love (mohabba) in sufism

Love (Mohabba) in Sufism

In the following, I describe the Sufi Path (tariqa) as a dialectical process which transforms the person through love. I examine the belief system of Islamic mystics as a journey involving both creativity and passion. I do so by using a fresh approach, a perspective that has heretofore yet to be applied to the spiritual alchemy of the Sufis.

Words of Ecstasy in Sufism

Reconsidering A. Reza Arasteh: Sufism and Psychotherapy

Four decades ago, A. Reza Arasteh combined Westernized psychology with Sufism to emerge as an important voice in the integration of psychology and religion. Arasteh’s writings have remained largely unnoticed by the psychological community; however, we believe that it is time to reconsider his ideas. This article presents Arasteh’s main ideas about the relationship between human development and ...

Yaghoobi, Claudia. Subjectivity in ʿAttar, Persian Sufism, and European Mysticism

Love in the Time of Corona

Love in Mowlavi`s ethical view

Love is of a fundamental importance in Mowlawi`s ethical view: taking love as ascension can be known to be of a temporal identity or a product of the time-based thought restricted between past, present and future. Human soul`s life is considered in Mowlavi`s thought as fruit of the seeds of the purpose with regard to the past and future time. His large ethical model, therefore, in opposing ethi...