Gonabadi dervish poet and journalist at Shargh Newspaper, Mr.Ali Reza Roushan started serving a one-year prison term in Evin.
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Shams al-Din Hafez Shirazi: Great Poet of Persia
Preface Khajeh Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi, the shining star of the rich Persian literature, was born in Shiraz in around 720/1320. He presented his great Gnostic and poetic services to the Persian literature and Iranian culture during the 77 years of his prolific life.
Rumi Commemoration Day
Come, come, whoever you are. Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come… -Rumi (Also known as Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi) Mevlana Celaddiin-i Rumi is a 13th century Muslim saint and […]
Golestan Of Saadi : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings ( Story 10-11-12 )
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 10 I was constantly engaged in prayer, at the head of the prophet Yahia’s tomb in the cathedral mosque of Damascus, when one of the Arab kings, notorious for his injustice, happened to arrive on a pilgrimage to it, who offered his supplications and asked […]
Attar: Muslim Saints and Mystics (Tazkarotol-Oulia) Part 6-Section 2: Ebrahim ibn Adham
Ebrahim ibn Adham by Farid al-Din Attar Anecdotes of Ebrahim ibn Adham One day Ebrahim ibn Adham was asked, “What befell you, that you quit your kingdom?”
Great Poet And Sufi, Sheikh Asadolah Izadghoshasb “Darvish Nasir Ali”
Known by other Nimatullahi Gonabadi Sufis 1, as “Darvish Naser Ali”, Shaikh Asadolah Izadghoshasb was born in 1262 in Gholpayeghan, Iran.
Rumi’s Ramadan Poem
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Every day during this month, Muslims around the world spend the daylight hours in a complete fast.
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM (Part 6)
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM by Edward FitzGerald 51 A Hair perhaps divides the False and True Yes, and a single Alif were the clue — Could you but find it — to the Treasure-house, And peradventure to The MASTER too;
Iran Poet Sentenced to Three Years Prison
Iran’s nationalist poet, Mostafa Badkoobei aka Omid, was today sentenced to three years prison and five years ban from reciting poetry in public.
Mysticism of Rumi
“The Sufis never set out to found a new religion, a mazhab or denomination. They were content to live and work within the framework of the Muslim religion, using texts from the Quran much as Christian mystics have used the Bible to illustrate their tenets.