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Islamic Mysticism, Spiritual Awareness and Sufism.
Tradition to Transformation
Created byUzma Sharaf
Last updated 6/2025
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What you'll learn
- Spiritual equality regardless of gender role.
- Purpose behind Islamic rituals & practices that leads to transformation of soul.
- Deeper understanding of Islamic spirituality and Muslim world.
- Greater understanding of Female mystics & Impact on a society.
- 5 Steps to spiritual transformation.
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Course content
12 sections • 78 lectures • 2h 17m total length
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of Islam is helpful but if you are a beginner the course will spark your curiosity.
- Foundational principle of Islam are not explained in detail.
- Come with open mind and heart :)
Description
Mysticism in the Islamic context is a spiritual path, an inner dimension of Islam called Tawawuf in Arabic that leads to ultimate reality. The inner journey that connects us to the divine source.
In Western languages, Islamic Mysticism is called Sufism since the early 19th century. Sufism is concerned with discovering a deeper identity and authentic self that is beyond the social construct of a false personality. Sufism leads one towards a path of self-discovery and spiritual awareness that connects one to the universe and all the created beings discovering harmony and peace. Sufi practitioners seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal divine experience.
It is a path of love, compassion, and commitment towards self-discipline.
Sufism is beyond dogma and belief system but rather focus on experiential knowledge. Sufism can be described as a devotional movement that emphasizes achieving nearness to God through the path of purification with the aim of self-actualization and internalizing those teachings of Islam.
Sufism encompasses every aspect of human life such as spiritual, social, philosophical, and psychological dimensions.
It is a holistic approach towards Islam, a path of spiritual quest & inner transformation. Today we find the vast majority of Muslims who are unaware or even neglectful of these dimensions of Islam that affect their lives and lead to psychological and spiritual well-being.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.(Rumi)
"My heart has become a receptacle of every form;
it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks,
and a temple for idols, and pilgrims' Kaba,
and the tablets of the Torah, and the book of the Koran.
I follow the religion of love, whichever way its camels take.
For this is my religion and my faith. (Ibn Arabi)
Students will learn;
Genealogy of Sufism.
Role of women in Early Islamic History.
Female Mystics in Medieval Islam & Divine Feminine.
Purpose of Ascetic Practices.
Modernity & Sufism.
Who this course is for:
- Teachers, Educators, community Educators, students and activists who are curious about Islam & Mysticism.
- Those who are interested to know what role does religion play in the life of Muslims and what is the higher purpose.
- Anyone who is interested in the role of women in Islamic society.
- Anyone who want to explore spiritual dimension of Islam.
- Interfaith and Interreligious studies.