Unfortunately the book is not out as far as I know.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, can someone please tell me if the complete version of Nafahat al-uns is already out?? and if it is, can someone give me the isbn number and where I can order the book from?

wslm

noorya

Can anybody give me a reference, preferably one that is available online, of a lecture/article/e-book that discusses ilm-e-aitebaar from an academic point of view (as a different episteme that has Huzoor as the objective instead of Understanding)…if someone can cite a published paper, that would do as well, as I can access them using my university account….

Thanks & Waslaam,
Imran

To isolate this quote and take it to mean that Mawlana Jami is against there even being a sufi nomenclature and/or that anyone who makes use of sufi terminology or makes a formal university style study of tasawwuf has without exception lost sight of the true aim of Sufism is a very premature conclusion to come to. i think enough people in the comments section including our generous host here have made the point abundantly clear that there is a time for this and a time for that. Similar sentiments to what Mawlana Jami expressed were uttered by countless Awliya of all the different tariqas throughout the ages. It all comes down to this…ultimately, as Rumi once SAID: “Speech is a river, silence is an ocean.”

are you turkish? and did you grow up there?

And one must know persian to really appreciate how his poetry still sounds good and understandable too! Allahhh.

This very quote is also found within the text cited here:
http://shadhilitariqa.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28

“Masters of Wisdom of Central Asia”

of which Shaykh Nuh writes:

(A powerful English rendering of a hagiography of early Naqshbandi masters that contains much Sufism and useful lessons in both the form of the path and its content, its manners (adab) and experience (dhawq).

Maulana Jami (R) is one of the central figures within this text.

I think if we are unable to grasp the wisdom of Maulana Jami’s (R) words it may be best to leave it for others than to dwell on the matter for too long. From my perspective the great arifeen passed a nomenclature along but at the same time, the living nature of it allowed the same arifeen to keep it in check before it became something it was never intended to be.

Perhaps a real example could help you, Abul Layth? I can’t understand the vast majority of what you have said in comment #12. Does that then mean I am a bad Muslim, a bad “sufi” practicioner? Because I don’t have the “right” terminology memorized? I don’t think that is what you are trying to say, I’m just trying to make it “real” for you. There are many who are “ignorant” by our standards in many ways but through that ignorance and simplicity draw much much closer to Allah. They are not caught up in formulas and language and therefore their hearts are moving towards the goal in the most simple and sincere ways. That doesn’t mean that formulas and language don’t have their place, but you can know all the formulas and language and still be devoid of the heart, and we can probably all think of someone we’ve known in our own lives who had the “right” words but not the right character and used the words to try to elevate themselves.

One may find that Maulana Jami (R), a giant in his time, acknowledged by all branches of Naqshbandi’s as well as Sufis beyond, certainly felt the danger of ego is strongly present for those who seek to enforce a nomenclature (hence busying with a memorizing of that which takes oneself away from zikr). An important consequence of which is developing an entrance criteria and encouraging an elitist subculture for a topic of simplicity of the utmost and primary importance to all: purification of the self.

Hence one will find that people are often astounded or confused by the simplicity of the message when listening to the Naqshbandi shaykhs who rarely use a spiritual ‘lingo’… Most of us taught in a Western system miss the subtle ways advanced topics are entered in their discourse.

-Abul Layth

Ah I corrected a mistake in the citation. The book can be found here

http://islamicbookstore.com/b7021.html

Sidi Yursil, this post is a good reminder since most “problems” are due to some people wrestling with the phantoms of technical words, and not the concepts and real meanings they stem from. May Allah continue to bless you and open more meanings to you.

I recently listened to a lecture that resonates well this posting, I thought I’d share the link to it for those interested in getting a copy,

Spiritual Struggle: Understanding the Science of Tasawwuf by Ustadh Yahya Rhodus
http://rumibookstore.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=158&product_id=600

Btw, where can I acquire Rashahat al-Uns from?

Wassalam.

Hope to see you in Virginia one of these days

Salamu’alaykum MR,

Ha! Ameen

Salamu’alaykum Yaser,

Indeed, I’m glad you enjoyed this excerpt.

“Don’t get caught up in the names and lose the aim!” – as my dear and beloved brother Haroon Sellars always used to say…

His personal site: http://web.mac.com/islaminamerica/iWeb/Reflect/Blog/Blog.html

This excerpt is from Rashahat Ain al-Hayat, an already published work. No news yet on the release of Nafahat.

Is this another excerpt from Sayyidi Muhtar Holland’s translation of the Nafahat al-Uns? Any further news on its release?

Alf Shukr

Isn’t the reality of tasawuff that much of it cannot be properly conveyed in mere words?

Nor is it meant to be conveyed simplistically or over-technically – either way the true secrets are lost.