Taking Meaning - Living Islam / Living Islam Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:58:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Rumi’s Revolution: Mawlana’s First Night of Dhikr-e Samâ’, Adapted from The Forty Rules of Love /rumis-revolution-mawlanas-first-night-of-dhikr-e-sama-adapted-from-the-forty-rules-of-love/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:29:58 +0000 http://takingmeaning.com/?p=1136 The following account of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi’s first night of dhikr-e samâ’ has been adapted from the novel “The Forty Rules of Love”, by Turkish author Elif Shafak. There are those who say that dancing is sacrilege. They think Allah gave us music—not only the music we make with our voices and instruments but the…

The post Rumi’s Revolution: Mawlana’s First Night of Dhikr-e Samâ’, Adapted from The Forty Rules of Love appeared first on Taking Meaning.

]]> Beyond Words and Weapons: Muhammad’s Message /beyond-words-and-weapons-muhammads-message/ Sun, 09 Aug 2015 10:06:28 +0000 http://takingmeaning.com/?p=1094 Words in the Arabic-speaking world are powerful and effective weapons. While the Qur’an is the ultimate and unique masterpiece of the Arabic Language, Arabic poetry has been a highly influential force in Arab society and has been regarded as the Diwan ul-Arab: a literary heritage of Arab life collected by and recorded in the memories…

The post Beyond Words and Weapons: Muhammad’s Message appeared first on Taking Meaning.

]]>