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Irving Karchmar has been a poet, writer and editor for many years, and a darvish of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order since 1992. He is also the author of the modern classic, Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel, a mystical adventure tale on the Sufi path of Love, which has been used in both High School and University courses on Sufism, Islamic Literature, and Middle Eastern Philosophy.
Darvish
3M ago
2024 is the 20th Anniversary of the English publication of my book, Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel. Please be so kind as to consider buying a copy as a Paperback, Ebook, or Audiobook, I promise you have never read anything like it!
Ya Haqq ..read more
Darvish
4M ago
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
I have entered my six ebooks on Smashwords in their Holiday Promotion until January 1st. And I have made them all FREE as my gift to you :) Happy Reading!
Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel
El Maestro de los Jinn – SPANISH translation
آقائے جنات – Master of the Jinn – URDU translation
Love Songs to God: 30 Poems of Love and Longing
Puerto Diablo: A Tale of Good and Evil
Lessons in Love: Essays and Spiritual Exercises for Modern Life
Use the code SW100 at checkout for 100% off. Offer good through January 1st, 2024.
Ya Haqq ..read more
Darvish
5M ago
“My saintly wife, Maryam bint Muḥammad b. `Abdūn said, ‘I have seen in my sleep someone whom I have never seen in the flesh, but who appears to me in my moments of [spiritual] ecstasy. He asked me whether I was aspiring to the Way, to which I replied, I was, but that I did not know by what means to arrive at it. He then told me that I would come to it through five things, trust (tawakkul), certainty (yaqīn), patience (ṣabr), resolution and veracity.’ Thus she offered her vision to me (for my consideration) and I told her that that was indeed the method of the Folk (i.e. the Sufis).”
– Ibn Arab ..read more
Darvish
1y ago
Khwāja Aḥmad Yesevī once advised: “If you wish to always find yourself in a state of paradise, be easy with everyone and never keep anger in your heart. If you wish to progress on this path, do not censure others. You must be a salve for a wound, not a barb that rips it open. If you wish no harm to come to you from others, do not speak cruelly, do not think badly of others, and do not engage in dishonesty. A true dervish does not despair when people hurt him. A true dervish does not retaliate, even when he has the right to do so.”
– The Kitāb al-fawā’id
Photo: Dervish Feriku, Albania, 1940s ..read more
Darvish
1y ago
IT WAS WOMEN –
“It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
Women who were seen as
Too beautiful
Too outspoken
Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously)
Who had a birthmark
Women who were too skilled with herbal medicine
Too loud
Too quiet
Too much red in her hair
Women who had a strong nature connection
Women who danced
Women who sung
or anything else, really.
ANY WOMAN WAS AT RISK BURNING IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDREDS
Sisters testified and turned on each other when their babies were held under ice.
Children were tortured to confess their experiences with “witches” by being fake executed i ..read more
Darvish
2y ago
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
“If the only prayer you ever said was ‘thank you’, that would be enough.”
– Meister Eckhart
Ya Haqq ..read more
Darvish
2y ago
“I counted my years and discovered that I have less time to live from here on out than what I have lived until now. I feel like that kid who won a pack of sweets: the first ones ate them with pleasure, but when he realized there were few left he began to taste them intensely. I no longer have time for endless meetings where statute, rules, procedures and internal regulations are discussed, knowing that nothing will be achieved. I no longer have time to support dumb people who, despite their chronic age, haven’t grown up. My time is too short: I want the essence, my soul is in a hurry. I don’t ..read more
Darvish
2y ago
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
Eid Al-Adha Mubarak!
May Allah bless you all this Eid Al-Adha, dear Brothers and Sisters, with generosity of hand, sincerity of speech, kindness in action, and love and joy in remembrance of Him, who is the Source of all Generosity, Sincerity, Kindness, Joy, and Love. Ameen!
“O Lord! Let not our hearts deviate now after You have guided us, but grant us mercy from Your own Presence; for You are the Grantor of bounties without measure.” (Qur’an: 3:9)
This is the time of Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, which celebrates the faith of Abraham, who w ..read more
Darvish
3y ago
RAMADAN MUBARAK!
Ramadan in the year 2021/1442 begins on April 13th, so here once again are the 30 Daily Ramadan Prayers (duas), which are posted each year. InshAllah, they will enlighten the mind and ennoble the heart, and make the fast easier in this blessed month.
And because of the Coronavirus, please stay home:
“If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place.”
– a hadith of the Prophet (pbuh), (Sahih Bukhari Book 71: Medicine, #624)
Ramadan Dua: DAY 1
ALLAH, on this day make ..read more
Darvish
3y ago
Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
Christmas and Kwanza will soon be here, so give the gift of great literature to your family, friends and loved ones – Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel
In the Name of the Merciful, 10% of all royalties go to charity!
Master of the Jinn has also been translated into eight languages: Indonesia (Sang Raja Jin), Turkey (Cinlerin Efendisi), Russia (Povelitel dzhinnov), Germany (Meister der Jinn), Croatia (Gospodar demona), Spanish (El Maestro de los Jinn), Malayalam, the language of the Kerala state of India (Jinnukalude Nadhan), and Urdu (Aaqa-e-jinnat ..read more