Masnavi of Rumi. What is to be done.......(Post 158)

What is to be done , O Muslims? For I do not recognize myself.

I am neither Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Gabr*, nor a Muslim

I am not the East, nor West, nor land, nor the sea.

I am not of Nature’s mint, nor of circling heavens.

I am not of India, nor of China, nor of Bulgaria, nor of Spain.

I am not of the Kingdom of Iraqain, nor of the country of Khorasan

My place is in the Placeless, my trace is in the Trace-less.

‘Tis neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved.

I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one.

One I ask, One I know, One I see, One I call.

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Sufism and Islamic sprituality by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr. (Post 154)

A link to a talk on Islamic spirituality and Sufism by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr of George Washington University. He is regarded as an authority on Islam and Sufism. His under graduate degree is in physics and mathematics from MIT. Masters from Harvard in earth sciences and a PhD in history of science and philosophy also from Harvard in 1958. He has published about 50 books and several hundred articles. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VB5-l299Ikc&t=298s

Omar Khayyam (1040-1134) an overview. Worldly hope..and Thik in..(Post 10)

Continuation of posts introducing a few scholars of the * Golden age of Islam (8th to 13th century), by giving a short overview and a sample of their work Omar Khayyam (1040-1134) a Mathematician, a philosopher, scholar of Islam and a Sufi was born in Naishapur, Iran. He Wrote a treatise entitled "Demonstration of Problems of Algebra" (1070) and on the "Triangular array of binomial coefficient known as Pascal's triangle". In 1077 he produced another work, "Explanations of the Difficulties in the Postulates of Euclid", and on "theory of proportions". He also wrote on religion, music and astronomy. Contemporaries included Al Bairuni (973-1048) a philosopher and scientist, who calculated the circumference of the earth quite accurately. He wrote widely on topics including Hindus(religion, Medicine, philosophy etc.). Abu Sina (Avicenna 980-1057) a great physician, a philosopher and a Sufi, wrote on Islam, P...

Shahi Qila decorative work in Lahore Paklistan (297)

Shahi Qila Lahore Pakistan. Decorative work.

Islam and Sufism an introduction

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