Hamzah Fansuri (16th century) was a famous Sumatran Sufi poet, the first to pen mystical pantheistic ideas into the Malay language. Fansuri's Pantheism derived from the writings of the medieval Islamic scholars. He perceived God as immanent within all things, including the individual, and sought to unite one's self with the indwelling spirit of God. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... A ballpoint pen A pen is a writing instrument which applies ink to some surface. ... Mysticism (ancient Greek mysticon = secret) is meditation, prayer, or theology focused on the direct experience of union with divinity, God, or Ultimate Reality, or the belief that such experience is a genuine and important source of knowledge. ... Pantheism literally means God is All and All is God. It is the view that everything is of an all-encompassing immanent God; or that the universe, or nature, and God are equivalent. ... Malay can refer to: The language of Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu The Old Malay language(s), ancestor(s) of modern Tagalog, Bahasa Melayu, and Bahasa Indonesia The Malay people (Huan-na) Something from or related to Malaysia See also Cape Malays Malay nationalism Communes that begin with Malay in Yonne, France... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Islam   listen? (Arabic: al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second largest religion. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline. ... The term God (capitalized in English language as a proper noun) is often used to refer vaguely to a Supreme Being. ... See the following articles for discussion of the self: Self (psychology) Self (philosophy) Self-concept Self programming language Self (book), a novel by Yann Martel Self (magazine) Soul discusses religious concepts relating to the self This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise...