This paper utilizes a content study to clarify the concepts and relationship between sharicah, tariqah, haqiqah, and marifah by Wan Sulaiman b. Wan Siddik, a Malay Sufi scholar in 19th in the Malay world. He clarifies these four terminologies in his epistle Mizan al-uqala’ wa al-udaba’ due to many misconceptions about this matter by his...Read More

The present article was an attempt to investigate the comparative relationship between spiral forms in Sufi spiral dance (Sama: the Arabic word Raqs) which takes its name from the order of the whirling dervishes in Konya where Mawlawī (Rumi) used to practice it with his disciples and Persian Islamic paintings. To do so, the quality...Read More

Sa’diyya Shaikh’s groundbreaking Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn Arabi,Gender, and Sexuality not only makes a significant contribution to the growingbody of scholarship on issues of gender and Islam, but also serves as an eloquentand accessible introduction to the life and work of Muhyi al-Din ibnArabi, unquestionably one of the most important voices in the Islamic...Read More

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