Islamic Lettrism & the Hurufi Movement

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I just recently found out about my grandfather's passing and it's the HARDEST hit I've taken in life so far, so I'm listening to this to atleast try to control my anguish. I loved my grandfather just as how I love to learn about different things like theism and religion for example, so please cherish the things you enjoy in life as much as you can....

It’s such a treat to have this insight into all the in depth history of different facets of Islam from an English speaker who distills it for us newbs.

I want to appriciate your way of talking. In non of your video you look down upon a believe. Further more I can hear the pure respect for all of them. This comes down to the smallest things. I rarley post comments bec. my english is not so good. But i follow your stuff since 3 years, i am a Imam from Germany, (convert 10 years muslim) and you changed my islamic thinking a lot. I think i watched your ibn arabi video at least 20 times. We need more refreshing people like you. So much love from Germany and God bless you.

I love your videos because as a Muslim revert who values logic, study, science, philosophy, and spirituality, I sincerely appreciate the seemingly unbiased work. Thank you 🙏🏼

I want you to know that your channel is one of major catalysts for my having gained interest in reading Qur'an. I am not an "official" (i.e. I haven’t officially declared Shahada) muslim, but I listen to recitation every day, read a lot of different tafsir, and my soul continues to be touched on a level I can only compare to receiving a hug from my Mom who has passed away. Thank you for everything you do. ❤️

Thank you Filip for mentioning Nesimi, one of the great Azerbaijani Sufis rarely mentioned in Western Literature circles but genius of his time

The idea that all included the words in their verbal and their script form are symbols endeavouring to reveal a hidden ( Batin ) esoteric meaning, The origin of Shias ( in all their numerical denominations ) is explained in Siyāsatnāmeh authored by Nizam ul-Mulk 1018 – 1092 AD , wherein he says Qarmatis paid much attention to beautiful written forms conveying deep meanings.

Cool to see when content creators are still grateful for their community, def a good guy world needs more ppl like him

Can you make a video about the persian culture of weeping and crying which is deeply rooted in Persian literature? The story of Siavash is a good example of that where in Ancient Persia his martyrdom was celebrated yearly with funeral parades accompanied by public wailing and weeping. The same is observed and carried over after Islam in the Iranian version of Islam in the tradition of Ashura which commemorates the death of Hussain at Kerbala.

Great video! I always get excited when the Bektashis are mentioned. I'd love to see a video about them and the Alevis. Thanks!

The idea that "things have certain names which are their essence, and knowing their name is controlling them" appears in different places. I remember a nice novel "The Name of the Wind" where knowing the secret name of the wind allowed one to master it. In social, cultural and political studies I hear the general idea that naming something (people, events, concepts) is one way of exerting control over them (e.g. oriental studies). Fascinating stuff, as always. Great thanks.

Excited as always !

I've been waiting for this episode since I first heard of Nasimi. Awesome work. Thank you.

I’m doing research on literally this topic. Can’t wait to watch this. I love your work.

Thank you - i have been waiting for this after requesting view about Hurufis and Nesimi some time ago. It is a very thorough research that is well presented, without any bias. Poetry and imagery of Nesimi is so dear to me as an Azerbaijani and some of the Sufi concepts of Oneness and of Two worlds inside of human being (Hidden and Manifest) we read from young age. Nesimi's poetry is extremely popular in Alevi-Bektashi beliefs and songs and he basically a first poet that wrote Turkish diwan in Azerbaijani dialect. Here is the scene of Nesimi's execution from 1973 movie. According to legend, number of his disciples were being executed in his stead pretending to be him, until he stepped forward to save one of them and was flailed to death. One of his tormentors laughed at him - "well if you are Allah like you are saying why are your turning pale as you skin comes off" . To which he replied. "O, fool - I am the rising Sun over the horizon. The rising Sun is white and pale" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfuQBNmrzls

Absolutely amazing channel. Thank you so much for uploading.

great episode. thank you so much!

Production keeps getting better. Next level, would be doing animation stories with similar style.

This was a really interesting discussion of historical Islamic figures. Thank You