Annemarie Schimmel

An internationally acclaimed scholar, who has dedicated more than fifty years of her life to understanding the Islamic world.Annemarie Schimmel examines a much-misunderstood feature of Islam: the role of women. Schimmel is critical of those--especially Western feminists--who take Islam to task without taking the time to comprehend the cultures, language, and traditions of the many societies in which Islam is the majority religion.Shattering stereotypes, Schimmel reconstructs an important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality. With copius examples, she shows the clear equality of women and meni nthe conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the feminine language of the mystical tradition, and the role of holy mothers and unmarried women as manifestations of God.This work is studded with luminous texts from Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and particularly Indo-Muslim cultures, which reveal how physical love can give expression to the highest forms of mysticism.

The Feminine in Islam

My Soul is a Woman

الأبعاد الصوفية في الإسلام وتاريخ التصوف

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mystical Dimensions of Islam

And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety

The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety

And Muhammad is His Messenger

Shems Friedlander

Nezih Uzel (bendir player.)

This book, beautifully illustrated with rare photographs of dervishes, tells the tale of the Sufi order and of one of its founders, poet and mystic Mevlana Jalalu'ddin Rumi. After Rumi's death in 1273, the whirling dance, or sema, was established as part of the Mevlevi's prayer ritual, and it has been performed by them ever since. The sema survives to this day, a statement of a timeless and passionate yearning toward God. With a special section devoted to Mevlevi music and introductions by Annemarie Schimmel and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, "Rumi and the and the Whirling Dervishes" offers an unparalleled glimpse into the Mevlevi's ecstatic practices.

Being an Account of the Sufi Order Known as the Mevlevis and Its Founder the Poet and Mystic Mevlana Jalaluʼddin Rumi

Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes

Zum 150. Todestag von Friedrich Rückert am 31. Januar 2016: Die Neuausgabe von Annemarie Schimmels grundlegender Biographie. Der Dichter und Orientalist Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) war einer der frühesten Vermittler arabischer und persischer Dichtung in Deutschland. Als Gelehrter und Übersetzer nah- und fernöstlicher Lyrik hat er der deutschen Sprache »einen Schatz geschenkt, den keine andere Sprache besitzt" (Annemarie Schimmel). Auch Rückerts eigenes poetisches Werk ist erstaunlich: Sein (aus dem Nachlass veröffentlichtes) Liedertagebuch ist das größte Poesiewerk des 19. Jahrhunderts. Gustav Mahlers Vertonung der berührenden Kindertotenlieder machte diese Gedichte zum deutschen Kulturerbe. Die Islamwissenschaftlerin Annemarie Schimmel hat die Stationen von Rückerts Lebens nachgezeichnet und sein Werk für heutige Leser erschlossen.

Lebensbild und Einführung in sein Werk

Friedrich Rückert

İslamın Kısa Tarihi

This is a book on Rumi’s life, his poetry, his thought, and his influence. Rumi’s work forms one of the pillars of the Sufi orders, particularly the Mevlevi order, better known in the West as the Whirling Dervishes. In this book Rumi emerges not only as a spiritual master, but also as a fully human being grounded firmly in the Koran and in classical Islamic mysticism. The light of the Divine Sun, in its Beauty and Majesty, manifested itself for Rumi through the person of Shams of Tabriz. Transformed by this light, consumed by this fire, Mowlana Rumi saw the world in a new light. Everywhere he perceived God’s Grandeur and his Grace. The book also discusses the theological premises upon which Rumi’s work rests, his attitude to the problems of free will and predestination, and his analysis of the mystical stages and stations. The book not only gives a very rich analysis of Rumi’s language and poetical art, but also a picture of medieval Konya, whose features the mystical poet transforms and transfigures.

A Study of the Works of Jalaloddin Rumi

The Triumphal Sun

Sufismus. Eine Einführung in die islamische Mystik.

الشرق والغرب؛ حياتي الغرب - شرقية

muẖtārāt

Manādil taḥta ʾṯ-ṯal

Sayıların gizemi

hidup dan karya penyair besar sufi

Dunia Rumi

'The topic is becoming more significant because Islam is the most rapidly growing religious in the world. This book provides a thorough and sophisticate, but at the same time clear-headed and reliable, overview.' --Kevin Lacey

An Introduction

Islam

The Life and Work of Rumi

I Am Wind, You are Fire

شيمل، آنماري

مملكة الحيوان

אלאסלאם ועג'אי'ב אלמח'לוקאת

Franz Carl Endres

In this fascinating book Schimmel shows that numbers have been filled with mystery and meaning since the earliest times, and across every society. She conducts an illuminating tour of the mysteries attributed to numbers and their symbolism. 45 halftones; 64 linecuts.

The Mystery of Numbers

This is a book on Rumi's life, his poetry, his thought, and his influence. Rumi's work forms one of the pillars of the Sufi orders, particularly the Mevlevi order, better known in the West as the Whirling Dervishes. In this book Rumi emerges not only as a spiritual master, but also as a fully human being grounded firmly in the Koran and in classical Islamic mysticism. The light of the Divine Sun, in its Beauty and Majesty, manifested itself for Rumi through the person of Shams of Tabriz. Transformed by this light, consumed by this fire, Mowlana Rumi saw the world in a new light. Everywhere he perceived God's Grandeur and his Grace. The book also discusses the theological premises upon which Rumi's work rests, his attitude to the problems of free will and predestination, and his analysis of the mystical stages and stations. The book not only gives a very rich analysis of Rumi's language and poetical art, but also a picture of medieval Konya, whose features the mystical poet transforms and transfigures.

A Study of the Works of Jalāloddin Rumi

Former Professor Emerita Indo-Muslim Culture Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Annemarie Schimmel

"It is a splendid introduction--carefully researched and comprehensive, yet readable. It corrects many popular and erroneous notions about Islam that prevail in non-Muslim societies. For the general reader there are many profound insights of great consequence, for example, the passages on women, marriage, and inheritance, or the section on jihad, nearly always completely misunderstood in the press." -- BOOK JACKET.

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