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Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi
About the AuthorGhulam Rasool Dehlvi
The writer is an alim (classical Islamic scholar) and doctoral scholar with Centre for Media, Culture & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia. Contact him at grdehlavi@gmail.com
    Id-e-Gulabi: A Sufi celebration of coloursOpinion
    Id-e-Gulabi: A Sufi celebration of colours

    Holi was celebrated as Id-e-Gulabi or pink Id during the times of the spiritually-inclined Mughal emperors like...

    23 March 2019 7:56 AM IST

    Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah (Photo: nizamuddinauliya.com)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Sufi Basant Mosaic of multiculturalism in India

    Upon seeing this, Nizamuddin Aulia, who loved the colour yellow, became hale and hearty.

    19 Feb 2019 1:40 AM IST

    Sufism (Representational image)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Sufis on ethics and politics

    Some Sufis even warn of the toxic effects of mixing religion with politics.

    19 Jan 2019 7:44 AM IST

    In fact, it is this supremacist attitude that is strongly discouraged in this ethical Quranic trajectory. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Sufis on haya'a, takabbur and iman

    Prophet himself was an epitome of modesty and humbleness, as several hadith narrators, like Ibn Umar, have reported.

    26 Dec 2018 6:26 AM IST

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    Mystic Mantra: Akhi Siraj and his spiritual radiance

    An extremely modest Sufi, Akhi Siraj spent all his short-lived life in the wider dissemination of spiritual intellect in...

    28 Nov 2018 7:32 AM IST

    Devotion to Prophets is one of the basic creeds of Islamic faith. (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Love in the truest sense

    In fact, showing veneration to the Prophet's holiness is reckoned as the foundation of Islamic mysticism (tasawwuf).

    14 Nov 2018 8:09 AM IST

    Sufism (Representational image)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Lalla Arifa A Sufi-Shaivite lady

    Lalla was buried in a tomb in the premises of the Sufi shrine of Baba Naseebuddin Gazi a disciple of Sultan-ul-Arifeen...

    10 Nov 2018 7:53 AM IST

    Rich in spiritual intellect, Kashmirs Rishi-Sufis spoke in poetry and parables to highlight the universal human trajectories.Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Kashmiri mysticism

    Rishi-Sufis focused not only on spiritual pursuits but also social, economic and cultural development of the Kashmir...

    22 Oct 2018 12:09 AM IST

    On an auspicious day of Muharram, Imam Hussain attained martyrdom and thus rescued the Muslim ummah from the clutches of evil. (Representational Images)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Hussaini brahmins upheld the truth

    The ongoing Islamic month of Muharram marks a turning point in our history.

    4 Oct 2018 1:51 AM IST

    Sufism (Representational image)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Hasrat's syncretic spirituality

    Through his mystic poetry, Hasrat dedicated beautiful tributes of love and devotion.

    6 Sept 2018 7:40 AM IST

    Goats on sale ahead of Eid-ul-Azha at a market in Patna on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: The true meaning of qurbani

    Acts that strengthen fraternity, brotherhood and charity are greatly valued on the day of Id-ul-Adha.

    22 Aug 2018 1:39 AM IST

    Sufism (Representational image)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Mir Dard's divine poetics

    At the young age of 28, Dard literally renounced the worldly pleasures and became one of the major mystic poets of...

    9 Aug 2018 7:42 AM IST

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