Guide to Sufism

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A Beginner's Guide to Sufism

Sufism

Introduction.

It was some 22 years ago when I first encountered Islam. It was during a trip to

Istanbul, which was part of the University of Pittsburgh Semester-At-Sea

Spring 1983 Program that I was in. I remember being in trance the whole visit

because of the calls to prayer and the hours I spent sitting inside the Sultan

Ahmet Mosque or popularly known as the Blue Mosque because of its blue-ish

interior tiles.

On the last night of the trip, we, the students of the program were invited to

watch a performance of whirling dervishes. I didnt know anything about

dervishes and the Sufi tradition, but all I knew during that time was falling into a

place of deep peace as I took in the music and watched the endless swirls and

whirls of the dervishes. Since then I was curious about Sufism and fortunately,

by serendipity, had stumbled upon books by Idries Shah, G.I. Gurdjieff, and the

poetry of Hafiz and Rumi. But I didnt go beyond reading them because I had

the impression, owing to years of mis- and dis-information on Islam that women

could not become Sufis.

Fortunately, a wonderful class on Race, Religion and Islamophobia taught by

Dr. Ibrahim Farajaje at the Graduate Theological Union and a moving dhikr with

Moroccon Sufi Sheikh Sidi Ahmed Kostas at the Starr King School for the

Ministry this spring erased my notions that only men could be Sufis.

Additionally, my own experiences from Tantra yoga meditation over the past 20

years have brought me to appreciate the beauty and depth of

Sufism.

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Definition

Sufi teachers explain Sufism in many ways, but a favorite is that offered by

James Fadiman and Sheikh Ragip Robert Frager Al Jerrahi, authors of

Essential Sufism. They write: For thousands of years, Sufism has offered a

path on which one can progress toward the great end of Self-realization, or

God-realization. Sufism is a way of love, a way of devotion, and way of

knowledge. Sufism is often described as a path, suggesting both an origin and

destination. The aim of Sufism is the elimination of all veils between the

individual and God. Traveling this path, one can acquire knowledge of Reality.

God is the ultimate reality, not this phenomenal world of multiplicity. (JamesFadiman and Robert Frager, Essential Sufism (Castle Books, 1997) 1.

A Short History of Sufism

Sufism, writes Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, the present Master of the Nimatullahi

Order, is the third main group that formed after the death of the Prophet

Muhammad in 632 A.D. The group comprised the companions (ashab) and

ascetics (zohhad) of the Prophets day consisted, who wanted to focus on the

inner spiritual dimension of Islam and upon the worship of Allah and devotion to

the One Reality (Al Haqq). (Javad Nurbakhsh, Sufi Women, (New York:

Khaniqah-Nimatullahi Publications, 1983), 14.) The two other main groups

were the Sunnis and the Shiites.

Nurbakhsh notes that during the early development of Sufism, Sufis chiefly

trained their attention to keeping night-vigils and asceticism (zohd). The nightvigils were inspired by the Prophets belief that such practice was a virtue. The

practice of asceticism, which involved silence, seclusion, fasting, and

remembrance of God through repeated recitation of Allahs various names

(dhikr), was regarded as the Sufis effort to abandon the world. (Nurbakhsh,

17.) By incessant remembrance and utterance of Allah, the Sufi merges with

Allah. (Soraya Susan Behbehani, The Messenger Within: Discovering Love

and Wholeness Through Meditation (San Francisco: Mellen Research

University Press, 1991), 205.)

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During this early stage, Sufis had devout hope for a heavenly reward following

death, but at the same time were anxious about hell. Hence, they emphasized

a life of perfect piety. But in Sufisms second stage of development, love (eshq)

and loving-kindness (mahabbat) of God (Nurbakhsh, 18) as inspired by

woman Sufi saint Rabi'a al-'Adawiya became part of the practice along with

asceticism. Nurbakhsh comments that an emphasis on Divine Love eventually

replaced the previous emphasis on the fear of Gods punishment.

As Rabia-Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya of Basra used to pray: Oh my Lord, if I

worship Thee from fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship Thee from

hope of Paradise, exclude me thence, but if I worship Thee for thine own sake

the withhold not from me Thine Eternal Beauty. (Margaret Smith, Rabia: The

Life and Works of Rabia and Other Women Mystics in Islam (Oxford: Oneworld

Publications, 1994), 50.)

In its third stage of development, both the ethical practice and theory of Sufism

expanded. By its fourth stage, the speculative philosophy of Sufism, which was

part and parcel of the issue of The Unity of Being flourished. Throughout the

centuries, the tradition saw the rise of notable masters including Jalalod-Din

Rumi, Mahmud Shabestari, Fakhrod-Din Eraqi, and Shah Nematollah.

(Nurbakhsh, 19).

Sufi Women Saints

The Sufi is a person who worships God for Gods sake alone because s/he has

witnessed God and knows God. S/he worships God because s/he loves the

Divine, which is not an image, idea, or specter of the mind. S/he keeps an eyeon her/his heart, collects her/his thoughts and surrenders every care to God,

which readies the Sufi for union with God. (Behbehani, 214.)

Such conception of the relations between the Sufi and God, notes Margaret

Smith, leading scholar on Rabia Al-Adawiyya and other Sufi women saints, left

no room for the distinction of gender. She writes that the development of

Sufism within Islam gave women the chance to attain sainthood. Rabia Al-

Adawiyya was undoubtedly the foremost of the women mystics of Islam.

However, there were many women both during her time and after her, who also

became saints and made contributions to the growth of Sufism. (Smith, 21.)

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Links

Rabi'a al-'Adawiya

http://www.sufism.org/books/rabiaex.html

Rabi'a al-Badawiyahttp://www.uga.edu/islam/rabiabadaw.html

Women and Sufism http://www.sufism.org/society/articles/women.html

Sufi Orders in the West http://www.uga.edu/islam/sufismwest.html

Women and Sufism http://www.sufism.org/society/articles/women.html

The Practice of Meditation

Sufis use different kinds of meditation techniques. One practice is silent

meditation that starts with inhaling and exhaling one of the names of Allah.

While thoughts, emotions, sensations are not repressed and allowed to be

experienced, the meditator gently brings her/his attention back to God.

(Mohammad Shafii, M.D. Freedom from the Self: Sufism, Meditation and

Psychotherapy (New York: Human Sciences Press, 1985), 93.)

The Stages of Sufism

In the practice and understanding of Sufism, there are four stages, writes

Sheikh Ragip Robert Frager Al Jerrahi, co-author of Essential Sufism. These

are religious law (shariah), the mystical path (tariqah), Truth (haqiqah), and

Gnosis (marifah), which he defines:

Religious law or Shariah, which means road in Arabic, comprises the

teachings on morals and ethics of Islam that provide guidance on how to live

properly in the world.

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The mystical path or Tariqah is the practice of Sufism and literally means the

path which is not clearly marked, even visible -- in the desert that the

Bedouin would follow to go from oasis to oasis. And to find ones way, one

needs the guidance of a Sufi teacher (sheikh).

Truth or Haqiqah is the Sufis direct experience of God within.

Gnosis or Marifah is knowledge of Reality, which is that ongoing state of

attunement with God and with Truth.

Finding A Teacher

The basic test for a real Sufi teacher is s/he practices what s/he preaches. As

Sheikh Ragip Robert Frager Al Jerrahi notes, Empty words have no weight.

Sufi Orders in the West

http://www.uga.edu/islam/sufismwest.html

More links below

Sufi-Related Resources

Sufi Women

Rabi'a al-'Adawiya

http://www.sufism.org/books/rabiaex.html

Rabi'a al-Badawiya

http://www.uga.edu/islam/rabiabadaw.html

Sufi Women Organization sufi

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http://www.sufiwomen.org/

Women and Sufism

http://www.sufism.org/society/articles/women.html

Women and Sufism

http://www.sufism.org/society/articles/women.html

Discussion Lists and Web Forums

Threads of Love Sufi Conferencehttp://www.suficonference.org/

Caravansarai: an informal discussion list for friends and for visitors of

http://www.sarmoun.org.uk/

http://sarmoun.listbot.com/

Discussion list for A CHERAG'S LIBRARY

http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/cheraglibrary

Chishtiyya discussion group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chishtiyya/

Hafiz mailing list

http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Hafiz

Mushkil Gusha discussion list

http://mushkilgusha.listbot.com/

Archives http://www.listbot.com/archive/mushkilgusha

Osmanli Naksibendi discussion group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OsmanliNaksibendi/

Sufi Circle (MSN Community for ahlus-Sunnah wal Jammah Sufis)

http://communities.msn.com/suficircle

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Newsgroups

soc.religion.gnosis

alt.sufi newsgroup

alt.islam.sufism newsgroup

Websites

Abjadiyyah Malay Martial Arts, Sufism and Sunni

http://www.geocities.com/pgssajkm/abjad.html or

http://www.abjadkelantan.tsx.org/

Ahl-i Allah (People of Allah)

http://www.peopleofallah.org/

Ahmed Baki's Sufism and Science Page

http://www.ahmedbaki.com/

Alan Godlass Website: Islam and Islamic Studies

www.uga.edu/islam

Almiraj Sufi Books

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http://www.almirajsuficentre.org.au/

Alif Publishing: Books on the Sufi Tradition

http://www.rappinc.com/786SUFI/

Allah-Sufism-Islam from author Ahmed Hulusi

http://allah-sufism-islam.com/ orhttp://www.ahmedhulusi.com/

alt.fan.jalaludin newsgroup

http://sunsite.unc.edu/usenet-i/groups-html/alt.fan.jalaludin_rumi.html

Amir Khusro Dehlavi website (Sufi poet from 13th century)http://www.angelfire.com/sd/urdumedia/index.html

Aouliya Foundation (Qadiri-Chishti tariqa in Melbourne, Australia)

http://www.angelfire.com/az2/aouliyafoundation/index.html

Australian Centre for Sufism

http://www.australiansuficentre.org/

Baba Farid website

http://www.babafarid.com/

Based on the teaching of hazrat Sultan Bahoo

http://islahijamaat.freeservers.com/

Barzakh Foundation Homepage

http://www.geocities.com/yayasan_barzakh

Barzakh Foundation: Sufi Healing for AIDS patient

http://www.geocities.com/yayasan_barzakh/aidsbrze.htm

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship

http://www.bmf.org/

Belgium Sufi Center (in Flemmish and French)

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http://home.worldonline.be/~appels/SOEFI-ORDE&ORDRE-SOUFI.html

Book of Soul by 17 century Saint Hazat Sultan Bahoo (R.A)

http://risala-roohi.tripod.com/

BOOKWEAVER: Books For The Mind Body and Spirit

http://www.bookweaver.co.uk/

Centro Naqshbandi de Psicologa Transpersonal (Argentina)

http://www.recuerdo.com/

Paul Cheneours Sufi Music sitehttp://www.egnet.co.uk/clients/music/rgm.html

A Cherag's Library -- links to sacred scripture from many traditions intended for

use by the Cherags of the Church of All and of all churches founded by Hazrat

Inayat Khan

http://www.cheraglibrary.org/

Chishti Qadhiri order

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/5352

Chishti website

http://www.chishti.ru/

Darqawiyya/Shahdiliyyah

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6588/dhikr.html

David and Chandra's Qawwali Page

http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/kawali.html

Dervish Project -- DVD movie about altered states of consciousness while

doing Sufi practices in the Sufi Order International

http://www.dervishproject.com/

Dziqrhttp://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/DharmaDr/dziqr/english.htm

http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/DharmaDr/dziqr/hu.html

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Gharibnawaz (Indian Chisti Sufi Center)

http://www.gharibnawaz.com/

Gohar Shahi

http://www.goharshahi.com/

The Golden Sufi Center-Events and Publications

http://www.goldensufi.org/

Gurdjieff and Sufi Paths

http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/gurdjieffsufi/

Haqqani Foundation homepage

http://www.naqshbandi.net/haqqani/

Hazrat Nizamuddin Spiritual Foundation:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/sufi/page5.html

"The Heart of True Love"

http://www.wic.net/schevene/truelove.htm

The HU Page

http://members.aol.com/hu4wahz/hu/index.html

Iamheart.org

http://www.iamheart.org/

Ibn Arabi Society

http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/

Il Giardino della Conoscenza

http://www.sufi.it/index.htm

International Association of Sufism

http://www.ias.org/

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International Sufi Movement

http://www.sufimovement.org/

ISHK

http://www.sufis.org/

Islam and Muslim Links

http://www.academicinfo.net/Islammeta.html

Islam Understood & Wisdom (from Indonesia)

http://www.angelfire.com/il/Nalapralaya/

Islami Roohani Mission (Naqshbandiya Mujaddediya tareeqah)

http://www.al-maqsood.org/

http://www.geocities.com/muaz_niazi

Islamic Bookstore: Islamic Mysticism section

http://IslamicBookstore.com/islamic_books/islamicmysticism.shtml

ISRA: Islamic Studies and Research Association

http://www.angelfire.com/sc/ISRA/

Jaffe Institute of Healing on Spiritual and Physical Levels, returning the heart

and spirit to oneness with God

http://www.jaffeinstitute.org/

Jamil Islamic Center Of California -- Naqshbandi Haqqani Order

http://www.jamil.com/jic

Halveti-Jerrahi Order

http://www.jerrahi.org/

Katinka Hesselink Net Sufism: articles on universal Sufism, from Idries Shah,

Robert Frager and Inayat Kahn.

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/sufi/

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Konya, Turkey pictures (including Rumi's tomb)

http://www.ege.edu.tr/Turkiye/si/Konya.html

KOTKU Education, Friendship and Assistance Foundation (Naqshbandi tariqa)

http://www.aitco.com/kotku/

Khusro: Videos for sale of Amir Khusro's Music

http://www.angelfire.com/sd/urdumedia/video.html

"La Rosa Mystica"

http://www.wic.net/schevene/rosa.htm

Madrassa -i- Towheed Homepage

http://hometown.aol.com/hsabit/index.html

Makhdoom's Quality Quest

http://home4.pacific.net.sg/~makhdoom/(See pages on islam, shah, sufism,

poetry, and sindh)

Masjid al-Farah

http://www.ashkijerrahi.com/

Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel

http://www.masterofthejinn.com/

Maternal Sufi Order-TGNJ-RVA

http://www.tariqat-gulnurjihaniyya-rva.net/

Meem Connection

http://www.meem.freeuk.com/

Mevlevi Order of America

http://www.hayatidede.org/

Mevlevi-Order in Germany

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http://www.mevlevi.de/

Moon.Over.Medina: A Sufi Bookstore

http://www.moonovermedina.com/

"Movimento Sufi Internazionale in Italia e Ticino" (Official Italian representative

of The International Sufi Movement, under the guidance of Shaikha Dahnya

Bozzini-van Gelder, e-mail: [email protected] )

http://www.movimentosufi.com/

MTO Shahmaghsoudi website

http://www.mtoshahmaghsoudi.org/

Muhayiddin Ibn Arabi Society

http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/

Murabitun Worldwide Movement

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6588

Muridiyya International: Sufi school of Shaykh Abdoulaye Dieye

http://freespace.virgin.net/ismael.essop/

Sufi Musfaad homepage

http://www.angelfire.com/md/sufimusfadharidas/index.html

Naqshbandi Center in Argentina

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/4212/index.html

Naqshbandi.com - Islam in its true form

http://www.naqshbandi.com/

Naqshbandi-Center of Sheikh Nazim Efendis Murids (in German)

http://www.osmanische-herberge.de/

Naqshbandia Dargah of India/Pakistan: Luari Sharif

http://www.luarisharif.org/

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http://www.mevlevi.de/http://www.moonovermedina.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.movimentosufi.com/http://www.mtoshahmaghsoudi.org/http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6588http://freespace.virgin.net/ismael.essop/http://www.angelfire.com/md/sufimusfadharidas/index.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/4212/index.htmlhttp://www.naqshbandi.com/http://www.osmanische-herberge.de/http://www.luarisharif.org/http://www.mevlevi.de/http://www.moonovermedina.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.movimentosufi.com/http://www.mtoshahmaghsoudi.org/http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6588http://freespace.virgin.net/ismael.essop/http://www.angelfire.com/md/sufimusfadharidas/index.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/4212/index.htmlhttp://www.naqshbandi.com/http://www.osmanische-herberge.de/http://www.luarisharif.org/


14/22

Naqshbandi Foundation for Islamic Education

http://www.nfie.com/

Naqshbandi-Mujaddedi Sufi group in London, UK.

http://www.schoolofsufiteaching.org/

Description: Sufi group in London, UK offering teachings of the Naqshbandi,

Mujaddedi, Chishti, Qadiri and Shadhili orders.

Naqshbandi Order (Shaykh Mahmud Es'ad Cosan of Istanbul)

http://aitco.com/~islam/index.html

http://npd1.ufes.br/~odilea/smhome.html

Naqshbandi-Haqqani Homepage

http://www.naqshbandi.org/

Nimatullahi Sufi Order (Khaniqah Nimatullahi) - Contains the principles and

practices of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order. Includes books on Sufism, the Sufi

magazine, poetry and music.

http://www.nimatullahi.org/

Ni`matullahi-Safi `Ali Shahi Sufi Order

http://welcome.to/safi

A Sufi Resource of Nuradeen

http://world.std.com/~habib/www.nuradeen.com

Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order

http://www.ashkijerrahi.com/

Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Circle of Atlanta discussion/announcements group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nur_Ashki_Jerrahi_Atlanta

Omega Publications: Sufi Books, Music & Gifts

http://www.omegapub.com/

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http://www.nfie.com/http://www.schoolofsufiteaching.org/http://aitco.com/~islam/index.htmlhttp://npd1.ufes.br/~odilea/smhome.htmlhttp://www.naqshbandi.org/http://www.nimatullahi.org/http://welcome.to/safihttp://world.std.com/~habib/www.nuradeen.comhttp://www.ashkijerrahi.com/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nur_Ashki_Jerrahi_Atlantahttp://www.omegapub.com/http://www.nfie.com/http://www.schoolofsufiteaching.org/http://aitco.com/~islam/index.htmlhttp://npd1.ufes.br/~odilea/smhome.htmlhttp://www.naqshbandi.org/http://www.nimatullahi.org/http://welcome.to/safihttp://world.std.com/~habib/www.nuradeen.comhttp://www.ashkijerrahi.com/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nur_Ashki_Jerrahi_Atlantahttp://www.omegapub.com/


15/22

Oveyssi Sufism (seeMTO Shahmaghsoudi)

Parole Soufie (in French)

http://membres.tripod.fr/mourad/index.html

Pearl Publishing House

http://www.pearlpublishing.com/

Petama Project (International Sufi Movement)

http://www.petama.ch/

Polish Naqshbandi Mujaddidi grouphttp://republika.pl/sufism/

http://www.geocities.com/as_saramowicz

Postcards from the Path

http://www.sufi-net.com/

Qadiri-Nushahi Homepage

Distribution of rare Dhikr on audio cassettes from around the world

http://www.crosswinds.net/~sajad/

Qadiri Rifa'i Order

http://www.qadiri-rifai.org/

Qalandariya (Sheikh Baba Sultan)

http://community-2.webtv.net/EGiltinan/Bismillah/

Radiant Valley Association -- Tariqat Nabvi Gul Nur Jehaniya

http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/mysticalpathwaynurhu/index.html

Rare 16mm Film entitled Islamic Mysticism: The Sufi Way

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1570353077

Rifai-Kadiri-Arusi Tariqas

http://www.rifai-kadiri.org/

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16/22

Rifa'i Marufi Order of America

http://www.unc.edu/~rdorfman/sufi

created in collaboration with the dervishes in the Rifa'i Marufi Order, Site

featuring music, videos, photos and text that offers the seeker a multimedia

experience of Sufism as it is practiced in the USA.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

http://www.armory.com/~thrace/ev/siir/Omar_Khayyam.html

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

http://www.promotionalguide.com/ok

Rumi html file, about his life and a collection of poems

http://www.armory.com/~thrace/sufi/

Rumi's Spiritual Path

http://ccnet.com/~rudra/rumi/rumi.htm

A Mevlana Jelauddin Rumi home page: Shamsuddin's Homestead in the

Internet Wilderness

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1889/

A tribute to Rumi

http://www.zbnet.com/rumi

Russian Sufi page

http://postman.ru/~dervish

Saraswati Society (Mevlevi Whirling in Great Britain)

http://www.btinternet.com/~saraswati.soc/

Sachalsarmast.com

http://www.sachalsarmast.com/

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http://www.unc.edu/~rdorfman/sufihttp://www.armory.com/~thrace/ev/siir/Omar_Khayyam.htmlhttp://www.promotionalguide.com/okhttp://www.armory.com/~thrace/sufi/http://ccnet.com/~rudra/rumi/rumi.htmhttp://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1889/http://www.zbnet.com/rumihttp://postman.ru/~dervishhttp://www.btinternet.com/~saraswati.soc/http://www.sachalsarmast.com/http://www.unc.edu/~rdorfman/sufihttp://www.armory.com/~thrace/ev/siir/Omar_Khayyam.htmlhttp://www.promotionalguide.com/okhttp://www.armory.com/~thrace/sufi/http://ccnet.com/~rudra/rumi/rumi.htmhttp://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1889/http://www.zbnet.com/rumihttp://postman.ru/~dervishhttp://www.btinternet.com/~saraswati.soc/http://www.sachalsarmast.com/


17/22

Seattle Area Sufi Order International Community Page

http://members.aol.com/seattlsufi/

Serving the Guest: An Online Sufi Cookbook

http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/

Shadhiliyyah Sufi Center of North America

http://www.suficenter.org/

Shaduli Sufi Center for Healing and Mystical Studies

http://www.shadhuli.org/

Shahmaghsoudi Sufism (see MTO Shahmaghsoudi)

Sidi shaykh muhammad al-jamal ar-rifa'i as- shadhili's teachings:

http://www.sufimaster.org/

Snow Upon the Desert An Extensive List of Sufi Resources

http://www.alkaemia.com/features/links.html

South African Sufi Site

http://www.sufi.co.za/

Spiritual Foundation

http://www.spiritualfoundation.org/

Story Park: Sufi stories, poetry and more

http://www.zensufi.com/

Sufiajamer.org

http://www.sufiajamer.org/

Sufi and Rumi Links

http://www.chattanooga.net/baylor/academic/english/studentwork/rumi/Sufi%20

and%20Rumi%20Links

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http://members.aol.com/seattlsufi/http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/http://www.suficenter.org/http://www.shadhuli.org/http://mto.shahmaghsoudi.org/http://www.sufimaster.org/http://www.alkaemia.com/features/links.htmlhttp://www.sufi.co.za/http://www.spiritualfoundation.org/http://www.zensufi.com/http://www.sufiajamer.org/http://www.chattanooga.net/baylor/academic/english/studentwork/rumi/Sufi%20and%20Rumi%20Linkshttp://www.chattanooga.net/baylor/academic/english/studentwork/rumi/Sufi%20and%20Rumi%20Linkshttp://members.aol.com/seattlsufi/http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/http://www.suficenter.org/http://www.shadhuli.org/http://mto.shahmaghsoudi.org/http://www.sufimaster.org/http://www.alkaemia.com/features/links.htmlhttp://www.sufi.co.za/http://www.spiritualfoundation.org/http://www.zensufi.com/http://www.sufiajamer.org/http://www.chattanooga.net/baylor/academic/english/studentwork/rumi/Sufi%20and%20Rumi%20Linkshttp://www.chattanooga.net/baylor/academic/english/studentwork/rumi/Sufi%20and%20Rumi%20Links


18/22

Sufi Book Catalog

http://www.sufibooks.com/

Sufi Cabala

http://www.vaxxine.com/cabalaofeightelements/

Sufi Center Bookstore

http://www.rosanna.com/shop.htm

Sufi Circle (MSN Community for ahlus-Sunnah wal Jammah Sufis)

http://communities.msn.com/suficircle

Sufi Conference: A Celebration of Love and Wisdom

http://www.suficonference.org/

Sufi Events and Conferences

http://www.sufistudies.net/calendar/

Sufi Films

http://www.sufifilms.com/

Sufi Foundation: Workshops with Adnan Sarhan

http://www.sufifoundation.org/

Sufi Healing Order

http://sufihealingorder.org/

Sufi Music, art, and books..UlhaqBrothers

http://www.ilhawaii.net/~heinsite/winghart.html

Sufi-Mystic - Questions/Answers about Sufism, Gudri Shahi Sufi Order (Ajmer,

India),

Sufi-related resources

http://world.std.com/~habib/sufi.html#resources

Sufi Saint School

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19/22

http://sufi-mystic.net/

Sufi Order International (formerly the Sufi Order of the West)

http://www.sufiorder.org/

Sufi Order Switzerland

http://www.sufismus.ch/

Sufi Path

http://sufipath.cjb.net/

Sufi Poetryhttp://wahiduddin.net/sufi_poetry.htm

Sufi Portal http://www.quintessencesufi.com/portal/default.aspx

An Article on Sufi Psychology and Cosmology

http://www.kheper.net/topics/Islamic_esotericism/cosmology_and_psychology.h

tml

The Sufi Reiki Association

http://www.sufireiki.org/

Sufi Saint Pir Aboo Bakar Shah

http://www.sufipabs.cjb.net/

Sufi Saints and Sufism Ancient Wisdom, Principles, Practices, and teachings of

the Great Masters.

http://www.geocities.com/sufisaints

Sufi Selected Articles

http://www.sufism.ru/eng/

A Sufi Spiritual Abuse Recovery Assistance Resource

http://www.sufi-spiritual-abuse-recovery-assistance.org/

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http://sufi-mystic.net/http://www.sufiorder.org/http://www.sufismus.ch/http://sufipath.cjb.net/http://wahiduddin.net/sufi_poetry.htmhttp://www.quintessencesufi.com/portal/default.aspxhttp://www.kheper.net/topics/Islamic_esotericism/cosmology_and_psychology.htmlhttp://www.kheper.net/topics/Islamic_esotericism/cosmology_and_psychology.htmlhttp://www.sufireiki.org/http://www.sufipabs.cjb.net/http://www.geocities.com/sufisaintshttp://www.sufism.ru/eng/http://www.sufi-spiritual-abuse-recovery-assistance.org/http://sufi-mystic.net/http://www.sufiorder.org/http://www.sufismus.ch/http://sufipath.cjb.net/http://wahiduddin.net/sufi_poetry.htmhttp://www.quintessencesufi.com/portal/default.aspxhttp://www.kheper.net/topics/Islamic_esotericism/cosmology_and_psychology.htmlhttp://www.kheper.net/topics/Islamic_esotericism/cosmology_and_psychology.htmlhttp://www.sufireiki.org/http://www.sufipabs.cjb.net/http://www.geocities.com/sufisaintshttp://www.sufism.ru/eng/http://www.sufi-spiritual-abuse-recovery-assistance.org/


20/22

Sufi Study Circle of the University of Toronto (Canada)

http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/sufi/

The Sufi Study Circle

http://muslim-canada.org/sufi/links.htm

Sufi Studies Today

http://www.sufis.org/

Sufi Traditions

http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/sufi.mystica.html

Sufi World

http://www.surrenderworks.com/sufiworld.html

SufiWorld

http://www.geocities.com/reachnin/sufiworld.html

A Journal of the History of Sufism

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thzarcone/index.htm

A Journal of Sufism

http://www.nimatullahi.org/MAG.HTM

Articles on Sufi Psychology and Sufism

http://www.crescentlife.com/spirituality/sufism.htm

Sufism, An Inquiry

http://www.sufismjournal.org/

Sufism: An Annotated Resource Guide

http://www.elementarts.com/sufism/sufres.html

Sufism's Many Paths

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/Sufism.html

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21/22

Sufism Symposium

http://www.sufismsymposium.org/

Sufism: The Other Side of Sufism

http://www.qss.org/articles/sufism/toc.html

SurrenderWorks: A Center for Sufi Healing

http://www.surrenderworks.com/

Swiat Sufi/Tariqa Naqshbandi Poland

http://republika.pl/sufism/

Tabala Wolof: Sufi Drumming of Senegal (information about a recording)

http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/villagepulse/tabala.html

Tasavvuf & Sufiler (Turkish)

http://www.sufism.20m.com/

English version: http://www.sufism.20m.com/sufi.htm

Threshold Society, Mevlevi Order, publications by the Helminskis

http://www.sufism.org/

Threshold Society, Mevlevi Order (in Dutch)

http://denboer-s.tripod.com/

Tijani Home Page: Information about The Tariqa Tijaniyya, Shaikh Ahmad Al-

Tijani (RA), Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse (RA), Shaikh Hassan Cisse and The African

American Islamic Institute, Inc.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9189

Tasawwuf

http://www.islaam.org/Tasawwuf/Tas_con.htm

Traingle Sufi Center

http://www.universalsufism.com/

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22/22

Project Turuq Intercultural

http://skyboom.com/786rashidaltaliq/

The Winged Heart

http://www.ulhaqbrothers.com/

Uwaiysi Tarighat

http://uwaiysi.org/index.html

Wikipedia: Sufism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi

Zahuri Sufi Websitehttp://www.zahuri.org/

ZenSufi Park

http://www.zensufi.com/
http://skyboom.com/786rashidaltaliq/http://www.ulhaqbrothers.com/http://uwaiysi.org/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufihttp://www.zahuri.org/http://www.zensufi.com/http://skyboom.com/786rashidaltaliq/http://www.ulhaqbrothers.com/http://uwaiysi.org/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufihttp://www.zahuri.org/http://www.zensufi.com/

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