The Holy Qur'an, 2:148 "Whoever knows the true self, knows God."

History

Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi traces its roots through a lineage of successive Sufi Masters extending back to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SA), Amir-al Mo'menin (King of the Believers), Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and Oveys Gharani (Arabic: أويس القرني Uwais al-Qarni) *, who lived in Yemen at the time of the Holy Prophet of Islam. Amir al-Mo'menin, also known as Hazrat Ali, represents the essence of the teachings of the School of Islamic Sufism. He was not only the closest companion of the Holy Prophet, but had also received and cognized the teachings of the Holy Prophet inwardly. Hazrat Oveys on the other hand, had received the teachings of Islam inwardly through his heart, and lived by the principles taught by him although he had never physically met the Holy Prophet. At times the Prophet would say of him. "I feel the breath of the Merciful, coming to me from Yemen." Shortly before the Prophet passed from this life, he directed Omar (second Caliph) and Hazrat Ali (the first Imam of the Shi'a) to take his Cloak for Hazrat Oveys. In so doing, the Prophet confirmed the method of heart to heart communication through which Hazrat Oveys had received the essence of Islam. The method of the passing of the Cloak represents two significant elements in the teachings of the Holy Prophet which constitute the method of instruction of the School of Islamic Sufism--cognition must take place inwardly, and cognition must be confirmed--as it was in the case of Hazrat Oveys, and Amir al-Mo'menin. Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ... For other people named Muhammad, see Muhammad (disambiguation). ... Ali ibn Abi Talib (علي بن أبي طالب) (c. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Uwais al-Qarni (Arabic: أويس القرني) (d. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ) is a monotheistic religion based on the Quran. ... Sufism (Persian: صوفی‌گری Sufi gari, Arabic: تصوف, taá¹£awwuf) is a mystic tradition of Islam. ... Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ... A cloak is a type of loose garment which is worn over indoor clothing and serves the same purpose as an overcoat – it protects the wearer from the cold, rain or wind for example, or it may form part of a fashionable outfit (e. ...

Since that time, the Cloak and the method of receiving knowledge through the heart, symbolizing the highest level of Divine Illumination, and conferring honor, recognition and respect on the recipient, has been handed down through an unbroken succession of Sufi Masters. This significant act creates the only hierarchy within the School of Islamic Sufism. The designated Sufi Master, called the Pir, is the essence of the Sufi Way. The present Pir, Molana Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha, was officially appointed as the forty-second Sufi Master in the unbroken chain of transmission on September 4, 1970, when the Holy Cloak of the Prophet was bestowed upon him by his father. The son, grandson, and great-grandson of previous Pirs, Hazrat Pir's spiritual training naturally began at birth. Hazrat Pir has written more than fifty works in prose and poetry. He continues his great-grandfather's tradition of presenting the ancient truth of Sufism into scientific language.

My heart is a drop from the depths of His sea,

My being a conduit for the Beloved to be.

-Molana-al-Moazam Hazrat Salaheddin Ali Nader Angha

Geneaology

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Amir-al-Mo'menin Ali (PBUH) ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: ‎ Persian: ‎ )‎ (599 – 661) is an early Islamic leader. ...

1- Hazrat Oveys Gharani* (Uwais al-Qarni) Uwais al-Qarni (Arabic: أويس القرني) (d. ...

2- Hazrat Salman Farsi (Salman the Persian) Salman the Persian (Arabic سلمان الفارسي Salman Farisi, Persian Salman e Farsi) was one of the Islamic prophet Muhammads companions. ...

3- Hazrat Habib-ibn Salim Ra'i

4- Hazrat Soltan Ebrahim Adham

5- Hazrat Abu Ali Shaqiq Balkhi

6- Hazrat Sheikh Abu Torab Nakhshabi

7- Hazrat Sheikh Abi Amro Istakhri

8- Hazrat Abu Ja'far Hazza

9- Hazrat Sheikh Kabir Abu Abdollah Mohammad-ibn Khafif Shirazi

10- Hazrat Sheikh Hossein Akkar

11- Hazrat Sheikh Morshed Abu-Isshaq Shahriar Kazerouni

12- Hazrat Khatib Abolfath Abdolkarim

13- Hazrat Ali-ibn Hassan Basri

14- Hazrat Serajeddin Abolfath Mahmoud-ibn Mahmoudi Sabouni Beyzavi

15- Hazrat Sheikh Abu Abdollah Rouzbehan Baghli Shirazi

16- Hazrat Sheikh Najmeddin Tamat-al Kobra Khivaghi (Najmeddin Kubra) Sheikh Najmeddin Kubra was a 13th century famous Persian Sufi from Khwarezmia and was the founder of the Kubrawiya Sufi order. ...

17- Hazrat Sheikh Ali Lala Ghaznavi

18- Hazrat Sheikh Ahmad Zaker Jowzeghani

19- Hazrat Noureddin Abdolrahman Esfarayeni

20- Hazrat Sheikh Alaoddowleh Semnani

21- Hazrat Mahmoud Mazdaghani

22- Hazrat Amir Seyyed Ali Hamedani

23- Hazrat Sheikh Ahmad Khatlani

24- Hazrat Seyyed Mohammad Abdollah Ghatifi al-Hasavi Nourbakhsh

25- Hazrat Shah Ghassem Feyzbakhsh

26- Hazrat Hossein Abarghoui Janbakhsh

27- Hazrat Darvish Malek Ali Joveyni

28- Hazrat Darvish Ali Sodeyri

29- Hazrat Darvish Kamaleddin Sodeyri

30- Hazrat Darvish Mohammad Mozaheb Karandehi (Pir Palandouz)

31- Hazrat Mir Mohammad Mo'men Sodeyri Sabzevari

32- Hazrat Mir Mohammad Taghi Shahi Mashhadi

33- Hazrat Mir Mozaffar Ali

34- Hazrat Mir Mohammad Ali

35- Hazrat Seyyed Shamseddin Mohammad

36- Hazrat Seyyed Abdolvahab Naini

37- Hazrat Haj Mohammad Hassan Kouzekanani

38- Hazrat Agha Abdolghader Jahromi

39- Hazrat Jalaleddin Ali Mir Abolfazl Angha

40- Hazrat Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha

41- Hazrat Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha

42- Hazrat Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha

• The conventional Arabic transliteration is Uwais al-Qarni (أويس القرني)

Uwais al-Qarni (Arabic: أويس القرني) (d. ...

Links

• Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi® (School of Islamic Sufism)
• Islamic Sufism Genealogy NOVEMBER 2004, Tehran University Publications