Question: Due to recent contentions among the students of the seminary on certain religious matters, we found it obligatory to submit our disagreements to the source of reference for guidance on our responsibilities towards these issues: 1. The intellectual and practical path of Ibn Arabi, the author of Fusus al-Hikam: how is…
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Imam Zayn Al-’Abidin (‘a) was once asked about the Unity and the Existence of Allah. He said, “Allah was aware that in times to come there will be people who will think and discuss about Him. Therefore He revealed the verses of Ikhlas and Hadeed. One should not go beyond these in…
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بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ○ Translation: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the Holy Quran, we read: «فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ○ الَّذِينَ یَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَیَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُ أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَاهُمُ اللَّهُ وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ أُوْلُوا الْأَلْبَابِ○» (سورہ زمر، آیت ۱۸۔) Translation: So give good tidings to My servants, those who listen…
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Introducing Sayyid Dildar Ali’s critique of mysticism, al-shihab al-thaqib (الشهاب الثاقب), Dr. Athar Abbas Rizvi writes: “Mawlānā Dildar Ali (1753 – 1820) toed the line of the Safawid Ulama in fiercely opposing sufism. Like them he considered it was a threat to Shi’ism. He wrote a detailed work entitled the Shihab al-Saqib…
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Download Link Introduction – Prof. Katherine Pratt Ewing When we, as a public living at this particular historical moment, ask, “What is Sufism? Is Sufism part of Islam? What is the relationship between Sufism and the modern state?” our concerns have been largely shaped by a pervasive, globalized media- and policy- driven…
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