Rock Island, Ill. – University of South Carolina Press has published Dr. Cyrus Zargar's book Sufi Aesthetics: Beauty, Love, and the Human Form in the Writings of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi. Dr. Zargar, an ...

Sufi poet Jalaludin Rumi whose works gained much acclaim in the West now comes in a simplistic translation that claims to maintain its rhythm Sufi poet Jalaludin Rumi whose works gained much acclaim ...

Oludamini Ogunnaike tentatively ushers the words to the poem he has translated from Sufi master Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse’s collection The Light of Truth. “The Holy is not seen with the naked eye, but ...

Mohammad Nooraee knew exactly what he needed when Brandeis University students asked him to distill the essence of Sufism, an Islamic mystical tradition. Nooraee, director of the Nimatullahi Sufi ...

“I fill this earthen vessel with love for my Beloved / I fill this earthen vessel with love for my Lord / I fear only the wrath of Allah / I fear only the wrath of my Lord” — “Mahi Yaar Di Gharoli” by ...

The St. Helena United Methodist Church will offer a series of Mystical Sufi Poetry Salons via livestream at 7 p.m. Thursdays, May 14, 21 and 28. Classical medieval poetry from the Middle East is often ...

This year’s edition celebrates poetry distinctively in four languages—Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and English. This year also marks the addition of Punjabi poetry for the first time, starting with Waris Shah ...

Qawwali was introduced to the world in the thirteenth century, but qawwali gained worldwide prominence in the twentieth century because famous Qawwals such as Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sabri ...