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The Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya Mazhariyya and its Ramifications between Delhi and the Afghan Border
No full textThe article highlights some aspects concerning the complex relationship linking Sufi authorities in different parts of both Central Asia and Southern Asia not only through the cultivation of spiritual cultivation, but also through forginh political and socially avert interaction and supervision
Prefazione
No full textQuesta prefazione introduce il volume 'Vita oltre la Morte: Oriente', descrive la sua tematica nel contesto delle principali tradizioni culturali d'Oriente e traccia una breve descrizione dei singoli contributi e della loro impostazione tematica e scientifica
Morte, morti e mortificazioni: considerazioni a proposito di ciò che va al di là della vita nell'ottica del Sufismo
Full text linkIl libro costituisce una raccolta di contributi/capitoli che trattano l'argomento di come la morte e ciò che ne va oltre, ovvero le conoscenze e descrizione di una vita nell'al di là, costituiscano una fondamentale esperienza per gli esseri umani e di come essa sia stata affrontata e descritta nelle diverse culture e civiltà d'Oriente, dall'Antico Egitto fino alla Cina, dando maggiore spazio all'area culturale del Sud Asia
Introduction
No full textThe Introduction sets out the intention of the collection of essays contained in the book and interpreted as stages of a 'journey', both in the spiritual and inthe geographical sense, through the regions of the near, Middle East and Central and Southern Asia
Luci celesti e riflessi terrestri: l'uomo e l'universo nel sufismo indiano
Full text linkThe aim of this article is to describe and analyze some aspects of the role played by astronomy and astrology in Islam in general and in the Indo-Islamic context in particular. After an introductory discussion on the historical dimension and development of these traditional sciences among Muslims in the historical context of Islam, the article analyzes the importance of symbology in the depiction of the macrocosm and microcosm in the language of traditional Sufi doctrines and how these converge on the idea of a relation between celestial archetypes and their counterpart and/or reflection on the indivdual plane of humans. It finally provides an example of how Suf authorities in mediaeval India have integrated these theoretical notions with the operational and methodological aspect in the context of a spiritual path envisaged as an imitation of the celestial journey accomplished by the prophet Muhammad during his nocturnal ascension (mi'raj) from Jerusalem to the Throne of God. Through this kind of progressive description, the author of this article intends to highlight the relevance, for speculative as well as for very practical reasons, a thorough understanding of how the celestial bodies work, move and thus influence the human nature in the fascinating albeit often neglected interplay between the realities in the cosm at large and their perceived reflections nsde the constitution of living beings, chiefly among them Man
Winged Messengers, Feathered Beauties and Beaks of Divine Wisdom: The Role of Birds in Hindi-Urdu Allegorical Love Stories
No full textThis article intends to investigate the role played by different kinds of birds in the narrative scheme of the mediaeval love romance (premākhyān or
mathnawī), a literary genre used by Indian Sufi poets aimed at conveying an esoteric message through the allegorical language of war and love. Although the principal actors of these poems are human, the functional role played by different animals such as birds (e.g. parrot, peacock, red-finch etc.) appears both as symbolically illustrative and intrinsically didactic. Works such as the Padmāvat of Malik
Muhammad Jayasi and the Madhumālatī of Sayyid Manjhan Rajgiri are credited with successfully charging the adopted imagery and figurative language of their native Indian environment with the sophisticated teachings of Islamic esotericism (Sufism). The role of birds emerging from these works will be illustrated by and compared against their description in the literary productions of the Deccan where the mathnawī, an important literary genre imported from Persia, featured as one of the predominant expressions of early Urdu literature
Francis Robinson: The ‘Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia, London: Hurst Publishers, 2001
No full textImmortal masters in a land of mighty rivers: the mediating role of Amarlal and Khwaja Khidr in Sindhi traditions
No full textThis article investigates the symbolical, ritual and social relevance of a cross-cultural cult of utmost importance in Sindhi local and regional culture and closely associated with the waters of the mighty Indus river, that known among Hindus as Amarlal and among Muslims as Khwaja Khidr
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