SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

the eyes of the poet who composed it. I realize that such a way of handling the material introduces an element of subjectivity a ...

PART TWO CULTURAL SETTING 22. : I ...

23. I The Sufi Way There is an abundance of Sufi poems in Somali oral literature. Although Arabic remains the sacred language of ...

24 • Islam is the religion of Divine Unity (AT-TAWijID) and TA$AWWUF or Sufism, being the esoteric and inner aspect of Islam, pr ...

To God belong the Names most beautiful; so call by them. (Quran, VII, 175) The Traditions of the Prophet (AIJADITH) also state t ...

aspirants practice DHKIR by means of formulas and methods (SULUK) which enable them to conquer their passionate souls (NUFUS) , ...

By vying to surpass someone, we move away from God's waj. There is always something hidden behind much talking and in the discus ...

Janno iyo cadaab inay meel jiraan, ku jawaab Ilaaha Jaliil aheey. Jiifkaad macaansani yuu dadow, Jahanamo hadhow kugu jiidinay. ...

Reality in which Alone is and in whose existence it finds its own abiding existence (BAQR). Hence the Quranic expression: All th ...

30. followers of an order may live together with their shaikh in a settlement (JAMACAH).l In another situation how- ever, it may ...

the famous order founded by cABD AL-QADIR AL-JILANI who died in Baghdad in A.D. 1166 and the Af.:{tvIADIYYAE founded by AI;iMAD ...

culture, gave rise to sedentary rural communities The JAMAcAT provided convenient facilities for learning and living which, as a ...

Places of Islam, such as Mecca and Medin'a. There, they fulfil the prescribed religious obligation of pilgrimage 3.3 • and furth ...

34. his pupils and sets the moral tone for the nomadic communities. Moreover, the xer maintains some of the ideals of pastoral- ...

enriched by religious themes which are received from the Islamic traditio~. Thus the Somali secular poetry abounds in allusions, ...

i. Whenever I try to lmprove my condition 2. I remember that that which God has determined for me abides in some plac~. [A. Y .M ...

He who is not wicked; shameful deeds are polluting He who does not inveigh against you without foundation And who shows respect ...

Lagjar Frenji niman baa akhriya, laawis iyo beene 00 weli ba laasima intay, lib is ku moodaane Anse waxan u laaqimahayaa, tixay ...

In Islam, the world of nature, whose elements are often referred to in the Quran, is essentially regarded as the 'sign of God'. ...

Lagu yidhi sabeeyee Dadka ruux sabooloo Saranseer ku raagiyo Guryo samo u yaaloo Sidko dhalay ku haystaa Qof ba meel la siiyoo S ...