India Has Attracted All Sorts Of Visitors From Times Unknown And For Various Reasons. While The Likes Of Mahmud Ghazni And Muhammad Ghori Coveted The Country&Rsquo;S Material Wealth And Came As Territorial Conquerors, Muinuddin Chishti Came To India, At The Turn Of The Twelfth Century, To Fulfil A Spiritual Quest. The Book Of Muinuddin Chishti Introduces This &Lsquo;Conqueror Of Conquerors&Rsquo;, Revealing The Life And Teachings Of A Great Saint Who Chose Not To Battle Over God But To Practise The Love Of God. Through The Use Of Historical Records And Creative Imagination, Mehru Jaffer Brings To Life The Story Of A Human Being Who Became A Saint And The Development Of Chishti Sufism In India, Examining The Most Important Dynamic In The Understanding Of A Phenomenon Like Sufism: Tension Between The Outsider&Rsquo;S Point Of View And The Insider&Rsquo;S Vision. Muinuddin Chishti Spent His Life Reminding Us That Hidden Behind The Paraphernalia Of Rituals Of All The Diverse Religions Of The World Is Love And Curiosity For The Creator. The Book Of Muinuddin Chishti Takes Forward His Message&Mdash;Of How To Remain Humane In Hostile Times, Balance The Material With The Spiritual, And Reach Out And Cement The Foundations Of Love And Mysticism That Ultimately Unite All Of Humanity.
This comprehensive guide to healing synthesizes the principles and practices of Hippocratic, Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Persian medicine, and includes the first English translation of one of the handbooks of Avicenna, whose writings have been classics in herbal and dietetic medicine for more than 1,000 years. Based on the philosophy that "food is the best medicine," Avicenna's canon provides simple and effective diagnostic techniques and therapies for maintaining health and strengthening the immune system. Includes a botanical guide for the 100 most-used healing herbs and recommended treatments for 400 conditions, including diet and nutrition, herbology, and aromatherapy.
‘As the soldier picked up his sword to slaughter, the Sufi stood up to confront the politics of the day with a song.’ The Book of Nizamuddin Aulia reveals the life and teachings of the most beloved and revered of medieval Sufi saints. Nizamuddin Aulia was born in 1236, in great poverty. He grew up in a tumultuous world and saw three dynasties and seven sultans wreak havoc over an entire nation in the name of religion. Staying away from the corridors of power, the mystic chose instead to dedicate his life to the Sufi vision of love and spiritual enlightenment and to serving the needs of the poor. If Muinuddin Chishti introduced Sufism to India, Nizamuddin helped spread his message across the country as the head of the Chishti Sufi order. Even today, his shrine in New Delhi, the Nizamuddin Dargah, draws countless devotees and visitors. In this rich, colourful book, Mehru Jaffer tells the story of Nizamuddin Aulia from man to saint, vividly bringing alive the history of the period.
The life and mission of Hadrat khwaka Moinuddin Chishti have been of exceptional character as compared to other saints in India and elsewhere. Khwaja Sahibs life and teachings have also attracted the attention of ulema, the great scholars in every age. Although, there are a number of books on various aspects of his eventful life and mission. Yet there was a long felt need for a compact account that not only touches upon his life mission and philosophy but also present a survey of other outstanding sufis life and mission and gives a sketch of their contributions.
This is a very old book written by the great Sufi saint Hazrat Moinuddin Hasan Sanjari of Ajmer (1141-1236) the advice and discourses to his special caliph Khaja Bakhtiar Kaki which were translated from Persian into the Urdu language and for the first time I have translated this book into English. This translation of the most ancient and celebrated Persian book on Sufism will, I hope, be found useful not only for the number of students familiar with the subject at first hand but also by many readers. In this magazine one other magazine HAFT MAKTUBAT which was also written by Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti is also added in the beginning to the reader's response to reading many secrets of the spiritualism and as well as mystic knowledge in the light of the sayings of the last prophet of Allah and Quranic advises. This is a small magazine in which there are advice and instructions, especially for a Taleb (student) and it refers to a person who is committed to a Murshid (spiritual master) in a Tariqa (spiritual path) of Sufism and is also known as a Salik (Arabic: سَالِك). A Mureed is an initiate into the mystic philosophy of Sufism, and all these details of advice by the great Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Sanjari of Ajmare are included in this book. There are also some great achievements mentioned in this book which is not known to the general public published in a very interesting style, so readers will find great interest and attention in this. Once a person starts reading this book's first page he will not stop reading it till he reaches its last page, as some interesting events, as well as great miracles and endeavours, are mentioned in this book of holy saints who have passed away from the world some 800 years ago. Even though this is a small book, but its importance is so great due to coverage of many interesting events and positive information in it for the guidance of people towards the right path of Islam, so it is like an ocean of knowledge and information of holy saints who have passed away from the world after doing great endeavours and many hard tasks for the preaching and propagation of Islam in foreign lands. This book is edited and formatted as per the great book Muslim Saints and Mystics (Tadhkirtal Aliyah by Farid-al-din Attar) which is very famous in the Western world among English-speaking persons. So there will be some small differences in it while comparing with Urdu books and literature. The aim of this magazine is to present it to the Western world where there is great demand for books of Sufism and biographies of holy saints who lived and spent their entire lives for the preaching and propagation of the Islamic religion in all corners of the world as per the tradition and practice of Allah's last prophet. To write about this great author is not only difficult,t but a very hard task as he was not only a great and pious personality of his time in India but was also a great author of many books. Hadrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishtī authored several books including * Anees ul Arwah* Kashful Asrar* Ganj ul Asrar* Risala Aafaq wa Nafs* Risala e Tasawwuf Manzum* Risala e Mojudia* Hadees ul Ma'arif* Israr-e- Haqiqi and all these books which deal with the Islamic code of living. So, in brief, he was the Hind al-Wali (the Saint of India) of his time in the Indian subcontinent who did many great endeavors for the preaching and propagation of Islam in Ajmer city with hopes of its expansion to other adjoining and distant territories and there was no other such personality during his time. His mausoleum is in Ajmer city which is famous even today for the fulfillment of desires and wishes of the persons who visit his grave there.
The Book of Muhammad recounts Muhammad's journey-his early struggles to bring his message to the people in Mecca, the Revelation, his flight to Medina and the establishment of Islam and an ideal city-state there, and his triumphant return to Mecca. Mehru Jaffer's own search to understand the teachings of Islam inform this lucid yet profound retelling of the life of one of the most mesmerizing figures to walk this earth, thereby making his teachings and spiritual significance accessible to all.