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Islamic Q and A 07 January 2019

Multimedia Shams Tabrizi, also known by the title of

Shams al-Din Mohammad, and widely
Archives known as Rumi’s teacher and spiritual
guide is the 13th-century Persian Sufi Muslim saint (Everett,
Books and 1998). He was unquestionably and indeed a very good Sufi, a
Documents mystic, a poet, a theologian, and originally from Iran (Gamard,
n.d.) who travelled throughout the Middle East praying and in
Islamic World
search of someone who could endure and bear up his jocund
News
company. Shams Tabrizi’s motivation, guidance, and stimulus is
Radical Islamism beyond what is seen and known which rise above or go beyond
and Jihad national limits and margins, thereby integrating national
frontiers with international frontiers, and cultural ruptures and
Islam,Terrorism stratifications. Central Asian Muslims and the Muslims of South
and Jihad Asia, in particular, and the Muslims across the world, in general,
have remarkably and astoundingly loved, respected, and
War on Terror treasured his mystical and unworldly inheritance and legacy for
the last seven epochs which is one of the reasons why people
Islam and the value his dearest student Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi R.A. (Nasr,
West 1987).

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Interfaith Faqir is the term which is often misunderstood in the common

parlance. In the Sufi world, it is not just a term but much more
Dialogue
which is tagged with the person of high spirituality, a homeless
The War Within Dervish. In mystical jargon, the word fakir point towards man’s
Islam unworldly, mystical, and divine need for the Deity who single-
handedly is self-sufficient and all powerful. It is attached to a
Islam and Sufi Muslim who has made spiritual promises and pledges of
Sectarianism paucity, insufficiency, and reverence, relinquishing and refusing
all dealings, affairs, relations, and personal effects, wealth and
Islam and Politics possessions.

Islam and There are leading Sufi Silsilas or order of Faqirs: Chisti,
Spiritualism Suhrawardi, Qadri, and Naqshbandi (Encyclopaedia Britannica).
It was because of Faqeeri that Shams Tabrizi was able to
Current Affairs influence and bring long-lasting impact on the mind and soul of
Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (R.A). He was appreciated and
Spiritual
respected as a great Faqir and Sufi by the intellectuals and
Meditations societies of his times and was recognized and acknowledged as
Muslims and the light or Noor of his times in the Sufi world. His poems and
writings are a relic for us and will renew and revamp our spiritual
Islamophobia
get-up and garnish our inner world for the healthier and
Islam, Women and improved version of life, which rests on the canons of love,
Feminism respect, sensations, faith, originality, stimulus, reassurance, and
provocation, both inner and outer.
Islamic Ideology
The Maqalat-e Shams-e Tabrizi, a discourse, is a Persian prose
Islam and Human book written by Shams which endures a mystical version and
Rights understanding of Islam and its fundamentals and encompasses
spiritual guidance. Education is not merely being literate but
Islamic Society follows much more: It is the acquiring of useful knowledge or
useful learning which provides the appropriate skills and the
Islamic Sharia leaning for making lucrative use of that knowledge. Since
Laws knowledge acquisition and skill development are parts of a
dynamic process, education is an unending process. Being
Islam and
educated is being blessed, the more it is, the better is our
Pluralism personality, both inner and outer and vice versa.
Islam and
Shams Tabrizi states in his book that we should not be contended
Tolerance with being merely a religious scholar or a Sufi scholar or a
Ijtihad, mystic, but more of each light and facet of education and
Rethinking Islam spirituality. He quotes:“Don’t be content with being a Faqih
(religious scholar), say I want more – more than being a Sufi (a
Islamic History mystic), more than being a mystic – more than each thing that
comes before you.’’ (Chittick, 2004) According to him, a person
Islamic should not complain and look at faults. Happiness is as clear as
Personalities water and wherever it flows, incredible blooms grow while as
unhappiness is like a dark calamity, wherever it flows it withers
Islam and Science the blooms.

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Islam and Poetry is an art and a wish at the same time to put life to dead
or water a sterile garden of thoughts, rhyme or a piece of art
Environment
which emanates from an inborn curiosity and attentiveness to
Islamic Culture depict the events and things around us (Spark Notes Blog). The
poetry of Shams Tabrizi is an assortment or collection of mystical
Interview verses loaded with thoughts of love and kindness, religious
sacred opinions and sentimentalities. As a human being who
Islam and the blooms and develops on the language of love and compassion, we
Media are clearly drawn to art, craft, and poetry.

Letter to the The poetry of Persian poets and authors, in general, and Rumi,
Editor Shams Tabrizi, and Saadi Shirazi, in particular, forms the basis of
much classical poetry and literature of Central Asia (Afghanistan)
From the Desk of and Western Asia (Persia). In Rumi’s works, particularly Diwan-i-
Editor Shams-i-Tabrizi, and poetry, divided into a number of groups
containing the verses of Rubaiyat and songs of Ghazal of the
Indian Press Divan, the Masnavi, six in number, we find the spiritual
Pakistan Press connection between Rumi and his master Shams Tabrizi.

Middle East Press Conclusion:

World Press Sufi philosophy and poetry, in general, and philosophy of Shams
Tabrizi, in particular, are out there what is understood and
witnessed for it is not merely about Tasawwuf or Islamic
Books and mysticism or the construction of mysticism within Islam as a
Documents secret facet or element thereby making it the leading indicator
and the most significant and dominant outward expression of
The Quran: A New spiritual and mystic exercise in Islam. It is much more. It is
Translation - The constantly being in touch with God and building that character
eternal present and repute which interiorize and strengthen Islamic faith and
tense practice (Chittick, 2004).

Preface:The
Reconstruction of
Religious Thought
in Islam By Dr.
Muhammad Iqbal
Munir Commission
Report into Anti-
Ahmadiya Riots in
Pakistan – 1:
Contents and
Introduction>Munir
Commission
Report into Anti-
Ahmadiya Riots in
Pakistan – 1:
Sufis day in and day out argue that Islam cannot be understood
and followed from the outside world but realized within. Sufi
beliefs and considerations will attract only those who have a lust
for knowledge and see the positive side in everything that makes
it easier for people to see the life from a bigger side and realize
the divine connection between man and his creator on the one
hand and link that love has with life here and hereafter on
another hand. In order to understand the construction of
mysticism within Islam and the connection of spirituality with the
trail of love, happiness or sadness, Sufi thoughts and writings are
an essential guide and treat for the senses.
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Jenkins, Everett (1998). The Muslim diaspora: a comprehensive
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Introduction Ibrahim Gamard, n.d. Rumi and Islam: Selections from his stories
and poems, Pg Introduction xix
Introduction: Seyyed, Hossein Nasr (1987). Islamic Art and Spirituality. Suny
Islam - A Press. p. 115.
Challenge to Spark Notes Blog. Poetics. (n.d.). Retrieved
Religion by Allama fromhttps://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/aristotle/section11/
Ghulam Ahmad William Chittick. (2004). Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of
Parwez Shams-i Tabrizi, Annotated and Translated. Louisville, KY: Fons
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