Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era
Mysticism is defined as a search of God, Spiritual truth and ultimate reality. It is a practice of religious ideologies, myths, ethics and ecstasies. The Christian mysticism is the practise or theory which is within Christianity. The Jewish mysticism is theosophical, meditative and practical. A school of practice that emphasizes the search for Allah is defined as Islamic mysticism. It is believed that the earliest figure of Sufism is Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Different Sufis and their writings have played an important role in guidance and counselling of people and peaceful co-existence in the society. Mughal era was an important period regarding Sufism in the subcontinent. The Mughal kings were devotees of different Sufi orders and promoted Sufism and Sufi literature. It is said that Aurangzeb Alamgir was against Sufism, but a lot of Mystic prose and poetic work can be seen during Aurangzeb AlamgirÂ’s era. In this article, we will discuss Mystic Poetry and Prose of Aurangzeb's period.
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Sufism, Mystic poetry, Mughal dynasty, Aurangzeb Alamgir, Habib Ullah Hashmi
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(1) Faleeha Zehra Kazmi
H.O.D, Persian Department, LCWU, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Farzana Riaz
Assistant Professor, Department of Urdu, GCU, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Syeda Hira Gilani
PhD. Scholar, Persian Department, LCWU, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Cite this article
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APA : Kazmi, F. Z., Riaz, F., & Gilani, S. H. (2019). Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 378-383. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).49
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CHICAGO : Kazmi, Faleeha Zehra, Farzana Riaz, and Syeda Hira Gilani. 2019. " Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 378-383 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).49
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HARVARD : KAZMI, F. Z., RIAZ, F. & GILANI, S. H. 2019. Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 378-383.
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MHRA : Kazmi, Faleeha Zehra, Farzana Riaz, and Syeda Hira Gilani. 2019. " Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 378-383
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MLA : Kazmi, Faleeha Zehra, Farzana Riaz, and Syeda Hira Gilani. " Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 378-383 Print.
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OXFORD : Kazmi, Faleeha Zehra, Riaz, Farzana, and Gilani, Syeda Hira (2019), " Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 378-383
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TURABIAN : Kazmi, Faleeha Zehra, Farzana Riaz, and Syeda Hira Gilani. " Sufism and Mysticism in Aurangzeb Alamgir's Era." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 378-383. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).49