Love reading about Sufism and listening to Sufi music. Defined as ‘Islamic mysticism and devotion to divine’, an inner or esoteric dimension of Islam or ‘phenomenon of mysticism within Islam to get closer to God’.
“There is not in horizons, beyond the horizons or below the horizons anyone more elegant, more noble, more knowing, more just, more fearless or more compassionate. He’s leader of all created beings – The One“
Between the 13-16th centuries, Sufism produced a flourishing intellectual and musical culture throughout Islamic world, a ‘Golden Age‘. Turkey and Persia were main centres.
Qawwali, devotional music of the Sufis was inspired by beautiful works of Sufi poets, like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a Pakistani vocalist and greatest Qawwali voice. Extraordinary range of vocal abilities to perform at high levels of intensity for hours. A real favourite.