![]() ![]() ![]() Sound and music being the most important aspect of Sufism, the acts of listening, chanting and whirling to music is common to most Sufi orders. At first, expressed through Arabic, then Persian, Turkish and later a dozen other languages in different regions and cultures, Sufi thoughts have found expression through myriad poetic forms and diverse musical genres. Sufi music therefore is the music of the 'soul' by the 'soul' and for the 'soul'.įor a millennium now, the Sufi ideology has spanned several continents and cultures: from the deserts of Africa, the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the mountains of Pakistan and Iran, the diversity of Sufi music is enriched by all the cultures it crosses in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey/Anatolia, Persia, Uzbekistan and India. Sound and music is thus central for the core experience of Sufism, since music is regarded as a means for the believer to get closer to the divine. The pain of separation from the Creator is at the core of Sufi lyrics and music and hence the intense longing to dissolve the physical realm and transcend into the spiritual universe with Sama'a, the practice of listening to music, chanting and whirling, and finally culminating in spiritual ecstasy (wajd). Based on the mystical branch of Islam, Sufi music seeks to unite listeners with the Divine. ![]() Sufism, as the mystical dimension of Islam, preaches peace, tolerance and pluralism, while encouraging music as a way of deepening one's relationship with the Creator. ![]()
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