In today’s fast-paced world, inner peace often feels like a distant dream. We are constantly bombarded by stress, ...

As defined by these early thinkers, Sama` may relate to the spiritual progress of a Muslim mystic or Sufi adept in one of three ways: (1) it may be totally excluded as inappropriate to Islamic ...

The Kashmir valley has nurtured many women Sufi mystics and poets. Lalla Ded stands out among them. Lalla Ded’s life took many turns, and along the way, she earned several monikers – Lalla ...

If speech is silver, silence is gold. How many times have we heard this proverb? Scholars believe that the proverb originated ...

I DON’T care about haram or halal. I’d rather extinguish the fire in hell and burn heaven so that people could start loving God for no other reason than love.’ This statement, as quoted by Shams ...

Jameela Siddiqi presents two Sony Award-winning programmes, first broadcast on BBC World Service. A mahfil, a late-night Sufi gathering in a private home in Karachi.

NORMATIVE Sufism is a genuine Islamic phenomenon as the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) prophetic consciousness was founded upon very definite, vivid and powerful mystic experiences. From the inner ...

She talks to pilgrims and describes the mystical experience of visiting the shrine. Jameela discovers the origins of Sufi music and the Sufi’s quest of enlightenment. We hear a qawwali about ...

Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that emphasizes music as a mystical route to the holy. Capturing performances of renowned Muslim musicians such as ...

Prolific chanter Amer El-Touni, founder of the Sufi chanting group Egyptian Mawlawiyah, died Sunday in Cairo at the age of 57 ...