Sufism

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Week 2: five poems by Hajji Bayram	These five poems by Hajji Bayram are well known and loved in Sufi circles in Turkey. They are the only ones considered to be authentically by...	Sufism, Sufi poetry, Hajji Bayram	view
Shushtari: poems	The poems of Shushtari, who has been called 'the Rumi of western Islam', are famous throughout North Africa, and are a wonderful combination of...	Shushtari, Sufi poetry, Sufism	view
Shushtari introduction	A brief introduction to the great mystical poet from al-Andalus, Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari: an overview of his life and the special kind of poems...	Sufi poetry, Sufism	view
Hafiz: life and times, an introduction	This is a brief introduction to the life and times of Hafiz, considered by many to be the best lyric mystical poet of all time. We look at the...	Hafiz, Shiraz, Sufi poetry, Sufism	view
Week 2: Hajji Bayram and the early Ottoman tradition	The early Ottoman tradition of Sufism constituted a remarkable flowering. In order to understand the poetic tradition of the Ottomans, especially...	Sufi poetry, Sufi orders, Sufism, Hajji Bayram, Ottoman Empire	view
Baba Farid: a life of poverty	Popularly known as Baba Farid, he is one of the distinguished medieval Muslim mystics in the Indian world, most revered in the Punjabi communities...	Chishti, Farid, Punjab, Sufi poetry, Sufism	view
Hafiz poems 1	This selection of two poems by Hafiz contrasts the different translation styles that have been used by recent translators to render his poems into...	Hafez, Hafiz, Islamic Mystical Poetry, Sufism, Sufi poetry	view
Islam in the West: what is Sufism?	An orthodox description of modern Sufism in the UK, primarily from the traditional Asian viewpoint	Islam, Sufism, Faith	view
Sufism, Sufis, Sufi orders: Sufism's many paths	An online essay by Dr Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia, introducing Sufism, the mystical or inner dimension of Islam. The work takes the...	Sufism, Islam, Ibn 'Arabi, Ghazali, Sufi orders	view
Beyond the stars: revisiting Abraham in the light of Islam	A podcast of a talk by Stephen Hirtenstein on the universal nature of the Patriarch Abraham	Abraham (patriarch), Islam, Ibn 'Arabi, Sufism, Mysticism	view

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