After recent controversy surrounding the Perennialist bias of the new Study Quran it is refreshing to hear a Muslim scholar explain why this ideology is false.
Rumi
Abdal Hakim Murad – Reverse Causality
Timothy Winter (Professor of Theology at Cambridge) discusses the concept of reverse causality. This excerpt is taken from his commentary on Mevlana Rumi’s Mathnavi. Relativity: There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She… Read More ›
The Qur’an is like a bride – Rumi
The Qur’an is like a bride. Although you pull the veil away from her face, she does not show herself to you. When you investigate the Qur’an, but receive no joy or mystical unveiling, it is because your pulling at… Read More ›
Rumi & the Quran
“I am the servant of the Qur’an as long as I have life. I am the dust on the path of Muhammad, the Chosen One.” ― Rumi, The Quatrains of Rumi: Complete Translation with Persian Text, Islamic Mystical Commentary, Manual… Read More ›
Murad: Universality and timeless appeal of Rumi’s message inspired by Quranic ethos
reblogged from Today’s Zaman The works of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, the anniversary of whose passing is celebrated throughout Turkey with Şeb-i Arus ceremonies on Dec. 17, have had a keen following in the Western world since the 19th century. This… Read More ›
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