The all-Embracing Light of Divine Grace in the Theory and Practice of the Sufi Brotherhood of Chishti
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-1-65-98
Abstract
Abstract: the author, on the basis of the Philosophical-Sufi studies of medieval Muslim scholars, the achievements of modern theoretical thought and independent argumentation, reveals the Sufi understanding of The Existence of God and the Way to Him. The source of the material was, first of all, the treatises of Indian Islamic thinkers written in Farsi: the work of Ali ibn Uthman al-Hudjwiri Kashf al-Mahdzhub li Abrar al-Kulub («Disclosure of the hidden behind the veil for those who have knowledge in the Mystery of Hearts») and the lithographic edition of Fava’eed al-Fouad «Useful [knowledge] for the Heart», owned by the Sheikh Nizamuddin Awliya – one of the most significant Sufi saints of the Order of Chishti. It is convincingly proven, how, using the words-labels, for example, Light and Heart and their connotations (Anwar – plural Absolute Light, Nur – Light, and also refracted or reflected Ray), one can come to the understanding that Nur is Light, Ray, Shine and Allah Himself. Thus, the creators of the monuments of medieval writing in the countries of the Muslim East asserted the religious paradigm according to which, thanks to the Unity of the Existence (vahdat al-wujud), the Light of Divine Grace embraces the entire universe: from the simple to the complex, and from it to the heart of the person who has gone through all the ways of perfection.
About the Author
Lola Z. Taneeva-Salomatshaeva
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Doct. Sci. (Philol.), leading researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert on the problems of Persian-language literature and philosophy of India. Member of the Writers’ Union of Moscow (2012). Laureate of the International Prize Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna) as a member of the group of scientists of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, involved in publishing the works by Avicenna in 10 volumes, including philosophical, pharmacological and minor medical treatises, on the occasion of his 1000th anniversary (1980). Laureate of the International Prize of the Islamic Republic of Iran, awarded to a foreign scientist, as “An outstanding specialist in Iranian studies of Russia, who made a significant contribution to the study of Sufism and the popularization of literature and the language of Farsi” (2015).
Russian Federation
Doct. Sci. (Philol.), leading researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert on the problems of Persian-language literature and philosophy of India. Member of the Writers’ Union of Moscow (2012). Laureate of the International Prize Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna) as a member of the group of scientists of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, involved in publishing the works by Avicenna in 10 volumes, including philosophical, pharmacological and minor medical treatises, on the occasion of his 1000th anniversary (1980). Laureate of the International Prize of the Islamic Republic of Iran, awarded to a foreign scientist, as “An outstanding specialist in Iranian studies of Russia, who made a significant contribution to the study of Sufism and the popularization of literature and the language of Farsi” (2015).
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Taneeva-Salomatshaeva L.Z. The all-Embracing Light of Divine Grace in the Theory and Practice of the Sufi Brotherhood of Chishti. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2018;11(1):65-98. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-1-65-98
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