Sufi stories pdf

His title of Hakim had been given by the mysterious figure of al-Khidr who had inspired him to write poems which are still popular and mostly focus on an explanation of the mystic lifestyle. There are three works which are ascribed to him, the Bakirghan kitabi which is a collection of works of various authors and consist of poems as well as 8 3 Peter B. These stories are mostly focused on the haughty attitude of Hakim Ata as well as his jealous of his son who seems to have more of availability to perform miracles than Hakim Ata.

Hubbi Khwaja was not present since he had chosen to go on a hunting trip. However, soon as the gathering began Hubbi Khwaja had returned bringing with him the gazelles that he had shot while hunting. Hakim Ata responds that Hubbi Khwaja had not accomplished anything like these saints had and thus was not entitled to a portion.

Hubbi Khwaja countered this accusation by claiming that had he been in charge of this feast he would have granted everyone a portion regardless of their accomplishments Hubbi Khwaja then proceeded to ask for the ox skins and raises them again in a show of his mystical powers.

After his disappearance Hakim Ata was sorrowful for his conduct but he was unable to find him again One of the most prominent themes within the Baba Turkles story is the presence, concept, and usage of fire. Testing by fire also had been used especially in the Sufi context through stories which involve the Naqshbandiyya Baba Khwaja Ishaq and his disciples as well as the Anatolian Sufi Shiekh Sari Saltiq Hell, therefore, is best to be avoided at all cost by the believer who should do his best to prevent his falling into this abode of punishment.

Baba Turkles, however, is also put into the same fire from which he emerges from unharmed when compared to the shaman who instantly burns. Fire for Baba Turkles is transformed into a sign which ensures that those who are faithful to the religion of Islam cannot be burned by Hell and are assured of their place within heaven. The character of Baba Turkles within the oven-pit is also transformed into the saviour of mankind. By presenting himself as a symbol of sacrifice and a strong belief in his faith he symbolized the concept that a soul can be saved if their belief is strong enough.

Within this concept of proactive suffering Baba Turkles also becomes a savior of mankind, in the Central Asian setting at least, on how to save one soul. Remembrances to ones shamanistic past should be limited to a minimum at best to ensure that their faith will not waver and as a result soul will not burn like in the shaman.

There are other stories which highlight similar occurrences that were faced by Baba Turkles and draw on extremely similar themes to get their point across. The story of Khwaja Ishaq and his disciples follows a similar line where he had sent his four disciples to a Central Asian tribe known as the Qalmaqs who were known to have worshipped fire.

At that auspicious moment Khwaja Ishaq had arrived and invoked divine aid which saved the disciples and brought a strong wind which spread fire on the Qalmaqs who were burnt to death. The result was that the surviving families who were not hurt in the fire had accepted Islam Both of these stories use fire as their symbol of divine vengeance and of something to be feared not only in this life but in the next as well. The use of fire is used to explain not only the concept of saving oneself but also the lack of effect it has on those who follow the truth and have no fear of the afterlife and no weakness in his or her faith.

Fire, therefore, plays an important theme within the context of bringing enlightenment to those who are unenlightened within Sufi literature. A difference of opinion had existed for the question of how successors of a tariqa would be chosen. Some like the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya did not follow the concept of family succession while others supported the view that a son of the head of the Sufi tariqa should always succeed him.

This viewpoint mimicked the concept of divine rule and blessings which had been used within the political sphere. The question of succession was important in a tariqa that did not have the son as the successor as there could only be one who could succeed the Baba in the main center where he had domain his center while the all the other disciples either had to disperse and set their own areas or were assigned areas.

The question of succession is the central idea within this story. Here the conflict is characterized by two sides that are representatives of the two sides of the question of succession. Hakim Ata becomes personified with the idea that succession that is not through the family but rather built on the basis of spiritual levels and who is the best of the disciples.

Exactly what place does the topos of Islam — its minarets, its Ara- ————— 5 Bloom, Tolan, ed. In recollection of his own Sunday school experiences as a child he writes: The absurdity of the myth I was called upon to accept and the sombre greyness of the whole faith compared with the Eastern magnificence of Mahometanism, made me de- finitely agnostic […].

See also F. In other words, there is an epistemological dependance of the West on the Orient. Taurus, , His attributes seem singularly vivid. He is characterised in a specific fashion by his viscosity he is gummy, sticky and in oc- casions secretes greenish humors , his inconsistency he is soft, flabby, gelatinous , the intense stench that he releases […] and his swarming multiplicity. Hoffman Price, is im- mersed in the Orient from beginning to end.

Because this source is utterly transcendent tanzih , beyond all names and attributes, the soul has to gradually leave the world of multiplicity and return to God through a series of stations or levels maqam , slowly shedding its identity before it can render the veil aside and join in union ittisal with the divine One al wahd.

Nor may those who pass ever return, for in the vastnesses transcending our world are shapes of darkness that seize and bind. To rend this veil aside — as Carter does in the story — is indeed to risk madness.

So many classic Lovecraft sto- ries end in this madness — characters who end up as sobbing or hysterically gig- gling heaps for having looked one second too long or read one passage too far. The idea that one might need a Guide in order to find this unspeakable truth also has its echoes in Islam. The veils of the secondary causes are lowered down and will never be lifted, so wish not for that!

In both cases, knowledge not only brings with it responsibility, it also becomes associated with terror — at least for those who are not prepared to deal with it. The realization is not a happy one. He knew that there had been a Randolph Carter of Boston, yet could not be sure whether he […] had been that one or some other. His self had been annihilated. The merchant was both shocked and happy. But why did you fall down? She also showed the way to escape the cage. Fill the world with your beautiful song.

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