Member Since: 11/9/2006
Band Members: i-Ness is Naloah Bilal from Kenya on Vocals & Ismail Ariffin @ Lepat from Malaysia as a Lyricist and Backing vocals.
They are now based at Bremen Germany.
Influences: Reggae, Dub, Acoustic....
Sufism is generally understood by scholars to be the inner or mystical dimension of Islam. It is a mystical path of love.
This tradition emerged in the Muslim world in the eighth century in small groups of seekers who were known as “Wayfarers on the mystical Pathâ€.
“[Sufism is] a science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God.â€- Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq
“A science through which one can know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one’s inner self from filth, and beautify it with a variety of praiseworthy traits.â€- Shaykh Ahmad ibn Ajiba
In their deep passion and longing for God, the practitioners realized Truth as “The beloved†and therefore also became known as “The Lovers of Godâ€.
Later they were called Sufis, possibly referring to their white woollen garments (Suf), or as an indication of their purity of heart (Safà ).
The ways of love are very different from those of the mind.
For each traveller the journey is unique, it is a journey “of the alone to the Aloneâ€.
When al Junayd was asked about the mystic he replied, “the colour of water is the colour of its container. That is, the nature of the mystic is always determined by the nature of his state at a given moment â€
References:
· Dr. Alan Godlas, University of Georgia, Sufism's many paths, 2000,
University of Georgia: http://www.uga.edu/islam/Sufism.html
· “Travelling the path of loveâ€
· Ahmed Zarruq, Zaineb Istrabadi, Hamza Yusuf Hanson - "The Principles of
Sufism." Amal Press. 2008.
Die Sufis
Das Wort Sufi wird hergeleitet aus Safá, was folgendes bedeutet: rein, gereinigt von Unkenntniss/ Unwissenheit, Aberglauben, Dogmatismus, Egoismus und Fanatismus sowie frei von Beschränkungen durch Kaste (Schicht), Kredo, Rasse oder Nation.
Zu allen Zeiten in der Geschichte der Menschheit hat es Sufis gegeben. Obwohl sie in verschiedenen Teilen der Welt lebten, verschiedene Sprachen sprachen und in unterschiedliche Glaubens- und überzeugungswelten hineingeboren waren, haben sie einander erkannt und miteinander sympathisiert, und zwar durch die Einheit ihres Verständnisses.
Dennoch verbargen sie, da sie ein tiefgründiges Wissen über die Welt und die spirituellen Geheimnisse haben, ihre Glaubensansichten vor den Menschenmengen und folgten im Geheimen ihrem Weg.
Aus: http://www.sufismus.de/index_de.htm
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