तसव्वुफ़ में साहित्य के विशाल भंडार को मुख्यतः तीन भागों में विभाजित किया जा सकता है । मक्तूबात (पत्र ), तज़किरा (जीवनवृत) एवं मल्फ़ूज़ात (उपदेश)। मक्तूबात के अंतर्गत उन पत्रों का संकलन आता है जो सूफी संतों ने अपने मुरीदों और समकालीन संतों को लिखे हैं । तज़किरे के अंतर्गत जीवनवृत संग्रह आता है जो […]
क्या कभी आपने ऐसी तोप के बारे में सुना है जिसे खींचने में 10 हाथी, 400 बैल और सैकड़ों लोगों की ताकत लगी हो। यह बात जरुर हैरान करने वाली है, लेकिन ऐसी एक तोप भारत में मौजूद है। जिसकी गिनती दुनिया के सबसे भारी तोपों में होती है। इस तोप का नाम है मालिक- […]
Umm Haram bint Milhan (Hala Sultan) was a female companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) who fell martyr in Cyprus The religion of Islam is today the fastest growing religion in the world with around 1.5 billion followers from many places and backgrounds. Although the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was […]
Story of when Emperor Mahmood Ghaznavi left his throne to his slave Ayaz, from Fariduddin Attar’s book ‘The Conference of Birds’ The affections and reverence that Mahmood Ghaznavi had for his slave Ayaaz is legendary. One day Mamood called him in court and said, “You are no longer my slave, Ayaz. You can take […]
This final installment- for now at least- in this series of texts dealing with Ottoman women’s lives in the context of sainthood comes from the life of ‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1621-1731), arguably the most important early modern saint of the Arab provinces, who combined the practice of sanctity with a vast scope of scholarship and […]
Faith. And love. It is all that matters in this courtyard. Bibi Zuleikha’s father, Khwaja Arab, was a man of riches in Bukhara when the Mongol Chinghiz Khan eyed the riches of the city. He sacked Bukhara, looted its wealth and murdered thousands. Bibi Zuleikha, Khwaja Arab and their family escaped the bloodbath and fled […]
Mountains have roots imbedded underground. The highest point on Earth is in the Himalayas at Mount Everest 8.8 km high. It turned out that this mountain has roots about 250 km deep. The larger Asian plate forced the Indian plate deep into the mantle – a process called subduction – sinking it at least 155 […]
