Aqim al Salat (eBook)

Connections to the Divine

Shaykh Taner Vargonen Ansari, Shaykha Muzeyyen Vargonen Ansari (Autoren)

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2025 | 1. Auflage
80 Seiten
Bookbaby (Verlag)
979-8-3178-2036-7 (ISBN)

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In the Holy Qur'an human beings are advised to establish a system of connection and devotion to Allah. In this book, Sufi Masters Shaykh Taner and Shaykha Muzeyyen Vargonen Ansari describe the Sufi understanding of such a connection, offering the spiritual seeker practical ways to engage the mind and heart in pursuit of a deep, and deeply personal, relationship with the Creator.

Es-Seyyida Es-Shaykha Muzeyyen Vargonen Tarsusi el Ansari er Rifai el Qadiri was born in Tarsus, Tu?rkiye, where the culture of Sufism permeated her upbringing. In 1986, Shaykha Muzeyyen was initiated into the Qadiri Rifai Tariqa through Shaykh Nureddin Ozal, khalifa of Es-Seyyid Es-Shaykh Muhyiddin Ansari. Soon after, she and her husband, Es-Seyyid Es- Shaykh Taner Vargonen Ansari, were instructed to move to the US to establish the Ansari Qadiri Rifai Tariqa (AQRT). Shaykha Muzeyyen and Shaykh Taner worked together to bring the loving way of Sufism to the modern seeker. They adapted the teachings of the original Turkish Sufi order to include a modern-day, science-oriented, understanding of the nature of Divine Reality. They established Sufi learning centers throughout the US and in Australia, Canada, Germany, Mauritius, Mexico, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom. Shaykha Muzeyyen and Shaykh Taner co-founded Ansari Holistic Healing Institute (AHHI). Shaykha Muzeyyen is a healer and teacher of Sufi healing, which includes spiritual, physical, and emotional modalities. She is dedicated to training and supporting holistic and complementary healers. Shaykha Muzeyyen and Shaykh Taner established Ansari Publications (AP). They collaborated on and published all of Shaykh Taner's books and articles on Sufism, healing, and sustainability. These works include Between the Loved and the Beloved: Sufi Poems and Sayings (AP 1995, 2nd edition 2023); The Sun Will Rise in the West: The Holy Trail (AP 2000); What About My Wood! 101 Sufi Stories (AP 2006); Alternative Healing: The Sufi Way (AP 2007); Grand Masters of Sufism: Abdul Qadir Geylani's Secret of Secrets and Ahmed er Rifai's Guidance to Mysticism (AP 2008); Ya Sin: Sura 36 of the Holy Quran from a Sufi Perspective (AP 2008); Surviving 2012 & Beyond (AP 2010); Dua: The Way of Supplication (AP 2019). Shaykha Muzeyyen co-authored Aqim al Salat: Connections to the Divine (AP 2023), and was program director for Shaykh Taner's decade-long translation project The Qur'an: Daily Reading for All Humanity, Chronological Edition (AP 2023) and companion book In-depth Analysis of the Qur'an (to be published 2024). Shaykha Muzeyyen has translated texts, songs (ilahis), poetry, and the history of various Sufi masters from Turkish into English. Her essay 'A Journey to the Beloved' was published in Sufi Women: Journey Towards the Beloved (International Association of Sufism, 1998). Shaykha Muzeyyen assumed the mantle of leadership of AQRT International upon the passing of her husband Shaykh Taner in 2023. In her role as Murshida of AQRT, Shaykha Muzeyyen oversees the spiritual development of AQRT students and develops the AQRT centers. Shaykha Muzeyyen has a special interest in the youth and works with young people in the Ansari Youth Club (AYC). The international headquarters of AQRT is in upstate New York, where Shaykha Muzeyyen resides when she is not traveling as Murshida of AQRT.

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Prayer of the Heart: With Mindfulness and ConsciousnessBy Shaykh Taner AnsariSome translate salat as worship. We translate it as prayer, especially prayer of your heart. Prayer of your heart is very important. Establish the prayer when you are eating, establish the prayer when you are sleeping, establish the prayer whatever you are doing. Establish the formal prayer, which we call namaz. Allah said this to all the nations. "e;My Lord, please help me to establish salat, and do the same for my offspring. Our Lord, please accept my dua [supplication]."e; (Ibrahim:40)Establish the prayer does not just mean you have to establish namaz which means formal Islamic worship that is observed five times daily. Establish the prayer means all of that, and especially zikr [repeated remembrance of Allah]. Some people say Sufism is bid'a [harmful religious innovation]. First of all, Sufism is not bid'a. Second, our Prophet (peace be upon him) himself established zikr for everybody. Zikr, in Sufism, is special to those people who want Allah's Zat, Essence. BE CONSCIOUSWhat I am trying to do is to bring you to the consciousness of your actions and your acceptance and the belief so that you do not do actions blindly. You have to be conscious of what you are doing and acknowledge the importance of being conscious of what you are doing.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• ISBN-13: 979-8-3178-2036-7 / 9798317820367