Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.hawza.org/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.hawza.org/files.php?file=articlelogo_106648008.jpg http://www.hawza.org/ http://www.hawza.org/news/thank_you.html News Wed, 20 May 2009 00:29:00 +0100 Thank you all for helping us to help you. After just a few months Hawza.org has hit an astounding 11511 article views with over 120 community members. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/poetry/mathnawi_volume_1.html Poetry Thu, 14 May 2009 08:02:00 +0100 One of the most commended translations of the Mathnawi of Rumi by Jawid Mojaddedi published by Oxford World’s Classics. Rumi has long been recognized within the Sufi tradition as one of the most important Sufis in history. He not only produced the finest Sufi poetry in Persian, but was the master of disciples who later named their order after him. Moreover, by virtue of the intense devotion he expressed towards his own master, Rumi has become the archetypal Sufi disciple. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/poetry/mathnawi_volume_2.html Poetry Thu, 14 May 2009 12:24:00 +0100 One of the most commended translations of the Mathnawi of Rumi by Jawid Mojaddedi published by Oxford World’s Classics. Rumi’s Masnavi is probably the longest mystical poem ever written by a single author from any religious tradition. It consists of about 26,000 verses, divided into six books. The current volume is a translation of the second book of the Masnavi, and follows Book One, also published in Oxford World’s Classics. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/poetry/mathnawi_volumes_3_and_4.html Poetry Thu, 14 May 2009 17:21:00 +0100 The Mathnawi Of Jalal al-Din Rumi edited from the oldest manuscripts available, with critical notes, translation & commentary by Reynold A. Nicholson. While the First and Second Books of the Mathnawí were already accessible to European readers before the appearance of the present translation, the four remaining Books, comprising more than two-thirds of the poem, have hitherto been known very imperfectly. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/general/history_of_mysticism.html General Tue, 12 May 2009 13:44:00 +0100 Mysticism is that point of view which claims as its basis an intimate knowledge of the one source and substratum of all existence, a knowledge, which is obtained through a revelatory experience during a rare moment of clarity in contemplation. Those who claim to have actually experienced this direct revelation constitute an elite tradition, which transcends the boundary lines of individual religions, cultures and languages, and which has existed, uninterrupted, since the beginning of time. It is, as Aldous Huxley points out, the “perennial philosophy” that resurfaces again and again throughout history in the teachings of the great prophets and founders of all religions. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/attributesofallah/on_majesty_and_beauty.html Attributes Of Allah Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:12:00 +0100 A translation of the book Kitab al-Jalaal wa al-Jamaal by Ibn 'Arabi (the Divine Majesty and Divine Beauty), has attracted the attention of the witnesses of truth, the Knowers of Allah among the Sufis. Each of them has spoken of these two as was appropriate to his own state. Most, however, have connected the condition of intimacy with Beauty and the condition of awe with Majesty, and things are not as they have said. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/general/the_mosque_the_heart_of_submission.html General Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:41:00 +0000 Man exists in space and time. At any space and time we can turn in any number of potential directions—but none can bring us fulfillment, for nothing that happens to us is enough in itself. But all boundedness in space and time has the potential to direct us toward the Boundless, that which lies beyond all boundaries. As each place receives us, each moment leaves us behind: we are travelers in search of an outer world and an innermost self that constantly eludes our grasp. As long as they elude us, we are guests, not prisoners, in a world of signs which, near and far, all point toward the Destination. http://www.hawza.org/islamic/theology/cosmology_and_architecture_in_premodern_islam.html Theology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:26:00 +0000 In his famous Ihya Ulum al-Din (Reviving the Sciences of Religion), al-Ghazali (d. 1111), the celebrated Muslim theologian and mystic, cites an intriguing analogy. He says: “As an architect draws (yusawwir) the details of a house in whiteness and then brings it out into existence according to the drawn exemplar (nuskha), so likewise the creator (f atir) of heaven and earth wrote the master copy of the world from beginning to end in the Preserved Tablet (al-lawh al-mahf uz) and then brought it out into existence according to the written exemplar.” http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/attributesofallah/kitab_fihi_ma_fihi.html Attributes Of Allah Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:20:00 +0100 Rumi stated: Mohammed, the great Prophet, once said, “The worst of scholars are those who visit princes, and the best of princes are those who visit scholars. Wise is the prince who stands at the door of the poor, and wretched are the poor who stand at the door of the prince.” http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/mystics/shaykh_bahjat.html Mystics Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:28:00 +0100 Grand Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat Fumani, known to be the greatest 'Arif in contemporary history, resided in Qum, Iran. He was a student of the greatest teacher of 'Irfan in recent history, Sayyid 'Ali Qadhi Tabatabai. Hawza.org | Seekers Of The One - Islamic mysticism portal, articles, books, media