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This is a blank verse translation in English of the first tale of the Elahi-nameh of Attar, exploring gender, sexual predation, chastity, holiness, forgiveness, righteous rule.
Qalandariyya Tariqa: World of Dervishes
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Persian poets since Rūdakī have drawn on the letter symbolism of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Visually, its characters have attracted poets who find the likeness of the beloved in their shapes. Spiritually, it enjoys a special status as the... more
The location of the city of al-Ludd, between the lowlands and the coastal plain, made it an attractive settlement site through the ages. This location brought with it, on the one hand, a fertile catchment area and on the other, caravans... more
Preeminent metaphor of change and transformation on the mystic path, the dragon serves also as allegory of guardianship of heavenly treasure and hidden mysteries.
Bakhtine a décrit le carnaval comme un espace utopique, populiste et festif. Mon propos est que le Grand Magal, un événement religieux mouride au Sénégal ainsi qu'une fête nationale populaire, partage de nombreux parallèles notables avec... more
This critical Arabic text edition of Salwat al-ʿārifīn wa-uns al-mushtāqīn, a manual of early Sufism by Abū Khalaf al-Ṭabarī (d. ca. 470/1077), is based on a very old manuscript preserved in Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣrīya of Cairo, Egypt and... more
Abraham Abulafia (1240–1290) is considered to be one of the most significant Jewish mystics and is one of the few who taught a comprehensive system of meditative practices designed to induce ecstatic religious experiences. At the heart of... more
LIBER DECATRIARCHIA MYSTICA: Sketchings of the Thirteen Encompassing Spheres of the Tree of Reality and assorted material
The famous argument for the existence of God is analyzed with a survey of the Greek and Arabic influences of Avicenna's system. Turning to the text, The Salvation, ‘’Metaphysics,’’ II. 12, it is stated that ‘’at any one and the same... more
Esotericism and the Qur’an/L’ésotericism et le Coran, international conference, University of Lausanne, 5-7 May 2022
‘[A] valid concept of “Islam” must denote and connote all possible “Islams,” whether abstract or “real,” mental or social’ (104)... Ahmed seeks to avoid two major pitfalls: (1) making Islam into a static essence or a category within an... more
The intention of this study is to examine the last tale of Sufi master Jalal-e-din Rumi in his masterpiece Masnavi or Mathnavi (trans. 2003). Sufism is one of the world's established mystical traditions and the Sufi Order is a school that... more
Realizing the constructed nature of gender is often described as a twentieth-century Western phenomenon. Nevertheless, in several South Asian religious traditions, practitioners are instructed through songs and oral teachings to exchange... more
Sohbet tarzında, her yaştan insanın rahatça okuyabileceği bazı tasavvufî yazılarımızı derlediğimiz bu esere, sohbetin ve dostluğun önemine işâret etmek için “Kahve Bahâne” adını verdik. Çünkü günümüzün hızla büyüyen şehirlerinde... more
In the Balkan borderlands, a region characterized by hybridity and religious ambiguity, the Muslim allocation of an equivalent saint in the “pantheon” of Christianity was facilitated by a certain “rapprochement” between the two religions... more
This is a 2016 draft version of a proposed completely revised, corrected 2nd edition of my 2010 book The Gospel of Thomas In the Light of Early Jewish, Christian and Islamic Esoteric Trajectories.
This paper introduces the presence of Islam and Islamic culture in the work of Fernando Pessoa. It consists of a chronological and textual overview of these themes in the author's writing and intellectual course. Focusing primarily on... more
In 18th century, The Ozbek Tekkes of Istanbul was established for the Uzbeks who come to Istanbul before going to the pilgrimage. The tekke is connected with the Naqshbandi religious order, tarikat. The tekke which has strong ties with... more
This contribution to the Common Knowledge symposium “Fuzzy Studies” explores the boundaries between religions by exploring the ambiguous place of yoga in various religious traditions, both modern and premodern. Recently, certain Hindus... more
أطروحة الدكتوراه
Analyzing the intersection between Sufism and philosophy, this volume is a sweeping examination of the mystical philosophy of Muḥyī-l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 637/1240), one of the most influential and original thinkers of the Islamic world.... more
The Seven Seals of medieval Islamic magic, which are believed to constitute the Greatest Name of God, also feature in Jewish Kabbalah from the same period. While many Seal symbols make sporadic appearances in early Islamic amulets bearing... more
From the style of the language of the opening of this text it is clear that it was composed between 1790 and 1804 during the middle period of the reform movement established by the Shehu, which began in 1774 until his death in 1817. The... more
Water stands as one of the most symbolically significant images in most of the world’s religious communities. Yet Islam’s intellectual, contemplative, and popular traditions accord distinctive and variegated meaning to this image,... more
The paper discusses the role that Islamic values can play in articulating Islam as an ethical tradition that can shape the international relations.
Elinizdeki bu çalışma, İslam Tarihi’nin belirli bir bölümünde, belirli bir bölgede ortaya çıkan ve İslam Medeniyeti’nin doğal bir parçası olan bir devletin içerisinde var olan sûfî zümrelerin hangi tasavvufî metinler üzerine... more