A new book brings translations of Sarmad’s quatrains, which had enchanted even Prince Dara Shikoh

Sarmad Syeda Saiyidain Hameed Reyaz Ahmad

· Aug 16, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘The Chandayan’: The 14th-century Sufi romance brought to life by a new translation and essays

Rana Safvi

· Mar 23, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Olive branch or division of votes? Behind BJP’s ‘Sufi’ outreach to Muslims

Zafar Aafaq

· Nov 05, 2023 · 09:00 am

Weekend Quiz: Who composed the Hindavi Sufi romance, Mrigavati?

The Heritage Lab

· Nov 07, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Weekend Quiz: Who composed the Sufi romantic story ‘Chandayana’?

The Heritage Lab

· Sep 26, 2020 · 11:30 am

After Ayodhya verdict, does India have room for dargahs and shared sacred spaces any more?

Nikhil Mandalaparthy

· Jan 24, 2020 · 09:00 am

How the Arab thinker Al-Farabi drew on Plato to shape the Muslim world’s ideas about censorship

Rashmee Roshan Lall, Aeon

· Nov 19, 2018 · 10:00 pm

Pass that chillum: Why is pot-smoking so common at Sufi shrines and why is it frowned upon?

Hammad Khan

· Jun 22, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Sufism doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it does

Zahra Sabri

· May 09, 2018 · 11:30 am

Why every Sufi master is in some ways a Freudian psychotherapist

Omnia El Shakry, Aeon

· Apr 23, 2018 · 11:30 pm

The Pakistan protest that brought the government to its knees, and the changing face of Sufi culture

Haroon Khalid

· Dec 01, 2017 · 12:30 pm

How Pakistan is trying to rewrite the history of its Sufi shrines to wipe traces of Indian links

Haroon Khalid

· Jun 23, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Watch: Followers of a mystical Sufi sect are introduced to piercing their heads and mouths

Reuters

· Jun 22, 2017 · 07:28 pm

How the Bhakti tradition’s celebration of Radha-Krishna is like Sufism’s exaltation of Heer-Ranjha

Haroon Khalid

· Apr 14, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Lahore's 'festival of lights': A Sufi tradition burning bright in the face of extremism, puritanism

Haroon Khalid

· Mar 31, 2017 · 12:30 pm

A world without the written word: Tracing remnants of Pakistan's oral tradition

Haroon Khalid

· Feb 10, 2017 · 05:30 pm

In Pakistan, first the State went after its Hindu past. Now militants are going after Sufi shrines

Haroon Khalid

· Nov 18, 2016 · 06:30 am

Poet, rebel, political adviser: Meet the Sufi saints on the Pakistan shrine trail

Haroon Khalid

· Nov 11, 2016 · 05:30 pm

Stage production ‘Sounds of the Sufis’ aims to rescue Sufism from Bollywood

Manish Gaekwad

· Sep 25, 2016 · 03:30 pm

For 35 years, Sindhi volunteers have helped worshippers at a Chennai mosque break their Ramzan fast

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jul 06, 2016 · 06:00 pm