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Sufism is a mystic tradition that found a home in Islam encompassing a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to Allah/God, divine love and sometimes to help a fellow man. Tariqas (Sufi orders) may be associated with Shi'a Islam, Sunni Islam, other currents of Islam, or a combination of multiple traditions. It has been suggested that Sufi thought emerged from the Middle East in the eighth century, but adherents are now found around the world. Some Sufis have also claimed that Sufism pre-dates Islam and some groups operate with only very tenuous links to Islam.
Sufism is neither a new religion nor a cult, neither a doctrine nor a dogmatic institution. Perhaps one could say that Sufism is the same religion of the heart that has always been, ever since wisdom was wisdom. Esoteric schools can be traced as far back as the time of Abraham, and even earlier.
The Conference of the Birds (Persian: منطق الطیر, Mantiq at-Tayr, 1177) is a book of poems in Persian by Farid ud-Din Attar of approximately 4500 lines. The poem uses a journey by a group of 30 birds, led by a hoopoe as an allegory of a Sufi sheikh or master leading his pupils to enlightenment.
Besides being one of the most beautiful examples of Persian poetry, this book relies on a clever word play between the words Simorgh — a mysterious bird in Iranian mythology which is a symbol often found in Sufi literature, and similar to the phoenix bird — and "si morgh" — meaning "thirty birds" in Persian.
| Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi حضرت سیدناریاض احمدگوھرشاہی مدظلہ العالی |
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 Sarkar Gohar Shahi blessings to Shia Community in Imam Bargah-e-Noor-e-Iman, Karachi in 1997 |
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| Alternate name(s): | Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi |
| Date of birth: | November 25, 1941 |
| Place of birth: | Dhok Gohar Shah, Rawalpindi, British India |
| Date of death: | November 25, 2001 (aged 60) |
| Place of death: | Manchester, England |
| Movement: | Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam |
| Religion: | Islam |
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (Urdu:ریاض احمد گوھر شاہی) (25 November 1941 – 25 November 2001) also known as Sayyedna Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (Urdu:سیدناریاض احمدگوھرشاہی) or Hazrat Sayyedna Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Muddazullahul Aali (Urdu:حضرت سیدناریاض احمدگوھرشاہی مدظلہ العالی) was a Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader and founder of the spiritual movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam.1 Shahi was born on the Indian subcontinent, in the village of Dhok Gohar Shah in the district of Rawalpindi.
| “ | Many Adams came into this world, at the same time and in different places. All the Adams were made in the world with clay from this world except the last Adam who is buried in Arabia. He was the only one made in paradise with clay which was also from paradise. With the exception of this Adam the angels did not bow down before any other Adam. Satan became the enemy of the descendants of this Adam. |
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