Makkan Openings
Makkan Openings

Author: Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani

Publisher: Institute for Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (Isca)

Published: 2022-06-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781938058615

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Makkan Openings: A Pilgrim's Guide to Divine Secrets is a sacred portal into the spiritual reality of Hajj, one of the foundational pillars of Islam. This journey is gleamed entirely from the teachings of contemporary living Muslim saints of the illustrious Naqshbandi Sufi order, including a blessed lady saint of this path Hajjah Aminah Adil. This groundbreaking book takes the reader by the hand from the body and form of the rituals of pilgrimage to its haqiqa (reality) and origin, in the spiritual dominion and Divine Presence. This book is an ascension for those who have already fulfilled this rite of Islam, a solace to those who have not been able to perform their pilgrimage yet, and a nostalgic breeze for anyone longing to return to Allah's Sacred House, allowing all to journey spiritually to their inner Ka'ba and the celestial Bayt al-Ma'mur (Oft-Visited House). This, together with the abundance of pictures of saints and sacred sites and sacred quotes, make this book a much-needed preparation for our bodies to visit the Divine Abode on earth, in Makka the Honored, and then onwards to the blessed city of Madina, to receive the Madinan Openings from the precious heart of the Best of Creation, our Master Muhammad, upon whom be peace.

Sufi Encounters
Sufi Encounters

Author: Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri

Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

Published: 2019-05-14

Total Pages: 809

ISBN-13: 1786783444

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An unparalleled exploration of Sufism as it is practised around the world, describing meetings with today's enlightened teachers as well as including wonderfully inspiring translations of the great Sufi masters of the past. Ultimately, this book acts as a guide to the Sufi path and offers wise insight into the meaning and purpose of life. A compelling view of Sufi history together with vivid personal remembrances of living mystics. This is an inspiring and at the same time beautifully subtle book, with light-filled insights on every page." – Saadi Shakur Chishti, author of The Sufi Book of Life The Sufi path described in this book leads the seeker past ordinary states of consciousness towards a new experience of infinitude that is the source of the universe. In this stage there is no duality or otherness, but instead infinitude, the Original Oneness, from which all dualities and attributes emanate. The book is at once an autobiography, a didactic treatise and a literary opus full of wonderful translations of the words of earlier Sufis, as well as the author's own poetry. It describes Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri’s life quest to connect today’s world with classical times, especially through his meetings with enlightened Sufis all over the globe. Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri also addresses profound Sufi teachings concerning the nature of humankind, the cosmos and God, using clear and simple language to address difficult doctrinal issues as only a master who has digested fully such knowledge could do. The book also reveals much about the present-day Islamic world where, despite the tragedies that are to be seen everywhere, tradition and spirituality survive. This is a metaphysical and spiritual guide to the Sufi path that ultimately offers insight into the meaning and purpose of life.

Spiritual Psychology: The Fourth Intellectual Journey in Transcendent Philosophy. Volume VIII & IX of the Asfar
Spiritual Psychology: The Fourth Intellectual Journey in Transcendent Philosophy. Volume VIII & IX of the Asfar

Author: Mulla Sadra Shirazi

Publisher: ICAS Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 794

ISBN-13: 1904063314

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This multi-diciplinary and inter-diciplinary work presents the rethinking of the entire tradition of Islamic philosophical psychology by Mulla Sadra on the most profound questions and issues pertaining to the soul. It includes the views of the ancient Greek philosophers and physicians, Muslim philosophers, theologians, Sufis, theosophists and physicians, the teachings of the Qur'an the Traditions of the Prophets and the Shi'ite Imams and Mulla Sadra's own profound insights and intellectual elucidations combined with impeccable logical proofs and demonstration. It deals with the definition of the soul, the proof of its existence, its birth as corporeal and its survival as spiritual, various levels of the soul and the body, the vertical development of the soul through its substantial motion, the soul-body relation, the holistic approach to psychosomatic diseases, the resurrection and post-mortem survival of the soul, the body of the resurrection, his original interpretation of metempsychosis, the meaning of Heaven and Hell and the intellectual or spirituas worlds beyond this world. The central issue in this work is self-knowledge. The human soul is created in the Image of God with a purpose. This image comes to full actualization through self-knowledge, which according to Mulla Sadra is the key to knowledge of God, the Day of Resurrection and the Return of all creatures to God.

The Makkan Crucible
The Makkan Crucible

Author: Zakaria Bashier

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Based on Arabic sources and modern writings on the Sirah, this is an account of the Makkan life of the Prophet, and an analysis of the Jahiliyyah environment - the period preceding the Prophet's mission.

A Universe in Constant Change: Mulla Sadra and Transubstantial Change
A Universe in Constant Change: Mulla Sadra and Transubstantial Change

Author: Muhammad Kamal

Publisher: ICAS Press

Published: 2022-01-01

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1907905502

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This book is an interpretation of one of the central themes of Mulla Sadra’s philosophy of existence known as ‘transubstantial change’. It provides, for the first time in English, a comprehensive analysis of transubstantial change in light of Sadrian ontology and its impact on some philosophical issues such as identity, values, and truth. As the author elucidates, in transubstantial change nothing is indestructible and everything in the world, including substance, is inconstant renewal.

Islamic Mysticism and the Bektashi Path
Islamic Mysticism and the Bektashi Path

Author: Baba Rexheb

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-10-28

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 1983153850

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"The Bektashi Way is profoundly simple yet perplexingly complex, striking in its boldness yet gracious in its subtlety; consequently, while shining forth brightly it still is seemingly cloaked in obscurity. There have been attempts to gather its history, characteristic ideas, and observable aspects together and to elucidate its inner wisdom in prose, but few of these attempts have been made by knowledgeable insiders, and even fewer of these have been made in English. This full translation of Baba Rexheb's Islamic Mysticism and the Bektashi Path from its original Albanian is thus a unique addition to the literature on Bektashism in English, and a boon to those who seek to know more about this clearly enigmatic way." --- Vafi Baba

Ghazālī’s Epistemology
Ghazālī’s Epistemology

Author: Nabil Yasien Mohamed

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-16

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1000967034

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Focusing on Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) – one of the foremost scholars and authorities in the Muslim world who is central to the Islamic intellectual tradition – this book embarks on a study of doubt (shakk) and certainty (yaqīn) in his epistemology. The book looks at Ghazālī’s attitude to philosophical demonstration and Sufism as a means to certainty. In early scholarship surrounding Ghazālī, he has often been blamed as the one who single-handedly offered the death-blow to philosophy in the Muslim world. In much of contemporary scholarship, Ghazālī is understood to prefer philosophy as the ultimate means to certainty, granting Sufism a secondary status. Hence, much of previous scholarship has either focused on Ghazālī as a Sufi or as a philosopher; this book takes a parallel approach, and acknowledges each discipline in its right place. It analyses Ghazālī’s approach to acquiring certainty, his methodological scepticism, his foundationalism, his attitude to authoritative instruction (taʿlim), and the place of philosophical demonstration and Sufism in his epistemology. Offering a systematic and comprehensive approach to Ghazālī’s epistemology, this book is a valuable resource for scholars of Islamic philosophy and Sufism in particular, and for educated readers of Islamic studies in general.

Heidegger in the Islamicate World
Heidegger in the Islamicate World

Author: Kata Moser

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1786606216

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This volume offers insights into a unique philosophical landscape and enriches current Heidegger studies by offering fresh perspectives on his philosophy that are based on the traditions of Arabic and Persian Islamic philosophy

The Oxford Handbook of Ritual and Worship in the Hebrew Bible
The Oxford Handbook of Ritual and Worship in the Hebrew Bible

Author: Samuel E. Balentine

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-09-16

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 0190944935

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Ritual has a primal connection to the idea that a transcendent order - numinous and mysterious, supranatural and elusive, divine and wholly other - gives meaning and purpose to life. The construction of rites and rituals enables humans to conceive and apprehend this transcendent order, to symbolize it and interact with it, to postulate its truths in the face of contradicting realities and to repair them when they have been breached or diminished. This Handbook provides a compendium of the information essential for constructing a comprehensive and integrated account of ritual and worship in the ancient world. Its focus on ritual and worship from the perspective of biblical studies, as opposed to religious studies, highlights that the world of ritual and worship was a topic of central concern for the people of the Ancient Near East, including the world of the Bible. Given the scarcity of the material in the Bible itself, the authors in this collection use materials from the ancient Near East to provide a larger context for the practices of the biblical world, giving due attention to historical, anthropological, and social scientific methods that inform the context of biblical worship. The specifics of ritual and worship life-the sacred spaces, times, and actors in worship-are examined in detail, with essays covering both the divine and human aspects of the sacred dimension. The Oxford Handbook of Ritual and Worship in the Hebrew Bible considers several underlying concepts of ritual practice and closes with a theological outlook on worship and ritual from a variety of perspectives, demonstrating a fruitful exchange between biblical studies, ritual theory, and social science research.