Bhagat Beni | Bhagat Bhikhan | Bhagat Dhanna | Sheikh Farid | Bhagat Jaidev | Bhagat Kabir | Bhagat Namdev | Bhagat Parmanand | Bhagat Pipa | Bhagat Ramanand | Ravidas | Bhagat Sadhana | Bhagat Sain | Bhagat Surdas | Bhagat Trilochan Sufism is a mystic tradition within Islam that encompasses a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to divine love and the cultivation of the heart. ... Ihsan (or Ehsan or Ahsan or احسان) is an Arabic term meaning perfection or excellence. ... Noor is the link which binds being to knowledge in Sufism. ... Maqaam ( the station ) is ones spiritual station or developmental level, as distinct from ones hal, or state of consciousness. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A manzil (منزل, plural manazil, منازل) is one of seven parts of roughly equal length into which the Quran is divided for the purpose of reciting the entire text in one week. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Fanaa (فناء) is the Sufi term for extinction. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... ḤaqÄ«qah (Arabic: حقيقة) is literally translated as essence, or truth (derived from one of the 99 names of Allah, Al-Haqq [الحق], means The Truth). ... Marifa (or alternatively marifah) literally means knowledge. ... Drawing from Quranic verses, virtually all Sufis distinguish Lataif-e-Sitta (The six subtleties), Nafs, Qalb, Sirr, Ruh, Khafi & Akhfa. ... Dhawq (Arabic:ذَوق) or Dhawk or Dhauq or Zauq (in urdu) is the Taste sensation. Philosophically, it refers to the experience in the sense of knowledge of anything, gained personally by direct contact with the facts. ... The term Sulook or Suluk when related to the Islam and sufism means to walk a (spiritual) path (to God). ... Although there is no consensus with regard to Sufi cosmology, one can disentangle various threads that led to the crystallization of more or less coherent cosmological doctrines. ... The literal meaning of the word kashf is unveling, but in Sufi terminology it means to expose the heart to metaphysical illumination or revelation unattainable by reason. ... Following are some of the concepts in Sufi metaphysics // Wahdat-ul-Wujood or Wahdat al-Wujud (Arabic: وحدة الوجود) the Unity of Being is a Sufi philosophy emphasizing that there is no true existence except the Ultimate Truth (God). All of his creations emerge from `adim (عدم non-existence) to wujood (existence) out... There are three central concepts in Sufi Psychology, which are the ego, the heart and the soul. ... Tajalliat (plural of tajalli) or theophanies in the realm of being are manifestations of the divine Truth with regard to infinite perfection and eternal glory. ... Dhikr , ذکر (Zikr in Urdu and Zekr in Persian) (Arabic pronouncement, invocation or remembrance) is an Islamic practice that focuses on the remembrance of God. ... Hadhra (Arabic:حضرة) is the term given to a sacred dance performed by Sufi Muslims accompanied by dhikr recitations invoking the name of Allah. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Qawwali (Urdu: قوٌالی, Hindi: क़वाली) is the devotional music of the Chishti Sufis of the Indian Subcontinent. ... Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) of the automobile aftermarket was formed in 1963 by Roy Richter, Ed Iskenderian, Willie Garner, Bob Hedman, John Bartlett, Phil Weiand, Jr. ... -1... Tariqah ( transliteration: ; pl. ... The Chishti Order was founded by Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami (the Syrian) (d. ... Whirling Dervishes perform near the Mevlevi Museum in Konya, Turkey. ... The Mouride brotherhood (Muride brotherhood in Wolof, الطريقة المريدية, Aá¹­-ṬarÄ«qat al-MurÄ«diyya or simply مريدية, MurÄ«diyya in Arabic) is a large Islamic Sufi order (á¹­arÄ«qa) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia, with headquarters in the holy city of Touba, Senegal (Tuubaa in Wolof, طوبى, Ṭūbā in Arabic). ... Naqshbandi (Naqshbandiyya) is one of the major Sufi orders (tariqa) of Islam. ... The Holy Quran, 2:148 Whoever knows the true self, knows God. ... Qadiriyyah (Arabic: القادريه ) (also transliterated Qadiri), is one of the oldest Sufi tariqas, derives its name from Abdul Qadir Jilani (also transliterated other ways) (1077-1166), a native of the Iranian province of Gilan. ... The Rifai (also Rufai) are a Sufi order most commonly found in the Arab Middle East but also in Turkey and the Balkans. ... The Tariqa ash Shadhiliya is the Sufi order founded by Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili. ... Suhrawardiyya is the name of a Sufi order founded by Shihabuddin Yahya as-Suhrawardi. ... List of Tariqas or Sufi brotherhoods Aâbid Adhamiyya Adrawiyya Agamiyya Ahiyya Ahl-el Haqq Ahmadiyya (soefis) Ahmadiyya-Idrissiyya Aissawiyya Akbariyya Akmaliyya (Haqmaliyya) Ak Tagh > Naqshbandiyya Alamiyya Alawiyya (Hadramiyya) Aliyallahiyya Alwaniyya Amariyya Amgariyya Ansariyya Arusiyya Ashrafiyya Ashuriyya Awhadiyya Aydarusiyya Azeema BaAlawi BaAlawi-Atissiyya Badawiyya Bakkaiyya Banawa... Uwais al-Qarni or Oveys Gharani (Arabic: أويس القرني) (died 657 A.D.) was a Muslim resident of Qaran in Yemen who lived during the lifetime of Muhammad. ... Hasan al-Basri (حسن البسری) [Abu Said al-Hasan ibn Abi-l-Hasan Yasar al-Basri], (642 - 728 or 737), Arab theologian, was born at Medina. ... RābiÊ»a al-Ê»Adawiyya al-Quaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية) or simply Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) was a female Sufi saint. ... Image:Bastam ghabr. ... Junayd ibn Muhammad Abu al-Qasim al-Khazzaz al-Baghdadi[The water walker,(830-910) (d. ... Dhul-Nun al-Misri (Arabic:ذو النون المصري) (d. ... Abu Hāmed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-GhazzālÄ« (1058-1111) (Persian: ), known as Algazel to the western medieval world, born and died in Tus, in the Khorasan province of Persia (modern day Iran). ... Sheikh Muhyiddeen Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077 – 1166 CE) was a mystic scholar and saint of Islam. ... Moinuddin Chishti dargah, Ajmer, India Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty (Persian: خواجہ معین الدین چشتی ) was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE, also known as Gharib Nawaz (Persian: غریب نواز ), is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia. ... Shahab al-Din Yahya as-Suhrawardi (from the Arabicشهاب الدين يحيى سهروردى, also known as Sohrevardi) (born 1153 in North-West-Iran; died 1191 in Aleppo) was a persian philosopher and Sufi, founder of School of Illumination, one of the most important islamic doctrine in Philosophy. ... Ahmed ar-Rifai was a founder of the Rifai Sufi order. ... Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a renowned Muslim Sufi saint and scholar in the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. ... For the Maliki scholar, see Ibn al-Arabi. ... Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-DÄ«n Muhammad RÅ«mÄ«[2] (Persian: , Turkish: Mevlânâ Celâleddin Mehmed Rumi, Arabic: ), also known as Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-DÄ«n Muhammad BalkhÄ« (Persian: ), but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi, (September 30, 1207–December 17, 1273), was... Sheikh Sa‘di (in Persian: , full name in English: Muslih-ud-Din Mushrif-ibn-Abdullah) (1184 - 1283/1291?) is one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. ... Farid al-Din Attar (b. ... Mahmud Shabistari is one of the most celebrated Persian Sufi poets. ... Nizamiddun Bawli Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 1325 AD) also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, is a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in India. ... Data Durbar, Hujwiris shrine in Lahore, Pakistan Syed Abul Hassan Bin Usman Bin Ali Al-Hajweri (Arabic: سید علی بن عثمان الہجوہری ) (sometimes spelled Hujwiri), also known as Shaikh Ali Hajweri, Data Ganj Bakhsh (Urdu: داتا گنج بخش ), or Data Sahib, was a scholar of Islam and a Sufi saint, and writer of the 11th century. ... Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1318 - 1389) was the founder of what would become one of the largest and most influential Sufi Muslim orders, the Naqshbandi. ... Abul Hasan YamÄ«n al-DÄ«n Khusrow (Persian: , Devanagari: अबुल हसन यमीनुददीन ख़ुसरो) (1253-1325 CE), better known as AmÄ«r Khusrow DehlawÄ«, was the greatest Persian-writing poet of medieval India one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. ... Illustration from Jamis Rose Garden of the Pious, dated 1553. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Muhammad al-Jazuli. ... // Hazrat Makhdum Sabir Pak (Rehmatullah Aliah) was born in Herat on 19th Rabi ul Awal 592 Hijri. ... It has been suggested that Wali Allah Dahlawi be merged into this article or section. ... Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ibn Ata Allah (d. ... // Deva SharifBarabanki, India . ... Sheikh Ahmed Zarruq was a Shadhili Sufi Sheikh and founder of the Zarruqiyye branch of the Shadhili Sufi order (Tariqa). ... Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi. ... Yunus Emre (1238?–1320?) was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. ... Hadrat Khawaja Sayyad Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Semnani was a Sufi Saint of the Chishti Order of Sufi. ... Ahmad Sirhindi was an Islamic scholar and prominent member of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. ... Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689 - 1752), was a great Sufi scholar and saint, and is considered as the greatest ever poet in the Sindhi language. ... Imam Abd Allah ibn Alawi al-Haddad born in 1634 CE (1044 Hijri). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Shaykh Nazim in Cyprus after a prayer Sultanul Awliya/Evliye Shaykh Mevlana as-Sayyid Khwaja Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani al-Kibrisi an-Naqshbandi (Arabic : الشيخ ناظم القبرصي; born Mehmet Nâzım Adil on April 23, 1922) is the leader of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. ... Muhammad Hisham Kabbani (born in Lebanon) is a prominent and controversial American Sufi Muslim. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Al-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi ibn Abbas al-Maliki (1947 - 2004) was a prominent Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia. ... Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi, (b 1930, Ayr, Scotland) family name Ian Dallas, is a Shaykh of Tarbiyah (Instruction), leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism (Tasawwuf) and political theory. ... Idries Shah (16 June 1924–23 November 1996) (Arabic: ), also known as Idris Shah, né Sayyid Idris al-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس الهاشمي), was an author in the Naqshbandi sufist tradition on works ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies. ... Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 – February 5, 1927) was the founder of Universal Sufism and the Sufi Order International. ... Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha (Persian: صلاح الدین علی نادر شاه عنقا) is presently the 42nd official and exclusive master of Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (School of Islamic Sufism) in a continuous succession of Sufi masters dating back 1,400 years ago to the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. ... Molana-al-Moazam Hazrat Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha (صادق عنقا) the 41st Master of the Oveyssi Order Hazrat Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha is the forty-first Sufi master of the Oveyssi school. ... Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi is the current spiritual leader of the Azeemia Sufi order. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-Alawi (1869–14 July 1934), (Arabic: أحمد بن مصطفى العلاوي), was the founder of one of the most important modern Sufi Muslim orders, the Darqawiyya Alawiyya, a branch of the Shadhiliyya. ... Muzaffer Ozak (1916 - 1985) was the head sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes, a traditional muslim Sufi order (tarika) from Istanbul (Turkey). ... Image:Bawa-peace. ... Galib Hassan Kuscuoglu, the shaikh of Galibi Order , was born in March 27, 1919 in Çorum. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shaykh Fadhlallah Haeri, mystic scholar Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri is a Sufi shaykh who was born in the Islamic holy city of Karbala, Iraq, a descendant of five generations of well-known and revered spiritual leaders. ... Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (ریاض احمدگوھرشاہی) (‎25 November 1941 – 25 November 2001) was a Pakistani author, spiritual leader and founder of the spiritual movement Anjuman Serfroshan-e-Islam. ... Sufi studies: a particular branch of comparative studies that uses a. ... Martin Lings Martin Lings (Abu Bakr Siraj Ad-Din) (January 24, 1909 – May 12, 2005) was a lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon and a British scholar of Sufism. ... William C. Chittick is a renowned Islamologist. ... Carl W. Ernst is a scholar of Islamic studies. ... Michael A. Sells is currently the John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. ... Henry Corbin (April , 1903 - October 7, 1978) was a philosopher, theologian and professor of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. ... Robert Frager, Ph. ... Annemarie Schimmel (April 7, 1922 - January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Iranologist and scholar who wrote extensively on Islam and Sufism. ... // Lex Hixon Alexander Paul Hixon, PhD, 1941-1995, spiritual teacher and author In his 53 years of life, Lex Hixon, an accomplished poet, philosopher and spiritual practitioner, explored extensively the truth of the great religious traditions. ... René Jean Marie Joseph Guénon (November 15, 1886 – January 7, 1951) also named Sheikh Abd al-Wahid Yahya upon his acceptance of Islam, was a French-born author. ... Nasr is an internationally acclaimed scholar [1]. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Persian: سيد حسين نصر), (1933-), a University Professor of the department of Islamic studies at George Washington University, is a leading Iranian Muslim philosopher. ... Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. ... Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 – May 5, 1998) is a metaphysician, poet, painter, and a leading figure of traditional metaphysics. ... Sufism began in the eighth century. ... Sufi poetry, for private devotional reading and as lyrics for music played during worship, or dhikr, has been written in many languages. ... Following are Sufi texts written by well known Sufis // Sirr al-asrar (The secret of secrets) Futuh al-ghayb (Revelations of the Unseen) Ghunyat al-talibeen (Wealth for Seekers) Al-Fathu Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace) Futuhat al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Revelations) Translation of two chapters from Futuhat... Sikh Bhagats refers to the Saints and holy men of various faiths whose teachings are included in the Sikh holy book the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is a religion that began in fifteenth century Northern India with the teachings of Nanak and nine successive human gurus. ... Bhagat Beni is one of the fifteen saints and Sufis, whose teachings have been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, it is believed he spent most of his time prayer and meditation, who often neglected the house hold needs while in meditation and prayer. ... BHIKHAN (1480-1573), a medieval Indian saint two of whose hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Bhagat Jaidev whose 2 hymns are found in the Guru Granth Sahib is the celebrated Sanskrit poet who wrote the Gitgovind. His father was Bhoidev, a Brahman of Kanauj, and his mother Bamdevi. ... KabÄ«r (also KabÄ«ra) (Hindi: कबीर, GurmukhÄ«: ਕਬੀਰ, Urdu: ) (1440—1518[1]) (born in 1398 according to some accounts[1][2]) was one of the personalities in the history of Indian mysticism. ... Namdev, Nam Dev, or Saint Namdev (1270-1350) born to a low-caste tailor named Damasheti and his wife, Gonabi in the village of Naras-Vamani, in the district of Maharashtra, India. ... PARMANAND, a Maharashtrian saint-poet, one of whose hymns is included in the Guru Granth Sahib. ... Bhagat Pipa one of whose hymns is incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, was a prince who renounced his throne in search of spiritual solace. ... Bhagat Ramanand is considered a pioneer of the Bhakti movement in the Indian subcontinent. ... This box:      Indian Hindu religious leader and founder Satguru of the Ravidasi beliefs, revered by most Hindus as a Sant, by Nirankari sect, Balmiki sect as a Guru, by Radhasoami organization as a Sant and as a Bhagat by Sikhs, which is a somewhat lesser station than that attributed to... Bhagat Sadhna is one of the fifteen saints and süfis whose hymns are incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. ... Bhagat Sain was a disciple of Bhagat Ramanand and consequently lived in the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century of the Christian era. ... Bhagat Surdas was another influential Bhagat in the Bhagti Movement of India. ... Trilochan, a name which literally means three-eyed, that is, seer of the present, past and future, was a celebrated saint of the Vaisya caste. ...