In Islam, this tradition is generally referred to as Sufism or tasawwuf. The term Sufism is of German coinage. In 1821, a Latin work by FAG Tholuck, a German professor of divinity, introduced the ...

Sufis celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter Zeinab A massacre at a mosque in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last week that claimed more than 300 lives has focused attention on Sufi ...

There is probably no Sufi practice that has historically been more evident and more controversial than sama’, or listening to music as a means of altering one’s state of consciousness. Sama’ ...

Imagery is a mental or psychological technique in which the performer imagines or visualises themselves being successful in their performance. Through imagery, the performer may recreate a good ...

“Mystical or sacred states of consciousness are called samadhi in yoga, moksha in Hinduism, satori in Zen, fana in Sufism, and ruach hakodesh in kabbalah. In the West they are known as unio ...

Nund Rishi (1378–1440) is considered one of the most important Sufi poets from Kashmir. He is revered as the 'flag-bearer of Kashmir' ('Alamdār-e Kashmir), and his poems draw upon the hyperlocal ...

Hurricane Milton, now having intensified into a Category 5 storm, was caught in incredible space-based imagery from spacecraft such as the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ...

Cases involving AI-generated sex abuse imagery are likely to tread new legal ground, particularly when an identifiable child is not depicted. Silver said in those instances, prosecutors in the ...

Satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows a vessel with a large, open flat top under construction at Guangzhou Shipyard International on Longxue Island, in the southern province of Guangdong.

“This inscription is completely connected with this [Sufi] way of life ... is decorated with Arabic inscriptions and other natural imagery: a mythical griffin is seen on the front leg, a ...

CIRA, which operates an Earth station, opens new tab for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s GOES satellite, which captured the imagery, said the video shows Milton ...