By Humaira Ahad In a madrasa in the 17th-century Shiraz, a group of students gathered in the Khan School, notebooks open, ...

The beauty of poetry lies in its ability to stir the soul, creating a deep emotional connection with moral teachings that guide behaviour. From Saadi’s “Gulistan” to Ibn Arabi’s mystical treatises, ...

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997. Chittick, William C. The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-‘Arabi’s Metaphysics of Imagination. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. Clooney ...

incorporating his concepts into their poetry. This widespread influence ensured that Ibn Arabi’s name became synonymous with the heights of Islamic mystical thought, even as his ideas continued ...

Women have penned profound works of poetry, mystical treatises ... underscored the profound spiritual dynamics of surrender, love, and union. Ibn Arabi, the 13th-century Sufi mystic, provided one of ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

In these poems, aspects of existence are elaborated as prayer ... She explained that while figures like Andalusi Sunni scholar and Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi saw spiritual authority as gender-independent, ...

Known for its mystical significance to multiple religious traditions, the debate over whose footprint is on the summit has intrigued historians and travelers alike. Drawing on early travel writings by ...

Thus far, research has determined that these drugs induce intense emotional experiences and alter individuals' perception and cognition, with some also causing mystical experiences . Now ...

NORMATIVE Sufism is a genuine Islamic phenomenon as the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) prophetic consciousness was founded upon very definite, vivid and powerful mystic ... it was Ibn al-Arabi ...

A mystic is someone who recognises that ... tradition” – the tradition of Irfan in the line of Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Mulla Sadra, Mir Damad – is kneaded in the composition of these meaning ...

Hazrat Ibn Arabi, the Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher whose cosmological ... frequently weaves the metaphor of the mirror in his poetry. Rumi’s verses on the Beloved, the mirror and the ...