Video (01:19) - “Sheikh Nazim” ilahi performed at a New York church by murids from the Osmanli Dergahi
Video courtesy of nakshibendi.com
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Posted in Business, Family, Life, New York, Religion, World, tagged Armageddon, Success, The World, Tradition, Truth on February 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My brother has been visiting with me from Portland, OR. He and I were very close growing up and as a result of that closeness early on there is always a fondness even if we are at far distances from each other. He visited our 39th Street Center, he listened to the sohbet, participated in [...]
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Posted in Events, Music, New York, Religion, Sufism, Video, tagged Faith, Islam, Muslims, Naksibendi, Rumi, Sufi, Whirling on February 3, 2008 | 13 Comments »
For over 700 years Muslims have performed a devotional worship, a form of sema, whirling in continual remembrance of their Creator. This tradition of whirling became commonly known through the sufi poet Maulana Jalal’ud-din Rumi. The word sema, which is arabic for “sound” is described best by Shamsi Tabriz, Maulana Jalal’ud-din’s master and shaykh saying,
“There [...]
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