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Sadia Dehlvi
About the AuthorSadia Dehlvi
Sadia Dehlvi is a Delhi-based writer and author of Sufism: The Heart of Islam. She can be contacted at sadiafeedback@gmail.com
    Sufism (Representational image)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Sufis - Men of feelings

    On the theme of experiencing God, Ghazali further elaborated on the 99 names of Allah.

    10 March 2017 12:50 AM IST

    The young Rumi and his family fled to Turkey, where he spent most of his life -- he died in the city of Konya in 1273.Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Rumi, the beloved mystic poet

    Mevlana describes the night of death as Shab-e-Urs, when the lover meets the beloved.

    11 Feb 2017 1:17 AM IST

    Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah (Photo: nizamuddinauliya.com)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Nizamuddin's legacy of love

    Hazrat Nizamuddin's teachings added a new dimension to the understanding of Islamic ideals.

    25 Jan 2017 12:48 AM IST

    A person reading the Holy QuranOpinion
    Mystic Mantra: The middle path

    Mohammad's kindness extended to all beings particularly towards women, children and animals.

    16 Dec 2016 12:45 AM IST

    A person reading the Holy QuranOpinion
    Mystic Mantra: Humility vs arrogance

    Practicing humility is a way of connecting with the divinity in ourselves and dissolving self centredness.

    2 Dec 2016 1:19 AM IST

    While we are alive, we collect and benefit from Gods bountie.Opinion
    Mystic mantra: God's mercy & compassion

    Those who are selfish and lack in showing compassion, remain in danger of being rejected from God's boundless mercy.

    3 Nov 2016 2:43 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    Mystic Mantra: Allah's boundless mercy

    Many Muslims observe fasts this month, particularly on the 10th of Muharram, a favoured day of God's boundless mercy.

    8 Oct 2016 1:00 AM IST

    The ministrys counsel sought more time to reveal the name of the official who had decided to follow a 2013 recommendation of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to allow women pilgrims to perform Haj only with mehram. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Haj, the Sufi way

    Sufis see the sacrifice of the animal at Haj as the slaying of the pleasures of the lower self.

    23 Sept 2016 1:14 AM IST

    The young Rumi and his family fled to Turkey, where he spent most of his life -- he died in the city of Konya in 1273.Opinion
    Mystic Mantra: Chickpeas & the fire

    Our hearts are like the chickpeas, hard and in need of being cooked in the fire of Divine love.

    9 Sept 2016 12:50 AM IST

    A person reading the Holy QuranOpinion
    Mystic Mantra: Sins of omission

    Backbiting is a serious sin and requires repentance from God.

    10 Aug 2016 12:50 AM IST

    A person reading the Holy QuranOpinion
    Mystic Mantra: Sahl - The master of truth

    Sahl defined a sufi as “someone who is pure, filled with reflection and renounces the human for the divine.

    27 July 2016 12:57 AM IST

    A person reading the Holy QuranOpinion
    Mystic Mantra: Learn to forgive

    Both the words, Rahman and Rahim, come from the Arabic root verb rahm, that means womb.

    13 July 2016 12:52 AM IST

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