Islam & World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi (English and Arabic Edition) - Softcover

Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa

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9780914390251: Islam & World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi (English and Arabic Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0914390252 ISBN 13: 9780914390251

Publisher: Fellowship Pr, 1987

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Islam means, literally, submission to the compassionate will of God. How could it have come to signify something so altogether different in the world today? It becomes clear throughout Islam and World Peace that the original Islam being spoken of by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen is as different from the news headlines as were the teachings of Saint Francis from the Inquisition. We think you will find this perspective both refreshing and thought provoking.

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About the Author:

Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, a Sufi mystic, can best be remembered for his efforts to bring unity through understanding to the faithful of all religions.

Little is known of his early personal history. Records of his life began in the early 1900's when religious pilgrims traveling through the jungles of Sri Lanka first caught glimpse of a holy man. They were overwhelmed by the depth of divine knowledge that he imparted. Sometime later a pilgrim invited him to a nearby village, and with that began his public life as a teacher of wisdom. Throughout Sri Lanka, people from all religious and ethnic traditions would listen to his public discourses. Many consulted him on how to conduct life's affairs, including public figures, politicians, the poor, and the learned.

In 1971 Bawa Muhaiyaddeen accepted an invitation to visit the United States. Here, once again, people from all religious, social and ethnic backgrounds would join to hear him speak. Across the United States, Canada and England, he won recognition from religious scholars, journalists, educators and world leaders. The United Nation's Assistant Secretary General, Robert Muller, asked for Bawa Muhaiyaddeen's guidance on behalf of all mankind. Time Magazine turned to him for clarification during the hostage crisis in 1980. Thousands more were touched by his wise words when interviewed in Psychology Today, the Harvard Divinity Bulletin, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Pittsburgh Press. Wherever he went, he tirelessly answered the many personal and mystical questions that people brought to him until his death on December 8th, 1986.

For fifteen years, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen authored over twenty books and the Fellowship he founded recorded thousands of hours of audio and video discourses.

The name Muhaiyaddeen literally means 'the giver of life to the true belief.' And indeed Bawa Muhaiyaddeen did spend his life awakening and strengthening faith in God within people's hearts. Though he was an unlettered man, he was able to guide and inspire people from all walks of life.

Many scholars and leaders from the Islamic, Judaic, Christian, Hindu and communities considered him to be a true saint.

From AudioFile:

With this audiobook, one can hear about a portion of Islam unknown to most Americans: Islam's contemplative tradition. Willis thoughtfully and carefully reads one of the last works of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, who is an Islamic Sufi, a mystical practitioner of Islam. Willis reads at an appropriate pace and with appropriate seriousness, directing individuals toward personal purification, peace with others, embrace of the true faith, and oneness with all people. The work is more devotional than educational, and Willis reads it accordingly. Amazingly, Willis never stumbles on the occasional Arabic passage, phrase, or name; his reading of those passages is so good that he sounds bilingual. M.L.C. � AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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