The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire
by John Curry
Rūmī And the Hermeneutics of Eroticism (Iran Studies, #2)
by Mahdi Tourage
This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in Rumi's (d. 1273) Mathnawi, a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature and theosophic teachings. Using the relevant features of postmodern theories as strategic conceptual tools, and drawing on the recent interpretations of medieval kabbalistic texts, it is a fascinating examination of the link between the dynamics of eroticism and esotericism operativ...
This is the first major study in a Western language of Rashid al-Din Maybudi's Persian commentary on the Qur'an Kashf al-asrar wa 'uddat al-abrar (Unveiling of Mysteries and Provision of the Righteous). Annabel Keeler explores the interplay between scriptural exegesis and mystical doctrine in a twelfth-century Sufi commentary on the Qur'an. Previously little-known outside the Persian-speaking world, it is increasingly recognized as a key work in the development of Sufi Qur'anic interpretation. T...
"Women and The Holy Quran" is a Sufi commentary which validates the spirituality, value, honor, capability, strength and potential of all women, in unquestionable terms. The Holy Quran is presented as a personal message and guide to freedom for women who are spiritual. Speaking directly to the heart and soul, it contains a message for women in all places, at all times.
Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) can only be described through superlatives. For Rumi is the best known and arguably the greatest exponent of the mystical tradition in Islam. The Masnavi, Rumi's longest and most fully realised poetic work remains, in the eastern lands of Islam, the most extensively read and revered text after the Qur'an. Perhaps more surprisingly, at least to those still unfamiliar with his writings, Rumi is also often cited as the most widely read poet today in the United States. Th...
Naqshbandi Awrad of Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani
by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
Islamische Mystik (Religion in Der Gesellschaft, #12)
by Jorg Huttermann
'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.' Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes. In order to convey his message of divi...
