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/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/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/mysticism/general/inner_secrets_of_the_path.html General Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:00 +0100 The divine decrees come into being in a world other than our own and they are governed by an order and time which is particular to them - such that whenever the will of Allah impinges on this world, then the decree passes from the Tablet of knowledge in the malakut (the invisible world of spirit and angel) to the pages of material forms in the world of men. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/general/a_treatise_on_love_by_ibn_sina.html General Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:23:00 +0100 IBN SINA'S Risalah fi'l- 'ishq, a translation of which .is offered here, was edited critically by M. A. F. Mehren in 1894' and again in Cairo in 1917, the latter edition being mostly, though not invariably, in agreement with the former. Our translation is based on Mehren's edition as the critical one of the two but attention is drawn to any important deviation of the Cairo edition. Mauscripts in addition to those used by these two editions are listed by Brockelmann" and Ritter. http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/general/ibn_arabis_mentor.html General Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:25:00 +0100 The Tunisian Sufi master, 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mahdawi, played a timely role in the coming-of-age of the great mystical theoretician, Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-'Arabi (known to later ages as al-Shaykh al- Akbar, "the Greatest Master"). http://www.hawza.org/mysticism/general/an_introduction_to_irfan.html General Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:12:00 +0100 'Irfan is one of the disciplines that originated within the realm of Islamic culture and developed there to attain a high level of sophistication. But before we can begin to discuss 'irfan, we must realize that it can be approached from two viewpoints: the social and the academic. Hawza.org | Seekers Of The One - Islamic mysticism portal, articles, books, media