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Baba Rokneddin Beyzayi
Mas'ūd b. ʿAbd Allah al-Bayḍawi (Persian language, Persian: مسعود ب. عبدالله بیضایی) more commonly known as Baba Rukn al-Din Shirazi or Baba Rokneddin Shirazi was a 14th-century Sufi mysticJābirī Anṣārī, Tārīkh-i Iṣfahān wa Ray and follower of Ibn Arabi. His name means Father Rukn al-Din, the latter which transliterates as "Pillar of the Faith." Biography From childhood, Masud ibn Abdullah had an interest in Sufism.Masud ibn Abdullah al-Baydawi, Nusus al-khusus fi tarjimat al-fusus, ISBN unknown He eventually studied and learned spirituality and started his mystical journey at a young age. He studied the basics of Sufism under Abdul Razzaq al-Kashani. He then studied the Fusus al-Hikam of Ibn Arabi under Dawud al-Qaysari, with help from Nu'man al-Khwarizmi. In adulthood, he wrote many works on Sufism and scholarly knowledge, such as a commentary and exegesis of the Fusus al-Hikam. Works Some of his most famous works:{{cn, date=December 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takht-e Foulad
Takht-e Foulad ( fa, تخته فولاد) is a historical cemetery in Isfahan, Iran. The cemetery is at least 800 years old. In the 13th century in the Ilkhanid era Takht-e Foulad was the most important cemetery in Isfahan and all of the famous personalities have a mausoleum in this cemetery. Unfortunately all of the mausoleums from the Ilkhanid era, except ''Baba Rokn ed-Din mausoleum'', which is the oldest structure in Takht-e Foulad, have been destroyed. In the Safavid era there were 400 mausoleums in Takht-e Foulad, but there are now only 8 mausoleums from the Safavid era. In the Qajar era a large part of the cemetery was destroyed, but the cemetery hasn't lost its importance and by the end of Pahlavi era it was the most important cemetery in Isfahan. There are 20 structures from the Qajar era and 17 structures from the Pahlavi era in the cemetery. Before the Safavid age the cemetery had been known as ''Lessan ol-Arz'' and ''Baba Rokn ed-Din'', but from the Safavid age unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawud Al-Qaysari
Dawud may refer to: * David in Islam * Dawud (name) * Dawud of Kanem, half-brother of the 14th-century Kanem emperor Idris I of Kanem * An-Nasir Dawud, Kurdish ruler * Askia Dawud, ruler of the Songhai Empire * Mohammad Al-Dawud, Jordanian football player See also * Daoud (other) Daoud may refer to: * David in Islam * Dawud of Kanem, the half-brother of the 14th-century Kanem emperor Idris I of Kanem * Mohammed Daoud (1901–1984), governor of the province of Helmand in Afghanistan * Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909–1978), 1st P ... * Daud (other) * Dawood (other) * Dawoud * David (name) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sufi Saints
Sufi saints or Wali ( ar, ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world. In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by pecialdivine favor ... ndholiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work miracles."Radtke, B., "Saint", in: ''Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān'', General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.. List A B * Baba Fakruddin (1169–1295, buried in Penukonda) * Baba Kuhi of Shiraz (948-1037) * Baba Shadi Shaheed (17th century, first Chib Rajput to convert to Islam, married a daughter of Babur) * Sheikh Bedreddin (1359–1420, buried in Istanbul in 1961, revolted against Mehmed I) * Baha' al-Din Naqshband (1318–1389, buried in Bukhara, founder of the Naqshbandi order) * Balım Sultan (d. 1517/1519, buried in Nevşehir Province, co-founder of the Bektashi Order) * Baha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufism
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ritualism, asceticism and esotericism. It has been variously defined as "Islamic mysticism",Martin Lings, ''What is Sufism?'' (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.15 "the mystical expression of Islamic faith", "the inward dimension of Islam", "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam", the "main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization" of mystical practice in Islam, and "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith and practice". Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from , ), and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as (pl. ) – congregations formed around a grand who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treccani
The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language encyclopaedia. The publication ''Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout The Ages'' regards it as one of the greatest encyclopaedias along with the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and others. History The first edition was published serially between 1929 and 1936. In all, 35 volumes were published, plus one index volume. The set contained 60,000 articles and 50 million words. Each volume is approximately 1,015 pages, and 37 supplementary volumes were published between 1938 and 2015. The director was Giovanni Gentile and redactor-in-chief . Most of the articles are signed with the initials of the author. An essay credited to Benito Mussolini entitled "The Doctrine of Fascism" was included in the 1932 edition of the encyclopedia, although it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ritualism, asceticism and esotericism. It has been variously defined as "Islamic mysticism",Martin Lings, ''What is Sufism?'' (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.15 "the mystical expression of Islamic faith", "the inward dimension of Islam", "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam", the "main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization" of mystical practice in Islam, and "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith and practice". Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from , ), and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as (pl. ) – congregations formed around a grand who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu'man Al-Khwarizmi
Nu'man ( ar, نعمان ) or Nu'maan is an Arabic given name dating to pre-Islamic times, meaning ''blood'' or ''red''. Prevailingly, the Islamic given name is most commonly associated to the Arabic word meaning ''bliss''. It is also used with the definite article, , transliterated ''an-Nu'man'' or ''al-Nu'man''. Alternatives spellings include ''Noman'', ''Nouman'', ''Noumaan'', and ''Numan''.It may refer to: *seven of the Ghassanid Kings (327-ca. 600) *Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays (reigned ca. 390–418), king of the Lakhmids *Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad (reigned 497–503), king of the Lakhmids *Al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir (active 581-583), king of the Ghassanids * Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir (active (582–ca. 602), king of the Lakhmids *Nouman ibn Muqarrin (died 641), one of the companions of Muhammad *Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zuṭā ibn Marzubān, known as Abū Ḥanīfa (699—767), founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence *Qadi al-Nu'man (died 974), Isma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abd Al-Razzaq Kāshānī
Kamāl al-Dīn Abūʾl-Faḍl Abd al-Razzaq ibn Jamāl al-Dīn Abu al-Ghānīm Kāshānī was a 14th-century Persian Shi'ite Sufi mystic and scholar. He wrote the ''Ta'wilat al-Qur'an al-Karim'', a mystical exegesis (interpretation) of the Quran. History Abd al-Razzaq was born in Kashan. His birthdate is unknown, theorised to be between 1252 and 1262. As an adult, he became a disciple of Abdussamad Esfahani. Abd al-Razzaq went on nine trips throughout his lifetime to places such as Shiraz and the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Baghdad; his trips always ended in a return to Natanz. In Semnan, he debated with the Kubrāwī Sufi mystic 'Ala' al-Dawla Simnani over the concept of Wahdat al-Wujood. He also wrote a commentary on Ibn Arabi's ''Fusus al-Hikam''. Abd al-Razzaq died in 1345. He was buried next to his first teacher, Esfahani, in the khanqah of the Jameh Mosque of Natanz. Legacy Abd al-Razzaq inspired generations of Sufis. He was respected by Shi'ites. His writing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is located south of Tehran and is the capital of Isfahan Province. The city has a population of approximately 2,220,000, making it the third-largest city in Iran, after Tehran and Mashhad, and the second-largest metropolitan area. Isfahan is located at the intersection of the two principal routes that traverse Iran, north–south and east–west. Isfahan flourished between the 9th and 18th centuries. Under the Safavids, Safavid dynasty, Isfahan became the capital of Achaemenid Empire, Persia, for the second time in its history, under Shah Abbas the Great. The city retains much of its history. It is famous for its Perso–Islamic architecture, grand boulevards, covered bridges, palaces, tiled mosques, and mina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibn Arabi
Ibn ʿArabī ( ar, ابن عربي, ; full name: , ; 1165–1240), nicknamed al-Qushayrī (, ) and Sulṭān al-ʿĀrifīn (, , 'Sultan of the Knowers'), was an Arab Andalusian Muslim scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher, extremely influential within Islamic thought. Out of the 850 works attributed to him, some 700 are authentic while over 400 are still extant. His cosmological teachings became the dominant worldview in many parts of the Muslim world. His traditional titular is ''Muḥyīddīn'' ( ar, محيي الدين; ''The Reviver of Religion''). After he passed away, among practitioners of sufism he is renowned by the honorific title ''Shaykh al-Akbar'' ( ar, الشيخ الأكبر) which the "Akbarian" school derives its name, and make him known as ''Doctor Maximus'' (The Greatest Teacher) in medieval Europe. Ibn ʿArabī was considered as a saint by some scholars and Muslim community. Al-Suyuti, Tanbih al-Ghabi fi Tanzih Ibn ‘Arabi (p. 17-21) Biography Ibn ʿAra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfahan, Iran
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is located south of Tehran and is the capital of Isfahan Province. The city has a population of approximately 2,220,000, making it the third-largest city in Iran, after Tehran and Mashhad, and the second-largest metropolitan area. Isfahan is located at the intersection of the two principal routes that traverse Iran, north–south and east–west. Isfahan flourished between the 9th and 18th centuries. Under the Safavid dynasty, Isfahan became the capital of Persia, for the second time in its history, under Shah Abbas the Great. The city retains much of its history. It is famous for its Perso–Islamic architecture, grand boulevards, covered bridges, palaces, tiled mosques, and minarets. Isfahan also has many historical buildings, monuments, pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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