Article - Call For Peace Between Moslems And Hindus
Phillipe de Vos is a Sufi Master who visited India and shared the Sufi way at the Oneness Festival February 2004. "Open your eyes � y...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moslem: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Moslem
Moslem.   See MOHAMMEDAN   (See also: Moslem , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Article - Karbala: Karbala, A Symbol Of Intense Faith  
What Banaras is to a believing Hindu, Karbala was to my Shia mother. She wanted to be buried there. My mother shed more tears on the t...   » Read the article

Article - Quran - Koran: Qur'an Revealed During Ramzan
Quran - Koran: Qur'an Revealed During Ramzan Prophet Muhammad would often sit alone in the cave of Hira, near Mecca, to pray and meditat...   » Read the article

Article - Imam Husain: Husain's Sacrifice To Uphold Truth  
Today is the martyrdom day of Imam Husain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed. In 61 Hizrat (680 AD) a battle took place at Karbala, Iraq, o...   » Read the article

Article - Kabah: Pilgrimage To Kabah - Spirit Of Sacrifice  
Over 4,000 years ago God asked Abraham to build the Kabah (house of worship) at Mecca and to call upon all people to make the pilgrima...   » Read the article

Article - Id-ul-azha: Faith And Qurbani - Spirit Of Eid  
Id-ul-Azha is the second most important festival of Muslims across the world. Today's celebration comes almost two months after Eid-ul...   » Read the article

Article - Chishti Shrine: Pilgrimage Of Faith - Chishti's Shrine  
Pilgrims are flocking to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer on the occasion of the annual Urs. Popularly known as Khwaja ...   » Read the article

Article - Muslim New Year: A Poignant Plea For Truth And Justice  
The moon of Muharram has been sighted. This is the beginning of the New Year of Muslims according to the tenements of Islam and the Sh...   » Read the article

Article - Ramzan: Fasting, Praying And Charity  
Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, offers an extensive programme of reform and spiritual elevation to all Muslims ...   » Read the article

Article - Ramzan: Why I Love To Fast During Ramzan  
Every year, I eagerly await the month of Ramzan. Fasting and praying during the month prepares me to move closer to God. Fasting is no...   » Read the article

Article - Ramzan: Social Relevance Of Ramzan Fast  
Everyday during Ramzan, for one lunar month from sunrise to sunset, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking.   Why do ...   » Read the article

Article - Ramzan: Ramzan Diary From Fatehpur Sikri  
I wasn't sure what woke me up - the mellifluous call of the muezzin to prayer or the peacocks' "peeuing", calling out franti...   » Read the article

Article - Guru Nanak: Guru Nanak Meets Bahlol In Baghdad
Guru Nanak Meets Bahlol In Baghdad Baghdad was, in Nanak's time, a centre of Muslim culture - it was home to pirs and sufi fakirs. Guru ...   » Read the article

Article - Namaz: Truth Unveiled In Seventh Heaven - About Namaz  
The Prophet Muhammad started receiving revelations from Allah in 610 AD through an angel. When he began to propagate the divine messag...   » Read the article

Article - Islam Sufism: A Different View Of Islam Sufism
A Different View Of Islam & Sufism For Anne-Marie Schimmel, Islam was a lifelong passion, as deep as her own roots in the Lutheran f...   » Read the article

Article - Islamic Dream Interpretation: Meaning Of Dreams In Islam Ii
Meaning of Dreams in Islam Dreams are broken into three parts according to the Sunnah: Ru'yaa - good visions (dreams) Hulum - ...   » Read the article

Article - Islam And Hinduism: Symbiotic Mysticism In Devotional Poems
Islam and Hinduism: Symbiotic Mysticism In Devotional Poems Few have heard of the mystic poems Brahma Prakash or Dasa Avatar by the medi...   » Read the article

Article - Zamzam: The Story Of Zamzam
The Story of Zamzam The holy water known as ZamZam, brought from Makkah (Mecca) by Hajjis returning home, is believed to have healin...   » Read the article

Article - Prophet: The Prophet Of Peace Revealed Islam
The Prophet of Peace Revealed Islam Mohammed, the prophet and messenger of God who revealed Islam to the world was a descendant of Proph...   » Read the article

Article - Islam: The Four Phases Of Islamic Thought
Islam: The Four Phases of Islamic Thought Islamic thought, Shariah and Fiqh as it exists today has metamorphosed through various pr...   » Read the article

Article - Science And Spirituality: An Islamic View Of Creation Life
Science and Spirituality: An Islamic View of Creation & Life According to Islamic tradition, life is God's creation - regardless of ...   » Read the article

Article - Haj: Haj Is A Journey Into Yourself
Haj Is a Journey Into Yourself It is every Muslim's cherished dream to go on Haj, to undertake the spiritual journey to the holy city of...   » Read the article

Article - Islam And Hinduism: The Thousand Names Of Vishnu And Allah
Islam and Hinduism: The Thousand Names of Vishnu and Allah Allah is Al-Ahad or The One and Vishnu is called Eka, The One. It's curious b...   » Read the article

Article - Islam And Hinduism: Persian Heritage In Hindu Traditions
Persian Heritage In Hindu Traditions Many would be surprised to learn that no ancient Hindu temple was dedicated to Rama - neither in Ay...   » Read the article

Article - Islam And Hinduism: Enchanting Abode Of The Double Devta
Enchanting Abode of The Double Devta Having been born into a secular Hindu family which venerates a Sufi saint, I have always thought I ...   » Read the article

Article - Oneness: Rise Above Dogma, Realise The Truth
Oneness: Rise Above Dogma, Realise The Truth When I pass by the neighbourhood mosque, I bow my head in respect just as I do when I pas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 651: Encyclopedia - 651
Events Yazdegard III is killed in Merv by his followers, ending both Persian resistance to the Moslem conquest, and the Sassanid dynasty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 694: Encyclopedia - 694
694 - Events. November 9 - Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems, and sentences all Jews to slavery. Ine of Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1542: Encyclopedia - 1542
1542 - Events. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1165: Encyclopedia - 1165
1165 - Events. November 23 - Pope Alexander III enters Rome. Emperor Rokujō ascends to the throne of Japan. He is one year old. Willi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abanoub: Encyclopedia Ii - Abanoub - Apparitions And Miracles
In 960 A.D., his body was transferred to Virgin Mary's church in Samanoud where it still lies until today. Throughout the years, Abanoub ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Moorish Spain And The Golden Age 711-12th Century
With the victory of Tariq ibn Ziyad in 711, the lives of the Sephardim changed dramatically. In spite of the stigma attached to being dhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 13th Waffen Mountain Division Of The Ss Handschar 1st Croatian: Encyclopedia Ii - 13th Waffen Mountain Division Of The Ss Handschar 1st Croatian - History
13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar 1st Croatian - Formation and Training. In the fall of 1942, SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ottoman Flag: Encyclopedia Ii - Ottoman Flag - Flags From Ghazi To Emperor 1299-1453
The Ottomans originally had two "state" flags, one for the imperial domains of the House of Osman, the other for the Sultanate of Rum, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cilicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Cilicia - Armenian Kingdom
During the time of the Crusades the area was controlled by the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The Seljuk invasion of Armenia was followed b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skanderbeg: Encyclopedia Ii - Skanderbeg - Epitaph
Scanderbeg had gathered quite a posthumous reputation in Western Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With virtually all of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tashkent: Encyclopedia Ii - Tashkent - Sights
Due to the destruction of most of the ancient city during 1917 revolution and, later, to the 1966 earthquake, little remains of Tashkent'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Gardiner Wilkinson: Encyclopedia Ii - John Gardiner Wilkinson - Further Travels And Research
The now Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson returned to Egypt in 1842, contributing an article entitled "Survey of the Valley of the Natron Lakes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Bridge In Sarajevo: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Bridge In Sarajevo - From The Hearing Of Gavrilo Princip – 12th October 1914
Pr.:-Did you know that there was a Moslem? Acc. -I knew, but he didn't tell me. I saw him one evening. On the day of the assassination I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Moorish Spain And The Golden Age 711-12th Century
With the victory of Tariq ibn Ziyad in 711, the lives of the Sephardim changed dramatically. In spite of the stigma attached to being dhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sicilian Baroque: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicilian Baroque - Early Sicilian Baroque
Volcanic Sicily in the central Mediterranean, off the Italian peninsula, has been colonised by the Greeks, oppressed under the Romans, go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Syria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Syria - Early Christian And Islamic History
Syria is significant in the history of Christianity; Paul was converted on the road to Damascus and established the first organized Chris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Egypt - Mamelukes 1250-1517
Under the Baḥri Mamelukes (1250-1390) the Jews led a comparatively quiet existence; though they had at times to contribute heavily towa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Male Circumcision: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Male Circumcision - Male Circumcision In The 19th Century And Beyond
Until well into the Nineteenth Century, the same sentiments prevailed. Richard Burton observed that "Christendom practically holds circu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Independent State Of Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Independent State Of Croatia - Ethnic Persecutions
Much of the population of the Independent State of Croatia was not Croat, mostly because of the inclusion of Bosnia. It had significant p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Armenia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Armenia - Armenia And Byzantium
In 591, the great Byzantine warrior-Emperor Maurice defeated the Persians and 'recovered' much of the remaining territory of Armenia into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Persian Scientific And Technical Language
During last few decades, Many scientific and technical books have been written in Persian or translated into persian language. Many figur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adrian Carton De Wiart: Encyclopedia Ii - Adrian Carton De Wiart - World War One
When the First World War broke out Carton De Wiart was en route to British Somaliland where a low level war was underway against the foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Ottoman Empire
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1463 - 1557. During and shortly after the Ottomans' conquest of Bosnia it is estimated ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nawab: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Nawab
nawab: the king or ruler of the Moslem kingdoms.   (See also: nawab , Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Abdal: Theosophy Dictionary On Abdal
Abdal Moslem equivalent for yogi (BCW 2:290).   (See also: Abdal , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dicti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marabout, Marabut: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Marabout, Marabut
Marabout or Marabut [from Arabic morabit a hermit]   A devotee or hermit; specifically, a member of the Moorish religious order o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wahhabees: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Wahhabees
Wahhabees Moslem sect. {BCW 1:370-1, 6:7}   (See also: Wahhabees , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kai-caus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kai-caus
Kai-caus Hero of Hindu and Moslem romances. (SD 2:403)   (See also: Kai-caus , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abdi: Theosophy Dictionary On Abdi
Abdi Moslem four-lettered God (SD 2:602).   (See also: Abdi , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abd: Theosophy Dictionary On Abd
Abd Moslem eternity which has a beginning but no end, in contrast to azl, an eternity without a beginning (BCW 5:76).   (See al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gholaites: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Gholaites
Gholaites Mesotopamo-Iranian Moslem Sect which believes "in the 'Noor Illahee' -- the Light of the Elohim -- transmitted in anast...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shi`ites: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Shi`ites
Shi`ites [from Arab shi`a sectary]   Moslems are divided into two main groups: the Sunnites, the most numerous, who accept the or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Houris: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Houris
Houris (French of Persian huri, Arabic hawra` from hawira to be black-eyed)   Women with large black eyes set in large whites, de...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Houen: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Houen
Houris (French of Persian huri, Arabic hawra` from hawira to be black-eyed)   Women with large black eyes set in large whites, de...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Allah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Allah
Allah (Arabic) (from al the + ilah god; cf Hebrew eloah)   The one God of Islam, analogous to the Hebrew Jahweh. The pre-Moslem A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yavana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yavana
Yavana (Sanskrit) Young, a young person; the name by which the Greeks were designated in India. In later times the word was applied to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Idolatry: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Idolatry
Idolatry Idolatry is the adoration, prayer, or worshipof an image. It is only an issue among the Protestants and Moslems. In a loose s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kismet: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kismet
Kismet (Turkish) (from Arab qismat from qasama to divide)   Fate, destiny; used by Moslems to designate all the incidents and det...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Idolatry: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Idolatry
Idolatry Idolatry is the adoration, prayer, or worshipof an image. It is only an issue among the Protestants and Moslems. In a loose s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Yoga
yoga (Sanskrit) "Yoke" 1. Union of self with the absolute or divine. 2. Methods or discipline employed to obtain such union...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pagan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pagan
Pagan [from Latin paganus an inhabitant of the country, a villager; cf peasant]   Heathen, the Germanic parallel in origin and me...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kaaba, Ka'ba, Kaabeh: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kaaba, Ka'ba, Kaabeh
Kaaba, Ka'ba, Kaabeh (Arabic) The edifice at Mecca sacred to Moslems. The celebrated black stone, the principal object of veneration, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dabistan, Dadistan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dabistan, Dadistan
Dabistan, Dadistan (Persian) (from dab from dip script + stan suffix of place)   A name of ancient Persia; also a book, Dabistan-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi Granth: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Adi Granth
Adi Granth: (Sanskrit) "First book." The central Sikh scripture, compiled 16031604 from the writings of Sikh, Moslem and Hin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Iblis, Eblis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Iblis, Eblis
Iblis or Eblis (from Arabic iblis)   An evil being, in Islamic belief, of spiritual or angelic origin, often named Shaitan and ge...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alexandrian Library: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Alexandrian Library
Alexandrian Library Begun by Ptolemy Soter (367?-283 BC), and zealously pursued by his successor Ptolemy Philadelphus. The two princip...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Islam
Islam: The religion founded by Prophet Muhammed in Arabia about 625 ce. Islam connotes submission to Allah, the name for God in this r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi Granth: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Adi Granth
Adi Granth: (Sanskrit) "First book." The central Sikh scripture, compiled 16031604 from the writings of Sikh, Moslem and Hindu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramadan: Social Studies Dictionary - Ramadan
Definition and meaning of Ramadan   Ramadan Ramadan is the holy month in the calendar of Islam. Moslems fast between sunrise ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramadan: Social Studies Dictionary - Ramadan
Definition and meaning of Ramadan   Ramadan Ramadan is the holy month in the calendar of Islam. Moslems fast between sunrise ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Classic Witchcraft: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Classic Witchcraft
Classic Witchcraft: The practices of the persons often called “witches” (if seldom to their faces) in pre-medieval Europe,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alexandrian School: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Alexandrian School
Alexandrian School Alexandria flourished from the 4th century BC to the 7th AD, being a remarkable center of learning due to the blend...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Angel: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Angel
Angel (Angels) (from Greek angelos messenger, envoy, announcer)   In the Old Testament, used to translate the Hebrew mal'ach (mes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Koran, Al-qur'an, Quran: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Koran, Al-qur'an, Quran
Koran al-Qur'an (Arabic) (from qara to read)   Book, reading; the holy scripture of Islam, regarded by Moslems as the word of God...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kinvad, Chinvad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kinvad, Chinvad
Kinvad or Chinvad (Avestan?) In the Vendidad, the holy bridge made by Ahura-Mazda extending over hell and leading to Paradise. For the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Antichrist: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Antichrist
Antichrist (from Greek anti against + christos anointed)   An adversary of Christ. The Epistles of John refers to the belief in t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ab-e-hayat, Ab-e-zendegi: Theosophy Dictionary On Ab-e-hayat, Ab-e-zendegi
Ab-e-Hayat or Ab-e-Zendegi (Persian) (from Persian ab, Avestan ap, Pahlavi av, water, purity, brilliance, honor, bliss, fortune)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crescent: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Crescent
Crescent (from Latin crescere to increase)   The moon in its first quarter, or the figure of a circular arc or lune; a symbol of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Circumcision: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Circumcision
Circumcision Usually amputation of the male prepuce. It is one of the oldest as well as one of the most wide-spread customs. It is or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Racial, Ethnic, Religious Groups: Social Studies Dictionary - Racial, Ethnic, Religious Groups
Definition and meaning of Racial   Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Groups Racial groups are made up of individuals with similar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Racial, Ethnic, Religious Groups: Social Studies Dictionary - Racial, Ethnic, Religious Groups
Definition and meaning of Racial   Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Groups Racial groups are made up of individuals with similar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sufi, Sufi, Sufism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sufi, Sufi, Sufism
Sufi, Sufi, Sufism [from Arab suf wool; sufi he who wears woolen garments]   A school of thought that emphasizes the superiority ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trinity: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Trinity
Trinity The divine powers at the head of every theogony. In the Christian Trinity, the original idea of a triune divinity is preserved...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caste: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Caste
caste: There are four castes, each with its own duties, rules, regulations and hierarchy. Within each caste there are hundreds of subc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Polytheism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Polytheism
Polytheism The doctrine of and belief in a plurality of gods, cosmic spirits, or celestial entities under whatever name they may be de...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paradise: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paradise
Paradise [from Greek paradeisos from Old Persian pairidaeza from Sanskrit paradesa region beyond]   Applied in Persian and Greek ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dervish: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dervish
Dervish (Persian) Driyosh (Pahlavi) Drighu (Avestan) (from Pers darvish seeking doors from dar a door; i.e., those who seek from door ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: Social Studies Dictionary - Islam
Definition and meaning of Islam   Islam - [World History] Islam is a religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: Social Studies Dictionary - Islam
Definition and meaning of Islam   Islam - [World History] Islam is a religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sabean, Sabaean, Sabian, Sabianism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sabean, Sabaean, Sabian, Sabianism
Sabean, Sabaean, Sabian, Sabianism [from Hebrew tsaba host, army, celestial hosts]   A name given by the Shemitic peoples to thos...   » Read the article

Article - Islamic Dream Interpretation: Meaning Of Dreams In Islam - I
Islamic Dream Dictionary: Meaning of Dreams in Islam Islamic dream dictionary with dream interpretation related to Islam and the Prop...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of Dreams In Islam: Reflections On The Dream Traditions Of Islam
Meaning of Dreams in Islam Few Western dream researchers have any familiarity with the rich dream traditions of Islam. The Muslim faith ...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Sitemap I - M
This is a sitemap for Spiritual - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.  ...   » Read the article