The Garden of Dervishes

 The Garden of Dervishes,
*[A5] Paperback - 97 pages,  
by Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi.
Translation from the original Turkish by Muhtar Holland,
Published by Pir Press, USA.

 

Description :


The Garden of Dervishes is one of those rare books which unites two extremes of spirituality, devotional love and esoteric scholarship, through both the person and the teachings of its author, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak.


This great modern mystic reveals the richness and power of the Sufi tradition in a manner consistent with life in our own day and age, while at the same time remaining true to its historic roots. 



Table of Contents:


---Introduction,
---Foreword.


Part [I]: The Garden of Devishes

---Divine Creation: Man as Macrocosm,
---Human Destiny,
---Faith, Worship and Morality,
---Repentance,
---The Degrees of Knowledge,
---The Degrees of Renunciation,
---The Importance of Dreams,
---Outer Cleanliness ans Inner Purity,
---Tariqa in Islam,
---Sharia, Tariqa, Haqiqa and Marifa,
---The Exercise of Independent Judgement,
---The Role of the Spiritual Guide: The Murshid,
---Love and Affection,
---The Seven Degrees of Affection,
---Divine Remembrance, Dhikrullah,
---The Light of the Prophet and Saints,
---The Human Elements and the Laws of Celestial Motion,
---The Five Spirits (Arwah),
---The Four Gates and the Forty Stages on the Way of Truth.


Part [II] : Telli Baba,

---Telli Baba; Shaykh Abdullah al-Qadiri,
---Holy Sites where Supplications are accepted.
---How to Conduct Oneself when visiting the Tombs of the Saints.

---Glossary.

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* Dimensions : 23 x 15.2cm.