I entered unannounced into Hallaj’s room one day (says Ibn Fatik); someone had been in before me. Hallaj was in prayer, and his brow pressed to the ground, he was saying: O Thou Whose closeness girds ...

The urs [death anniversary] of the sonorous Sufi poet of the 18th-19th century, Sachal Sarmast, starts in just a few days on the 13th day of Ramazan, in the small, glowing village of Daraza Sharif ...

LARKANA, March 27: Speakers at a conference held in the auditorium of a local school on Saturday stressed the need for curbing the menace of extremism through the philosophy of Sufism of Mansoor ...

ang Barang Tailsan, the Urdu translation by Syed Noman-ul Haq of Mansoor Hallaj’s Kitabut Tawaseen, is not an easy read. A reader like this reviewer, who has only a superficial knowledge of the Sufi ...

A brief look at the history of Sufism -- Hallaj : the first martyr of Sufism : The life of Hallaj ; Legends and stories of Hallaj -- Abu Saìd : the patron of Sufi music, song, and dance : Abu Saìd's ...

Persian mystic, teacher and poet Mansur al-Hallaj says in a verse: ‘Ain iimaan hai Ana ‘l-Haqq ka tarana lekin/Hai yahi kufra agar deeda-eMansurna ho’ – It’s quintessential faith/devotion if one ...

So deeply has tasawwuf or the Sufi interpretation of Islam been ingrained in the Muslim psyche and since such a long time back that it is considered by many, especially so in the Indian subcontinent ...

Hussein Soliman, head of the Egyptian Mevlevi Order, creates a sacred atmosphere. He invites everyone to explore their inner selves and renounce worldly concerns to reconnect with God. This is not ...