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Me and Rumi
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Now that Rumi has become one of the best-selling poets in North America, interest in his life and times has increased dramatically. Practically every collection of his poetry provides a thumbnail biography, highlighting his encounter with Shams-i Tabrizi, the wandering mystic who became Rumi's beloved companion. Rumi had been a sober scholar, teaching law and theology to a small circle of students, but the coming of Shams turned him into a devotee of music, dance, and poetry. Three years after Shams's appearance out of nowhere, he abruptly vanished, never to be seen again. It was Rumi's longing for the lost Shams that transformed him into one of the world's greatest poets. Rumi immortalized Shams's name by constantly celebrating him in his poetry as the embodiment of the divine beloved. Our Price: $22.95
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PATH TO SUFISM BY:AL-GHAZALI
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PATH TO SUFISM
AL-GHAZALI
al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
his DELIVERANCE from ERROR
Translated by R.J.McCarthy - Preface by David Burrell - Introduction by William A. Graham
This text has long been recognized as not only an Islamic "classic," but also as one of the great "spiritual autobiographies" of the world's greatest religious thinkers. It is also the narrative of how one dedicated "seeker" after true knowledge and salvation, having probed various systems of thought and differing Our Price: $12.99
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Prayers for Forgiveness
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Prayers for Forgiveness
By Hasan Basri
Translated by Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf
The act of seeking forgiveness is what gives us the opening we need after feeling overwhelmed by the burden of sin. Forgiveness means a way out, a second chance, a feeling of hope with which to turn a new page in life. It is through the seeking of forgiveness that we begin to understand that there is no reason whatsoever to despair of the mercy of Allah. Islam encourages us to not run away in fear of Allah but rather to turn toward Allah the same way a baby would run into its mother’s lap. So lovingly does Allah, Most High, address His sinful servants: “Say (to humanity, O Muhammad): O My servants—those (of you) who have committed (sins in great) excess against their own souls—never despair of the mercy of Allah! For, indeed, Allah forgives sins, one and all. Indeed, it is He who is the All-Forgiving, the Mercy-Giving. So turn in penitence to your Lord. And submit yourselves to Him.” (al-Qur’an 39:53–54)
This collection of seventy prayers for forgiveness [istighfarat] is attributed to one of the greatest spiritual luminaries of the past, Hasan al-Basri, and it has been presented here to offer a way for us to navigate through the complications and pitfalls of this life. Set out in Arabic script, with adjoining translation in English, this edition also includes transliteration of the prayers to facilitate reading for those who are not so well-versed in Arabic.
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Rumi: Poet and Mystic
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Rumi : Poet and Mystic (1207-1273)/
Translated from Persian by: Reynold A. Nicholson.
Hardback 190 pages
Contents:
General introduction. Preface. Introduction. Appendix. Prelude. 1. The song of the reed. 2. Remembered music. 3. Love in absence. 4. "The marriage of true minds". 5. "A sleep and a forgetting". 6. The grief of the dead. 7. The unregenerate. 8. The burden of existence. 9. The spirit of the saints. 10. The children of light. 11. Love, the hierophant. 12. The love of woman. 13. Divine beauty. 14. "I turn toward thee". 15. The truth within us. 16. Mystics know. 17. Asleep to the world. 18. The faithful are one soul. 19. The ladder to heaven. 20. The true Sufi. 21. Nothing venture nothing win. 22. The man who looked back on his way to hell. 23. Spiritual churning. 24. The blind follower. 25. The birds of Solomon. 26. The carnal soul. 27. The beauty of death. 28. A prayer for good behaviour. 29. Communion with the saints. 30. The man who fled from Azrael. 31. "Omnes Eodem Cogimur". 32. Faith and works. 33. "No monkery in Islam. 34. Do not travel alone. 35. Fine feathers. 36. The treasure-seeker. 37. The mystic way. 38. The sceptic. 39. The evil in ourselves. 40. The hierarchy of saints. 41. The spiritual guide. 42. The uses of tribulation. 43. "The spirit helpeth our infirmity". 44. Unseen miracles. 45. The reward of the righteous. 46. The saint’s vision of eternity. 47. Beware of hurting the saint. 48. The disinterested Cadi. 49. Good words. 50. "Here am I". 51. The soul of prayer. 52. The friend who said "I". 53. God beyond praise. 54. Knowledge is power. 55. Our real names. 56. Immediate knowledge. 57. Tradition and intuition. 58. Feeling and thinking. 59. Mystical perception. 60. Love and fear. 61. The ascending soul. 62. The negative way. 63. The spirit of the universe. 64. The absolute. 65. Fons vitae. 66. The purpose of creation. 67. Divine providence. 68. Causation. 69. The divine factory. 70. The world of time. 71. Reality Our Price: $11.99
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Rumi: The Hidden Treasure
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Rumi: The Hidden Treasure
By: Shems Friedlander
Shems Friedlander, whose The Whirling Dervishes and When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of a Zebra became instant classics, now offers us another jewel--unique in that it brings to light hitherto unpublished material on the sacred music and dance, or sema of the Mevlevi Dervishes. We are treated to a wonderful explanation of the significance and symbolism of the dress and movement of the dance performed in the semahane--the Hall of Celestial Sounds. Our Price: $9.99
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Sacred Trust
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(2nd Edition - New Print, Larger size in a Gift Box)
A first time comprehensive album presenting the marvelous collection of the Sacred Relics at Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul.
The collection includes more than 600 invaluable belongings of prophets such as Abraham, Moses, and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the Prophet's Companions,as well as a number of Muslim saints.Excavated from the most restricted rooms of the palace, the entire selection is compiled here for the first time, including those that are not on exhibit for daily visits. Our Price: $149.00
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Salat & Salam: In Praise of Allah's Most Beloved
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Salat & Salam: In Praise of Allah's Most Beloved
Book PB
The greatest source of blessings and mercy for the Muslim and for all of mankind is Muhammad, the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), sent as a Mercy to the Worlds. Muslims, as the most privileged recipients of this mercy, are required to invoke blessings (salat) upon him, and doing so holds great reward; the Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever sends one blessing upon me, Allah will send ten blessings upon him” (Muslim). Abu Muhammad al-Marjani says, “Your invoking blessings upon him is in reality praying for yourself since the benefits of it are returning to you.”
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Subtleties of the Ascension
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Subtleties of the Ascension
Early Mystical sayings on The Prophet Muhammad’s Heavenly Journey The Isra wa Mi'raj
As compiled by Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman Sulami
Translated and annotated by Frederick S. Colby
This first time translation into any language of a recently discovered tenth century manuscript provides a window into the thought-world of the early Muslim mystics known as the Sufis, and offers a comparative case of mystical exegesis for those interested in mysticism more generally.
Fifty-six teachings on a variety of ascension-related issues illustrate the profoundly creative imagination of such early Sufi mystics as Hallaj, Junayd, and Bistami, demonstrating their remarkable ability to mine gems of insight from the deepest depths of spiritual experience, and highlighting their abiding love for the Prophet Muhammad.
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Sufi Aphorism - Kitab al-Hikam (SOLD OUT)
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Sufi Aphorism - Kitab al-Hikam (SOLD OUT)
By: Ibn Ata; Allah
Translation with an introduction notes
By: Victor Danner
Forwarded by: Martin Lings
This attractive and eloquent volume is one of the great basic texts of Islamic mysticism. A collection of 262 aphorisms that constitute a masterful summary of the truths of the Sufi Path, it combines the profound Sufi teachings and real charm of language that characterize the Hikm. It not only unfolds the integral Sufi doctrine on all levels, but it sows so in a manner calculated to appeal to pious Muslims in general. The powerful and yet gracious union o thought and language makes of the Hikm and memorizable work of universal appeal.
The main theme of the Hikam is Gnosis (Ma’rifah). In other words, instead of being a purely objective exposition of Oneness of Being, that doctrine is here deliberately “aimed” at the reader so that he may experience as it were a continual knocking on the doors of his intelligence. Bound up with this is the theme of Adab which, when it is a Sufi term, may be translated “pious courtesy”. Gnosis is not merely an act of the intelligence; it demands a total participation; and adab in its highest sense is the conformity of the soul, in all its different facets, to the Divine Presence
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Sufism: The Mystical Doctrines and Methods of Islam
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Sufism: The Mystical Doctrines and Methods of Islam
By: Stoddart, Willam
Hardback 96 pages
A concise, lucid and widely acclaimed introduction to the fundamental doctrines and practices of Sufism, the inward or mystical dimension of Islam.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword by R. W. J. Austin
Introduction
Chapter
1. The Religion of Islam (Shari‘a)
2. Islamic Esoterism Haqiqa)
3. The Mystical Path (Tariqa)
Appendix–quotations relating to Sufism
(a) from the Qur’an
(b) from the Traditions (ahadith)
(c) from the Sufis
Further Reading
Index
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