04.07.2007 |
Bir İbret ve Hikmet Öğretisinin Perdesi Olarak Sinema
No Translation Available Sinema, günümüzde Allah’ın Rab sıfatıyla tecellisinin farklı bir görünümüdür. Bazen hikmet, bazen ibret, bazen nefret uyandıran, negatif veya pozitif yönde insanı kuvvetle etkileyebilen değişik bakış açılarını aksetti...
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19.03.2007 |
How to Apply Sufism in Ordinary Human Life
How to Apply “Tasawwuf” (Sufism) in Ordinary Human Life Sufism is an inner journey. In Islamic Sufism, this journey is called “suluk”. The final destination in Islamic Sufism is the point where one realizes “The one, who knows himself (nafs) with nothingness, knows his ...
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18.03.2007 |
Samiha Ayverdi
Samiha Ayverdi was born in Sehzadebasi, Istanbul in 1905. She pursued a private education after graduating from Suleymaniyye Inas Numune Secondary School in 1921. She taught herself French and became proficient in it. She also trained herself in fields of history, tasawwuf (sufism), philosophy and l...
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16.03.2007 |
Man and a Welcoming Attitude
İnsan (Man) and Hoşgörü (a Welcoming Attitude) The meaning of insan (man) has been explained in the books of the New Testament, the Old Testament and the Holly Koran as in the following respectively: “By the hand of God man is created with a resemblance to Him and will return to Him...
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02.03.2007 |
Mysticism and Spiritual Path
Mysticism (Tasavvuf) and Spiritual Path (Tarikat) According to Ken’an Rifai, mysticism is a life experience, a line of thought that begins with humanity and evolves along with humanity existing independent of religion. The fact that it is always mentioned with religion is because religion nee...
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01.03.2007 |
Sema (Whirling)
The dictionary meaning of “sema” is to hear in English. Our holly book Qur’an begins with the word ‘read’. When the reader is a “kamil” (mature, perfect) human resembling the “ney”(a reed flute especially played in Mevlevi music), who has abandon...
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