Tag: sufism
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Toward a Contemporary Ihya’ of Sufism
Imam Al-Ghazali’s journey of spiritual and intellectual awakening highlights the importance of divine illumination over rigid proofs. This resonates with the my own struggles in contemporary Bengal, advocating for a revival of Sufi practices to meet spiritual needs today.
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Impact of Sufi Saints on Cultural Syncretism in Northeast India
Northeast India’s cultural history showcases a blend of traditions. Political shifts threaten this syncretism, but centuries of Sufi spiritual movements promoted harmony. The region’s literature, music, and festivals highlight coexistence.
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The Grammar of Reality
Grammar is often viewed as a tedious and unimaginative subject, pertaining merely to our means of mundane communication. Squeezed dry of any life, outwardly it appears to be an endeavor devoid of any inspiration. Even moreso, for a traditional student of knowledge, memorizing obscure aberrant verses of poetry to deliver grammatical points, parsing the construction…
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The Ibn ‘Arabī Connection: How Akbarian Metaphysics Shaped South Asian Sufism
To those that, like me, spent their lockdown evenings watching Diliriş: Ertuğrul, Ibn ʿArabī will be a familiar name. Draped in the robes of a dervish, Ozman Sirgood’s character wanders the landscapes of medieval Anatolia, dispensing scriptural wisdom and delivering spiritual guidance to the eponymous protagonist and his plucky tribespeople.
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Islamophobic Narratives: Meccan and Medinan Resistance
The Kunta federation played an important political and economic role in Maghribi history. Shaykh Bāy al-Kuntī founded a great number of zawiyas (religious schools) and sent missionaries to preach Islam in the Middle Niger and Western Saharan regions. Bāy al-Kuntī called people to jihad against the carnal soul, which the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ designated the…
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Rekindling Muslim Scholastic and Spiritual Consciousness
A Book Review of Sea Without Shore by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller.
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Tasawwuf as Islamic Existentialism
Existence is a strange thing. While it permeates all that is and all that we experience, it eludes our grasp.