When
Muhammad al-Jurairi was asked about Sufism, he explained, “It
means taking up every sublime moral characteristics
and leaving behind every lowly ones”.
Al-Junaid said, “Sufism means that God causes you to die to yourself and
gives you life in Him”.
Al-Husain b. Mansur when asked about the Sufi, commented, “He is solitary
by nature. No one accepts him, and he accepts no one”.
Abu Hamza al Baghdadi said, “The mark of the true Sufi is that he becomes
poor after having been rich, he experiences abasement after having been held
in high esteem, and he becomes unknown after having been famous. The mark of
the false Sufi is that he becomes the object of high esteem after having been
abased, and he becomes famous after having been unknown”.
(An excerpt from Principles of Sufism by Al-Qushairi)
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Prominent
historic Kubrawi personalities:
1. Sheikh Najm ad-Din Kubra
2. Sheikh ‘Ala al-Dawlah Simnani
3. Sheikh ‘Aziz ad-Din b. Mohammad an-Nasafi
4. Sheikh Saif ad-Din Bokharzi
5. Sheikh Farid ad-Din Attar
Recommended
reading:
1.
Laleh Bakhtiyar, Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Quest (London:
Thames and Hudson, 1976}.
2. Ibn Arabi, Sufis of Andalusis (Sherborn: Beshara Publications, 1988).
3. Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani, A glossary of Sufi Technical Terms (London: The
Octagon Press, 1982).
4. Al-Qushairi, Principles of Sufism (Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1990).
5. Shah Waliullah of Delhi, The Sacred Knowledge (London: The Octagon Press,
1982).
6. Shah, Idries, The Sufis (London: The Octagon Press, 1964).
7. Trimingham,J.Spencer. The Sufi Orders of Islam. Oxford:Oxford University
Press, 1971
Kubrawi
literature:
1. Ein Knigge fur Sufi’s, ed. F. Meier (Roma: Rivista degli Studi Orientali,
No 32, 1957).
2. Die Fawa’ih al-jamal wa fawatih al-jalal des Najm ad-din Kubra, ed.
F. Meier (Wiesbaden: 1957).
3. Necmuddin Kubra, Tasavvufi Hayat, trans. and ed. M. Kara (Istanbul: Dergah
yayinlari, 1980).
4. Aziz ud-Din Nasafi, Tassavufta Insan Meselesi – Insan-i Kamil, trans.
and ed. M. Kanar, 1990)
5.Palmer,E.H. Oriental Mysticism.London:The Octagon Press Ltd,1974
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The Seifetdin Bokharzi Mausoleum.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Between 13th and 15th centuries.
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