Dhikr Essays

the meaning of eros within the Christian context, it is certainly opportune to distinguish the level of words from that of concepts and realities. Concerning the duplicity of eros and agape, a philologist for example, could simply suggest that the differences between the two is one of a linguistic nature; the first being more elevated and classical with the second being colloquial. We shall now embark on the reality of eros and agape as succinctly discussed in Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus

self-control’, ‘wanton’, ‘detached’, ‘disconnected’. Thus, the third line states that while the lips utter the name of the Beloved, the heart is wandering and rambling. In other words, the individual is engaged in verbal dhikr, but the heart is not is not absorbed in dhikr. Imam Aly (AS) warns against this form of absent-minded

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exoteric practices) then the whole world could easily attain Him. Hence, the message of this verse is clear and simple - making a public display of asceticism coupled with dhikr of the tongue is of no avail. The Holy Qur’an speaks of those who pray in an ostentatious manner in the following words: “So woe to the

The emergence of a uniquely formalized Islamic mysticism in the ninth and tenth centuries under the cosmopolitanism of the Abbasid tradition parallels its resurgence in the modern period, an age in which globalization and secularization are a source of constant contention among religious traditionalists. The modern response to an era of increasing secularism, however, has diverged: the occult and highly individualistic Sufi revival rests at one end of the spectrum, the fundamentalist Taliban at

Topic: Religious syncretism and orthodoxy Thesis: Ritualistic acts based on syncretistic beliefs may not be aptly interpreted as heresy or a deviance from orthodoxy as the forces of modernization as well as pre-modernization traditions have resulted in the fusion of these two concepts, bringing about variations and diversity within religions. 1) Rituals that are perceived as indigenous by orthodoxy are not necessarily unorthodox but are essentially a supplement to the standard practices of a religion

Yann Martel life of Pi is an account of a boy, a tiger, and the vast Pacific Ocean. Born to an Indian family, Piscine Molitor Patel(“Pi” for short) was raised in his father’s zoo in Pondicherry. Later, because of India’s political unrest, Pi’s family decides to move to Canada in a cargo ship, long with cages full of zoo animals. The ship, however, sinks, leaving Pi and the tiger Richard parker on the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat. After a series of events at sea for 227 days, the boat finally washes

Yahya, who argues that astrologers’ services never dried up in establishments such as palaces, among the elites, souks, streets, and among the lowest social classes. Since, astrology had a social function within Mamlūk society, Ibn Taymiyyah had made a point to exclaim that prohibition of astrology is obligatory, as the distinction between truth and what is vain in astrology’s position in Islam is not made well. Consequently, Ibn Taymiyyah believes the intertwinement of truth (Islam) with empty promises

Critique and Commentary of Week 5: Models for the Novice During our Week Five class meeting, discussions revolved around the relationship between Islam and Sufism, a relationship that was heavily debated between Sufis, their opponents, and European Orientalists. Both polemicists and Orientalists sought to disconnect Islam from Sufism, either in an effort to delegitimize Sufi cosmologies and practices or to reinforce their own conceptions of what should be considered Islamic. Nonetheless, all of

Sufism was important part of Ottoman religious, political, social and cultural life. In modern times people have come to think that the mysticism(tasavvuf) is separated from life. However, this idea is a mistake in historiography and what is known as an anachronism -a thing belonging to or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists-. It is a fact that in the 13th century the study of metaphysics was at the center of i’lim. Today we understand the rational mind from information, for