce the exoteric meaning of the Qur’anin order…
Vandalization of the tomb of Sheikh Shihab ed-Din
Sheikh Shihab ed-Din lived during the Ayyubid period (1187-1250 A.D.). When he died, followed by his two sons, the three of them…
Spiritual Nutrition from the Islamic Point of View
Spirituality is one of the dimensions of health. Nutrition is one of the most important factors affecting the spiritual health.…
A Study of Relationship between Sharī‘Ah and Ḥaqīqah with Special Reference…
Shari‘ah and Haqīqah are two terms of Tasawwuf- Islamic Mysticism which had generated a lot of controversies among Islamic…
Inner Peace in Islam
The notion that Islam means peace has almost become a cliché in a world where Islam’s relationship with peace is emphasised in an…
Book Review: Sufi Master and Qur’an Scholar: Abū’l-Qāsim al-Qushayrī and…
Over the past few years, an increasing number of academic publications havefocused on the life and work of the Sufi master and…
Book Review: Ibn ‘Arabi and the Contemporary West: Beshara and the Ibn…
Although the thought of the Andalusian Sufi Muhyi al-Din ibn ‘Arabi (d.1240) has become increasingly popular in the West during…
Interpretation of the Quran in Contemporary India: Wahiduddin Khan’s…
This study examines the interpretation of the Quran (tafsir) of an Indian Muslim intellectual, Wahiduddin Khan (b.1925), written…
Martyrdom of al-Hallaj and Unity of the Existence: the Condemners and the…
Wahdat al-wujud is a very most polemical topic discussed in the world of Islamic Tasawwuf or Sufism since 2nd century of Islamic…
Pantheism in Wordsworth: A Study from the Islamic Perspective
William Wordsworth, a literary icon in romantic poetry, has impressed us with his pantheism and therefore, encouraged us to…
Historicizing Influence of Ottoman Mysticism and Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Rumi…
Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi influenced Western societies with his teachings on mysticism and alternative approaches for human…
Sufism, spirituality and sustainability/ rethinking Islamic mysticism…
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Sufism in the Context of Modern Politics
IT is really amazing that not only political analysts but evenly scholars for years ignored Sufism as a factor of political life…