Sufism (Tasawwuf)

Author: Shaykh Mufti Saiful Islam Publisher: JKN Publications Year: 2016 Pages: 38 Printed: UK ISBN: 978-1-909114-21-0 Binding: Soft Cover Book Condition: New Weight: 100 gr. Description from the publisher: Spiritual cleanliness, also known as Tazkiyatun-Nafs, is considered central to knowledge enlightenment in all traditional Islamic seminaries. Spiritual cleanliness enables the heart to receive goodness, enhance…

Author: Imam Ahmad Rida Khan Publisher: Kutubic Year: 2017 Pages: 43 Printed: Australia ISBN: 978-1999772000 Binding: Soft Cover Book Condition: New Weight: 110gr. Description from the publisher: This work is a masterful analysis of the topic of pledging spiritual allegiance [bay‘ah] to a spiritual guide or mentor. Whilst oft misunderstood and misrepresented in our times,…

To an elucidation of this system, and the technical terms employed therein, the following pages are devoted; but to avoid breaking the continuity of the account, I have endeavoured to present an epitome of the Oriental Mystic Philosophy from the point of view taken by the Mohammedan writers, from whom my information is chiefly derived. I must therefore premise that any dogmatical statements that may occur in the course of the work are not to be con­sidered as enunciations of my own opinion, but as an exposition of the views of those whose system I am attempting to expound.

The first part will contain an explanation of, 1, The terms Traveller, Road, Inns or Stages, and Goal. 2, The words Law, Doctrine, Truth, and the Perfect Man, according to the Oriental definition of them. 3, What is meant by Fellowship, Renunciation, Attraction and Devotion.

The second, the Sufiistic account of, 1, The Nature; 2, The Attributes; 3, The Works of God; 4, The Four Universal Sources.

The third, a definition of, 1, The Saintly; 2, The Prophetic Office.

The fourth, a dissertation on the Influence of Early Prejudice upon Belief.

The fifth, the Study of Man.

For the benefit of those who study oriental poetry I have added an Appendix, containing a glos­sary of allegorical and technical terms in use among the Sufiistic writers.

People have different ideas about what their religious life should be.
Some think that it should consist in the participation in rites and violence against other people.
Others — the reasonable ones — understand that One Universal God (the Creator, the Primordial Consciousness), called Allah in Arabic, now (and not, for example, during the formation of Islam) wants from us, embodied people, quite the contrary. Namely, He wants everyone to perfect, to develop himself or herself as a soul.
It is customary in Islam to denominate a war against people who are considered enemies as external jihad, while internal struggle against one’s own imperfections as internal jihad.
Sufism — the main branch of Islam — is where the methods of internal jihad are practiced. You can read about this in the books such as Classics of Spiritual Philosophy and the Present, Divine Parables, Book of the Warrior of the Spirit and in others. The parables published in this book are also dedicated to this theme.
The true methodology of spiritual development taught to us by Allah is one for all people who seek the Path of spiritual perfection. Only the external forms of manifestation of religiosity are different. Yet they were created by people, and not by Allah, and do not relate directly to Him.
This book will be useful to all those people who, in their personal evolutionary development, have become mature enough to practice internal jihad.