By Dr Seyed Salman Safavi and Sayyed Sad al-Din Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies – LAIS Abstract: This article examines the theme of Tawḥīd (Divine Unity) in verse 255 of chapter 2 of the Holy Quran, Āyat al-Kursī. Through content analysis of the Divine Names and attributes in this verse—Allāh, Hū, Al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm, Al-ʿAliyy […]
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Book review of The Practice of Sufism and the Safavid Order, written by Dr Seyed Salman Safavi and published by LAIS Press in 2018. The book is comprised of two chapters, Practice Sufism and The Safavid order.
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Spiritual Life is Writing Off the Self: Philosophy and Mysticism as Practices of Learning to Die to Live
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Muhammad Maroof Shah Kashmir Abstract What is life divine or spiritual life about? It is a life in which one is free, no longer slave to the dictates of desiring self or attachment to passing things. How do philosophy, religion, mysticism ad poetry contributes to this task of living life authentically or soulfully. That […]
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Seyed Salman Safavi London Academy of Iranian Studies Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of I.R. Iran, gave a speech on 3 Mordad, 1379 (24 July 2000) in Ardabil about the great personality and importance of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili (1252/3 – 1334). Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili is the founder of the Safavid Sufi order. […]
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London Academy of Iranian Studies 1 April 2023 Topics: Farabi, Avicenna, Suhrawardy, Mulla Sadra, Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, Shāh Ni’matullāh Wali, Sheikh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon, Titus Burckhardt, Rudolf Otto, Carl Gustav Jung, Ernst Cassirer, Louis Massignon, Mircea Eliade, Persian Literature, Upanishads, Meister Eckhart, Philosophy of Art, Architecture, Music and Film, […]