There are three central ideas in Sufi Islamic psychology, which are the Nafs (self, ego or psyche), the Qalb (heart) and the Ruh (spirit). The origin and basis of these terms is Qur'anic and they have been expounded upon by centuries of Sufic commentaries.
There are three central ideas in Sufi Islamic psychology, which are the Nafs (self, ego or psyche), the Qalb (heart) and the Ruh (spirit). The origin...
by the ruh). Of note with regard to the spread of Sufipsychology in the West is Robert Frager, a Sufi teacher authorized in the Khalwati Jerrahi order...
Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam...
Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian)...
Sufi literature consists of works in various languages that express and advocate the ideas of Sufism. Sufism had an important influence on medieval literature...
singer, and actress Lataif-e-Sitta, special perception organs in Sufi spiritual psychology, for example Latifa Qalabiya Latife, the Turkish form of the name...
illustrious Sufi saint Ashraf Jahangir Semnani is the sub branch of Chishti spiritual lineage. The Maizbhandari Tariqa or Maizbhandari Sufi order is a...
built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervish. Sufis often visit the shrine for ziyarat, a term associated with religious...
(1994) Essential Sufism, an anthology of Sufi teaching materials (1997) Heart, Self and Soul: The SufiPsychology of Growth, Balance, and Harmony (1999)...
in Sufism it refers to a spiritual guide. The term is frequently used in Sufi orders such as the Naqshbandiyya, Qādiriyya, Chishtiya, Shadhiliya and Suhrawardiyya...
the West. At the urging of his students, and on the basis of his ancestral Sufi tradition and four-fold training and authorization at the hands of Sayyid...
Sufi saints or Wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world. In the traditional Islamic...
Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order, stems from the Naqshbandi 'Aliyyah Tariqah. It takes the name "Haqqani" from the tariqah's revivor, Mawláná Shaykh Muḥammad...
considered one of the primitive states of the self, called the nafs. In sufipsychology, according to Robert Frager, nafs is an aspect of psyche that begins...
(from Persian: درویش, Darvīsh) in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (tariqah), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose...
nafs, however, is focused on the Sufi conceptions of the term located within the sadr (the chest). According to the Sufi philosophies, the nafs in its unrefined...
In Islamic philosophy, Sufi metaphysics is centered on the concept of وحدة, waḥdah, 'unity' or توحيد, tawhid. Two main Sufi philosophies prevail on this...
a ribat (رباط), is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood or tariqa and is a place for spiritual practice and religious...
Sufi cosmology (Arabic: الكوزمولوجية الصوفية) is a Sufi approach to cosmology which discusses the creation of man and the universe, which according to...
2010). Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World. ISBN 9781905937264. Portals: Religion Islam Education Psychology...
transcendental union with God. It is a tradition commonly found in ṭarīqas (Sufi orders). According to tradition, it is said to have been the practice of...
development. Peter J. Awn Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblis in SufiPsychology BRILL 1983 ISBN 9789004069060 p. 58 Patrick Hughes, Thomas Patrick...
The following is a list of notable Sufi orders or schools (tariqa). Ahmad al-Alawi Azeemia Ba 'Alawiyya (Ba’ Alawi tariqa) Badawiyya (Badawi tariqa) Bektashi...
This list article contains names of notable people commonly considered as Sufis or otherwise associated with Sufism. Mohammad Mamunur Rashid (1950-2016)...
Sufi philosophy includes the schools of thought unique to Sufism, the mystical tradition within Islam, also termed as Tasawwuf or Faqr according to its...
where one Sufi Master transfers his khilafat to his khalîfa, or spiritual descendant.[citation needed] In Urdu, silsila means saga. Every Sufi order, or...
Kashf (Arabic: كشف) "unveiling" is a Sufi concept dealing with knowledge of the heart rather than of the intellect. Kashf describes the state of experiencing...