41. IAS :: Departments :: Sufi Women Organization Part of the International Association of sufism, the SWO is devoted to creating a harmonious cooperation, friendship and direction to honor the works of http://www.ias.org/departments/sufiwomen.html

IAS RESOURCES About IAS Events : Upcoming Events History Education Center Articles on Sufism Words of Wisdom IAS DEPARTMENTS Sufi Women Sufi Youth Sufi Psychology Sufi Kids ... Sufi Music IAS PROJECTS UN Human Rights Prison Project Literacy Project Resource Libraries ... Project Khaneghah IAS PUBLICATIONS Bookstore Sufism Journal Peace Products Audio Collection ... Newsletters CONTACT IAS International Association of Sufism 14 Commercial Blvd. Suite 101 Novato, California 94949 USA Tel: +1 415 382 SUFI eMail: ias@ias.org

42. Islam, Sufism And The Sufi Tradition Of Chishti Qadhiri Islam and sufism, an intrinsic part of Islam explained on the sufi tradition of the Chishti Qadhiri with great emphasis on Kalima Thayyiba strictly adhering http://www.geocities.com/athens/olympus/5352/

Islam, Sufism and the Sufi Tradition of Chishti Qadhiri Visit my blogsite (http://faizee.blogspot.com) Sufism is the way towards the knowledge of our Self and our relation with our Lord, Allah. Sufism comprises the inner knowledge that is presented to us in the holy Qur'an. Sufi is the term attributed to a person practicing Sufism. To realize Allah one should purify his body, heart and soul. The Shari'ath (rules) stresses the purification of our body. Sufism as practiced and preached by Sufis stresses on the purification of our nafs, heart and soul. In this site you can find a small introduction to Sufism, a seekers first step towards his goal and articles on ihsan, the art of the sufis, kalima thayyiba and shirk. You can mail me at faizee@yahoo.com . I recommend you to subscribe to the following mailing list so that I can keep you informed whenever I update my site. I haven't updated this for over 2 years and so don't worry that you will be swamped with emails. Subscribe to Faizeechishti Mailing List Powered by groups.yahoo.com

43. Sufi Winged Heart Illustrated glossary definition of the sufi winged Heart. http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefssufi.htm

zGCID=" test0" zGCID+=" test14" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 You are here: About Alternative Religions Alternative Religions Alternative Religions ... Help Winged Heart of the Sufi order Thewinged heart is a symbol of the Sufi movement, a mystic branch of Islam. The symbol is a heart with wings, symbolizing ascension; the five pointed star represents divine light, the moon responsiveness to this light. the symbol was chosen by the founder of the Sufi Order, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Here is his description of the symbol, from the Gatha The Symbol of the Sufi Order Then the crescent in the heart suggests the responsiveness of the heart. The crescent represents the responsiveness of the crescent to the light of the sun, for naturally it receives the light, which develops it until it becomes the full moon. The principal teaching of Sufism is that of learning to become a pupil. For it is the pupil who has a chance of becoming a teacher. Once a person considers that he is a teacher his responsiveness is gone. The greatest teachers of the world have been the greatest pupils. And it is this principle which is represented by the crescent. The crescent in the heart represents that the heart, responsive to the light of God, is illuminated. It is the divine light, which is represented by the five-pointed star, and the star is reflected in the heart, which is responsive to the divine light. And the heart, which has by its response received the light of God is liberated, as the wings show. Therefore, this sentence will explain, in short, the meaning of the symbol: the heart, responsive to the light of God is liberated.

44. Sufi Enneagram - Spiritual Healing sufi origins of the Enneagram. Learn the basis of traditional psychology the symbolic significance of the Enneagram. Study of number, geometry, letters, http://www.sufienneagram.com/

This website presents the research of Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar on the Sufi Enneagram. The CBT Course teaches the Sufi origins of the Enneagram. The student learns not only the basis of traditional psychology but the symbolic significance of the Enneagram symbol as well. The student develops an understanding of the traditional science of balance through the study of number, geometry, letters, alchemy, astronomy and astrology. Please contact us for more information about the course, the research or about books by Dr. Bakhtiar and others.

45. Sufi Style 2004 sufi Style the writings, ideas and art of two hellbound souls in the market for cheap redemption sufi style. http://www.sufistyle.org/

46. Zahuri Sufi Website: Welcome Page A memorial to a sufi saint and author, buried in Ajmer, India. Includes biographical information, selections of his writings, and news. http://www.zahuri.org/

and Sharib Press This site is dedicated to click here for a short audio clip of Dr Zahurul Hasan Sharib Free counter Hazrat Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib Gudri Shah Baba As-salaam aleikum Welcome to the Zahuri Sufi Web Site

47. Sufi-mystic.net - The Key To Sufism; Gudri Shahi Sufi Order; Sufi Saint School.. Information about the Gudri Shahi sufi Order (based in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India) and its genealogy. Includes information about their school, a FAQ, http://sufi-mystic.net/

...the inner piligrim wraps himself in the light essence, and circumbulates the Ka'ba of the heart, inwardly reciting the second divine Name - ALLAH, the proper name of God. He moves in circles because the path of the essence is not straight but circular. Its end is the beginning. "The Secret of Secrets" by Hadrat Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani. Fragment of the old Kaaba doors in background " The sufis breath nothing but love" The Key to Sufism Sufi master answers to the questions about sufism and sufi path Gudri Shahi Sufi Order Shijrah (spiritual genealogy), Saints of the Sufi Order, events, library Sufi Saint School Unique and courageous project in India Mystic Literature Poetry, stories, books

48. Rumi sufism. – Reflections Acknowledgements Search Contact. Pick Language, Arabic, Deutsch, Dutch, Espanol, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Farsi, Francais http://www.armory.com/~thrace/sufi/

Home Page Books on Rumi Bibliography Works of Rumi ... Contact Pick Language Arabic Deutsch Dutch Espanol Estonian Greek Hebrew Farsi Francais Italiano Melayu Portugues Russian Svenska Turkce Rumi : Listen to the reed, how it complains of separation Sufi Music Festival July 28-31 London You are in love with me, I shall make you perplexed. Do not build much, for I intend to have you in ruins. If you build two hundred houses in a manner that the bees do; I shall make you as homeless as a fly. If you are the mount Qaf in stability. I shall make you whirl like a millstone. Home Page Life of Rumi Masnavi Bibliography ... Poems of Passion Last updated: June 10, 2006 rumi.org.uk

49. Fons Vitae Publishing - Early Sufi Women, As-Sulami (Rkia Cornell) Early sufi Women is the earliest known work in Islam devoted entirely to women s spirituality. Written by the Persian sufi Abu Abd arRahman as-Sulami (d. http://www.fonsvitae.com/earlysufi.html

Early Sufi Women A bilingual critical edition of as-Sulami's Dhikr an-Niswa al-Muta 'abbitdat as-Sufiyyat Translated and annotated by Rkia Elaroui Cornell, Duke University Fons Vitae 270pp, paper, 1-887752-06-4, $24.95 Early Sufi Women is the earliest known work in Islam devoted entirely to women's spirituality. Written by the Persian Sufi Abu 'Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulami (d. 1021), this long-lost work provides portraits of eighty Sufi women who lived in the central Islamic lands between the eighth and eleventh centuries C. E. As spiritual masters and exemplars of Islamic piety, they served as respected teachers and guides in the same way as did Muslim men, often surpassing men in their understanding of Sufi doctrine, the Qur'an, and Islamic spirituality. Whether they were scholars, poets, founders of Sufi schools, or individual mystics and ascetics, they embodied a wisdom that could not be hidden. This important addition to the growing body of literature examining the historical presence of women in Islam is the first translation into English of a rare study of eighty-two Sufi women by the tenth-century Iranian scholar as-Sulami . The author was known primarily for his studies on Sufi chivalry and the malamitiyya (the Sufi order following "the way of blame," of which his father was a member), as well as a biographical compendium of the lives of one hundred Sufi men. Originally believed to be an appendix to that work, these brief life-stories of Sufi women are now thought to form an independent work, one which scholars long feared lostwith only references in other sourcesuntil a manuscript was found in a university library in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1991. An Arabic edition was published in 1993. This edition contains the original Arabic as well as Rkia Elaroui Cornell's translation, along with her extensive footnotes and introduction, which put the work into the context of as-Sulami's life and times and Sufism in general. Cornell has included as an appendix her translation of a similar study of Sufi women, written some two hundred years later by

50. The Sufi Way There are wild wandering sufis called qalandars, who are constantly tickled with life. It s scandalous how they love and laugh at any small event. http://www.sufiway.org/

There are wild wandering Sufis called qalandars, who are constantly tickled with life. It's scandalous how they love and laugh at any small event. People gossip about them, and that makes them deft in their cunning, but really a great God-wrestling goes on inside these wanderers, a flood of sunlight that's drunk with the whole thing... - Rumi View latest update to site Enter website

51. Sufi Music & Ritual In Turkey [MESA Bulletin, Dec 1995] IT IS DIFFICULT to appreciate and understand sufism fully without an informed exposure to the expressive cultural forms that help define and enhance it. http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/bulletin/markoff.htm

Introduction to Sufi Music and Ritual in Turkey Irene Markoff, York University Reprinted from the Middle East Studies Association Bulletin , December 1995 (with changes in orthography to HTML standards. NB: Turkish characters may not display on all Web Browsers.). Middle East Studies Association of North America IT IS DIFFICULT to appreciate and understand Sufism fully without an informed exposure to the expressive cultural forms that help define and enhance it. It is this dimension of Islamic mysticism that transports the seeker on the path of spiritual attainment into higher states of consciousness that promise spiritual intoxication ( wajd ) and a unique and intimate union, even annihilation ( fanâ' ), in the supreme being. This emotional expression of faith is intensified and externalized in elaborate forms of meditation and esoteric techniques that are part of ritual ceremonies. Through ritual, many Sufi orders and Sufi-related sects throughout the world of Islam have been able to articulate doctrines and beliefs through artistic traditions such as sung poetry, instrumental music and dance-like movements ( samâ ' or spiritual concerts) and have utilized meditation patterns that combine corporeal techniques and controlled breathing ( dhikr ; Turkish

52. Sufism: Sufi Stories As Told By Idries Shah Thought provoking stories from the sufi tradition as told by the controversial author Idris Shah. http://www.katinkahesselink.net/sufi/stories.html

Sufi Stories told by Idries Shah Robert Frager says, in Essential Sufism, about such stories and jokes (p. 162) " This next session can be enjoyed without concern about its deeper meanings. If you wish, for example, you can imagine that these stories ... are not about you. But if it were a teaching session, your task might be to identify yourself in every story, to acknowledge that you too could be as foolish or as lacking in discernment as the characters in these ... tales." [From "Human Nature" April 1978 ] One woman says to another, "Poor Maisie really has suffered for what she believes in." "And what DOES she believe in?" asks the other. "She believes that you can wear a size six shoe on a size nine foot." A friend of mine once went to see the chief of state of a certain country. When they were walking on the grounds of the presidential place, a large and fierce-looking dog tore the loincloth off a Hindu guru who was also present and, barking loudly, cornered him by a wall. Now this guru had the reputation of being able to tame tigers with a glance, but he obviously had no such way with dogs, and he called out to my friend to do something. The visitor said, "A barking dog does not bite."

53. Shadhiliyya Sufi Center East The Shadhiliyya sufi Center East serves the hearts of residents of the Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and southern Pennsylvania area, http://www.suficentereast.org/

Shadhiliyya Sufi Center East Home Farm of Peace Healing Intensive Retreat Unity Music Festival ... June 15: Free Healings in Silver Spring The Farm of Peace Welcome! The Shadhiliyya Sufi Center East serves the hearts of residents of the Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and southern Pennsylvania area, and anyone anywhere who is seeking to experience God's love more deeply. The Shadhiliyya Sufi tradition is one of growing in love, mercy, peace, freedom, unity and surrender to God. The Farm of Peace, our spiritual center, is located on 150 rolling acres near Warfordsburg, Pa. The Farm of Peace is a center for zawiyah (spiritual retreat), community gatherings, and teachings. It will serve as a working farm with crops and livestock. The land will nurture holy plants to be used in healing remedies. Healing healing intensive retreats

54. Sufi Youth International sufi Youth International was created to develop and expand an international support network for youth that encourage youth to explore the spiritual and http://sufiyouth.org/

Voices for Justice is an organization devoted towards promoting human rights, especially the rights of children, because every voice deserves to be heard and every life is worth living.

55. Home Page For Sufi Movement International - USA To reach the any member of the Executive Committee or the sufi Movement International headquarters directly, please send an email to sufihq@xs4all.nl. http://www.sufimovement.net/

Prayers Sufi Path Rays of Study SMI Structure ... Teachings Contacts for Sufi Movement International of the USA To reach the SMI-USA office by email, send a message to smiusa@earthlink.net To reach us by mail, write to Sufi Movement International - USA, P.O. Box 195, Orinda, CA 94563. Murshida Rabia Ana Perez-Chisti National Representative for SMI USA email: smiusa@earthlink.net Aatoon Massey , Alaska phone: 907-463-4627 Alia Michaels , New Mexico Jamshed Storer , Oregon Jauhara Care , Arizona Nuria Stephanie Sabato , Midwest (Kansas/Missouri) Rani McLaughlin , Oregon Raphael Birney , Oregon phone: 541-535-3338 Contacts for the Sufi Movement International's Executive Committee Sattva van Dorssen Bayt-ul-Haram of the Spiritual Healing Activity Peshkar of the Brother/Sisterhood Activity Jelaluddin van Lohuizen Dar-es-Salam of the Symbology Activity Ulma Moerenburg-Poelstra Moin-ul-Maham of the Universal Worship Activity Nawab Pasnak Madar-ul-Maham of the Sufi Order, the Esoteric School of Inner Culture and International Coordinator Karimbakhsh Witteveen Executive Supervisor Siddharta Rosdorff General Treasurer Hidayat Inayat-Khan Pir-o-Murshid and Representative General of the Sufi Movement To reach the any member of the Executive Committee or the Sufi Movement International headquarters directly, please send an email to

56. Sufi Blog- Sufi Meditation- Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi- Azeemia Sufi Order-Imam Al sufi Meditation and Spritual Healing through Color Therapy, http://www.sufiblog.com/

Patriarchs Qalandar Baba Auliya Baba Tajuddin Quotes of Shaykh Azeemi Azeemia UK Categories What is Muraqaba (Sufi-Meditation) Breathing Exercises (Pranayama) ... HH The Dalai Lama Sufiblog.com "Anger is a poison that contaminates the blood. It diminishes the stored up Spiritual Energy within you. You'll never be able to become spiritual unless you overcome anger and resentment." Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi Patriarch of the Sufi Order of Azeemia. BUY NOW @ AMAZON Just click on the image. MURAQABA The Art and Science of Sufi Meditation MURQABA: The Art and Science of Sufi Meditation , is the English translation of the bestselling Urdu book about Sufi Meditation and Healing by Sufi-Master Shaykh Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi Besides Sufi Meditation Muraqaba also includes practical methods for Breathing exercises ( pranayama ), Sungazing for enhancing Energy levels, as well as exercises designed to improve Concentration ( dhayana and Memory These exercises help combat Depression and Anxiety , lower High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) , cure Insomnia and ease and lessen chronic pain as well as other common ailments of our time.

57. Amir Sufi Amir sufi. Assistant Professor of Finance. University of Chicago GSB Chicago, IL 60637. amir.sufi at chicagogsb.edu. Curriculum Vitae http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/amir.sufi/

Amir Sufi Assistant Professor of Finance University of Chicago GSB 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 Curriculum Vitae Broad Area of Research Financial Intermediation, Corporate Finance, and Consumer Finance Refereed Publications Information Asymmetry and Financing Arrangements: Evidence from Syndicated Loans Journal of Finance , April 2007, 62(2), 629-668 Journal of Finance Brattle Prize for Distinguished Paper Best Paper on Capital Formation, Western Finance Association Outstanding Paper in Corporate Finance, Eastern Finance Association Best Paper in Financial Intermediation, Midwest Finance Association Bank Lines of Credit in Corporate Finance: An Empirical Analysis Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies RFS Young Researcher Prize (Inaugural Prize) Log file is here Stata dataset is here (please read log file first!) The Real Effects of Debt Certification: Evidence from the Introduction of Bank Loan Ratings Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment Policy With Greg Nini and David Smith Forthcoming

58. Sufi Music From Senegal Traditional singing chanting and drumming by Senegalese musician Hamed Kane, a Baye Fall, whose Zikr is based on the Qur an and prophetic sources. http://www.wussu.com/hamedkane/

Akassa Hamed Kane khin drums zikr (zikrulah) ... 'Baye Fall' Cheikh Ibrahima Fall Cheikh Ibra Fall was born in 1856. He played a vital role in the foundation of the Mouride Community. It shaped the movement as it is known and lived today. He has shown the disciples the submission and appropriate behaviour to observe towards to Ahmadu Bamba, visionary founder and prophet of the Mouride Brotherhood in Touba. Baye Fall Irreproachable workers, Baye Fall is the hard-core of the Mouride Brotherhood, ready for the demanding tasks of service to their community and it is certain that their work gives to the Brotherhood a strong sense of unity and unites Baye Fall in a powerful feeling of collective obligation. The fruits of this work constitute the source of income for the community. weed's home page email Hamed Kane

59. Texts Of Islam Decoding the cloaked sufi narrative of the journey to God. Also known as the Conference of the Birds, this 12th century sufi poem is a allegorical http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/index.htm

Topics Home Catalog African Age of Reason ... I Ching Islam Shiite Icelandic Jainism Journals ... Buy books about Islam Islam Qur'an Hadith Sufi Texts Other books ... PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT NOTE Qur'an The Qur'an is the primary text of Islam, revealed to the Prophet Muhammed beginning in the year 610 C.E. It was canonicalized between 644 and 656. The Qur'an is required reading for anyone who wants to understand Islam. Qur'an means "The Recital" in Arabic; according to the story, the angel Gabriel commanded Muhammed to "Recite!". Hypertext Qur'an This page links together all of the Qur'an versions at this site. Unicode Qur'an The Arabic text of the Qur'an presented using Unicode. For more information on Unicode see this file . Includes a parallel transliteration into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The Holy Qur'an: Arabic Text, Pronunciation Guide Yusuf Ali English Text A merged version of the excellent Yusuf Ali English translation in parallel with Arabic. Arabic script is presented using GIF image files. tr. by

60. Themes Of The Erotic In Sufi Mysticism One, I will present the theme of the erotic in sufi mysticism by showing its specific instances. That is, I will examine the topic in the writings of http://bahai-library.org/personal/jw/my.papers/Erotic.mystcsm.html

Themes of 'The Erotic' in Sufi Mysticism by Jonah Winters TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1.2: THE MEANING OF "EROTIC" 1.3: SEXUALITY IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS 1.4: ELEMENTS OF THE EROTIC IN SUFISM ... BIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION There is, in the human experience, a connection between sexuality and religion. This connection can be found in all religions and in all ages. In the religions of the post-axial age, i.e. from approximately 500 B.C.E. to the present, the sexual half of the equation has been little emphasized, or has been expressed only esoterically. As well, sexuality in religious thought and expression has often been subsumed by the more abstract theme of love. However, though sexuality is often hidden, or even is masked by orthodoxy, it remains a vibrant ingredient of religion. This is most apparent within mysticism. I will not explore all facets of the connection between sexuality and religion, but will focus only on one aesthetic of sexuality in religious expression: the theme of the erotic. To narrow the topic down yet further, I will examine it within one tradition only: the Islamic-Baha'i. In this, part one of the project, I will look briefly at sample instances of the erotic in a few different religions and then will examine in greater depth the erotic in Sufism. This is preparation for part two, which will follow at some later time, where I will undertake a more exhaustive presentation of the theme in the writings of Baha'u'llah.

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