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From its foundation by Shah Nimatullah, the Sufi order has rejected seclusion and quietism with an established a principle of meaningful participation and service to society. [citation needed] The Nimatullahi are still active, and are self-described as "an authentic Sufi order that has been in continuous existence for over 700 years. Its ...
Shah N'imatullah Wali left a Persian language diwan. [6] A famous ode attributed to Shah Ni'matullah Wali, with the rhyme Mey Beenum, has been published by Shah Ismail Dehlvi in his book Al-Arba'in fi Ahwal-al-Mahdiyin (1851) [7] It was also published by other authors, notably Maulavi Firaws al Din (d. 1949) in his book Qasida Zahoor Mahdi published in the 20th Century, who translated it into ...
Javad Nurbakhsh (Persian: جواد نوربخش; 10 December 1926 – 10 October 2008) was the Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order from 1953 until his death. He was also a psychiatrist and a successful writer in the fields of both psychiatry and Sufi mysticism .
The Ni'matullāhī or Ne'matollāhī (also spelled as "Nimatollahi", "Nematollahi" or "Ni'matallahi) is a Sufi order (or tariqa) originating in Iran. According to Moojan Momen, the number of Ni'matullāhī in Iran in 1980 was estimated to be between 50,000 and 350,000.
Alireza Nurbakhsh (Persian: علیرضا نوربخش; born 12 August 1955) is the present Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order. He assumed this position after the death of his father, Javad Nurbakhsh on October 10, 2008. [1] [2] [3]
Alevi (Shia); Alians (Shia); Al Akbariyya; Baba Samit (Shia); Bektashiyya; Dar-ul-Ehsan; Haqqani Anjuman; Inayatiyya; International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam
Like his father before him, Imam Aqa Ali Shah maintained close ties with the Nimatullahi Sufi order. This relationship was no doubt facilitated by the common Alid heritage that Aqa Ali Shah and the Nimatullahis shared: both Shah Nimatullah Wali (d. 1430–1), the eponymous founder of the order, and Aqa Ali Shah traced their ancestry to the Shia ...
The Safaviya sufi order, originates during the Safavid dynasty c. 700 AD. A later order in Persia is the Chishti. The Nimatullahi are the largest Shi'i Sufi order active throughout Iran and there is the Naqshbandi, a Sunni order active mostly in the Kurdish regions of Iran. The Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi order is the largest Iranian Sufi order which ...