HIST 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Qawwali, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Silsila
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Lecture 16: sufism -- religion, society and politics in the delhi sultanate. Islam: mo(cid:374)otheisti(cid:272) (cid:894)(cid:862)the(cid:396)e is (cid:374)o god (cid:271)ut god(cid:863)(cid:895, prophet muhammad -- (cid:862)muha(cid:373)(cid:373)ad is his messe(cid:374)ge(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:894)ie. not di(cid:448)i(cid:374)e(cid:895, revealed to muhammad in c. 610. Five pillars of islam: prayer, fasting, alms, bearing witness, pilgrimage to mecca. What is sufism: esoteric or mystical approach to islam. Sufi(cid:859) - arabic word for wool (suf), used in the rough garments of ascetics in the near east. Belief that god should be experienced personally and spontaneously: ta(cid:396)i(cid:395)a: (cid:858) ufi path(cid:859) sequence of disciplined practices to progress towards god, fa(cid:374)aa(cid:859) annihilation of the self in god. Sufi practices: zikr - ritualised recitation of the names used to describe god, singing (cid:894)sa(cid:373)a"(cid:895) and dancing, ascetic practices fasting, sexual abstinence, reducing sleep, and other bodily disciplines, mystical poetry. Early history: 10th/11th cs - groups were formalising themselves into orders, discipleship of charismatic, learned individual sufis, shaikh, pir (old/wise man), saints, established khanqahs (hospices).
