Pages in category "Female Sufi mystics" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

2023年11月6日 · This book focuses on women’s important contribution to Sufism by analyzing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality. To help reverse the sidelining of Sufi women in the recorded academic literature, the author has selected a representative sample of figures from diverse Islamic dynasties with ...

As the mystical side of Islam developed, it was a woman, Rabi’a al-Adawiyya (717-801 A.D.), who first expressed the relationship with the divine in a language we have come to recognize as specifically Sufic by referring to God as the Beloved.

2018年1月17日 · As well as acknowledging Muslim women’s desire to find closeness to God, the history of Sufism reminds us of the importance of offering women opportunities to gather together in groups as women (as well as with men), for practical teaching on the way of the Messiah, and for structured prayer, worship and meditation on the Word.

2023年9月19日 · This is a literary analysis of male-authored depictions of early mystic and Sufi women, male youths, enslaved and black individuals to further understandings of gendered dynamics in Sufi...

2023年11月7日 · This book focuses on women’s important contribution to Sufism by analyzing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality. To help reverse the...

2023年1月17日 · First, I will explore the astounding life and mystical treatises of Jahan Ara Begum (d. 1681), a Sufi princess of the Mughal Empire in the subcontinent of India. Second, I turn to Nana Asma’u (d. 1865), the most prolific female scholar and mystic of her generation, from the Sokoto Caliphate in pre-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book focuses on women’s important contribution to Sufism by analyzing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spiritualit

A Mystic Union: Reaching Sufi Women Cynthia A. Strong Sufism or Islamic mysticism was incorporated into orthodox Islam during the early Middle Ages. Sufi worldview and values, however, can often differ markedly from the faith of other Muslims. In this article Cynthia Strong explains Sufism’s history and attraction and suggests a biblical ...

This book focuses on women's important contribution to Sufism by analyzing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality. To help reverse the sidelining of Sufi women in the recorded academic literature, the author has selected a representative sample of figures from diverse Islamic dynasties with varying ...