"no sultan is as lame as Tamerlane". There is just something about a 5th grader burn delivered by an incredibly well learned philosopher that hits different

As a practicing Sufi in Ni'matullahi order, I'm really happy to see you covering all these amazing information about it on KZfaq, thank you so much, God bless you, peace and love from middle east

I don't know if you realize it, you're teaching muslims a lot about their religion. Things they themselves didn't know

Thank you for all the good work you're doing on this channel. 🙏💗 I was in Mahan in 2014 and was lucky to go to the Shah Nematollah mosque. I was even luckier to see his "meditation room" which is apparently not open to tourists. That place is forever etched in my memory! And if anyone reading this is planning a trip to Iran, do consider including Kerman (and Mahan, and the Kalouts of Shahdad) in your plans. Won't regret it! 😉

Wow! I feel oddly touched by your presentation here! I love your videos and I was surprised to see this show up on my feed. I am a darvish initiate of the Nimatullahi tariqah and never expected to see anything about our founder and masters in this series. Alhamdulillah! While I'm familiar with most of what you're saying here, your presentation brought perspective and context to it. Excellent work! There might be one little thing that I found oddly off. My experience has been that music does, indeed, play a very important role in our gatherings. Sema is practically a sacrament and the music is unique and amazing. Dr. Nurbakhsh gave us very formal guidelines for our conduct when engaged in Sema. This might be particular to the khanighas of America or something like that, but its been a major feature of our ritual gatherings in my personal experience. That said, I wouldn't expect anyone who hasn't participated in our orders gatherings to be familiar with this, so the oversight is understandable. Again, wonderful job! I'm a fan of your work! Ya Haqq!

When you go to sufisim and higher spiritual states , it doesn't matter that you are shitte or sunni or christian ..because the only thing is matter in that state is God , the one .... Then these kinds of question about the nature of religion is meaningless basically .. After all.. bro .. you are doing a great job specially in this materialistic world that the only thing that matter is show off not a journey within ... Thanks for your useful information

Please do a video on Mullah Sadra and the School of Isphahan.

Great video as always my friend!!!!!!! You should do a video on sufism in timbuktu. How it arrived and it's golden age there. Just bc i feel like timbuktu is definitely the most forgotten or least talked about Islamic Golden age societies. Peace

Found you a month ago. Already became an admirer of you. Im also a very enthusiastic reader of the history of religions especially Islam. Keep reading keep researching and keep spreading knowledge. Thank you brother. Love from India.

“I’ve seen many a king in this world, but There is no sultan as lame as Timurlane.” - Shah Ni’matullah Wali

To deep down into the history of such philosophy and explain all in short time, All i can say Thankyou very much

I just read Milad Milani's "Sufism in the Secret History of Persia" and the Ni'matullahi Sufi Order played a leading role. I really recommend this book not only to understand Sufism better, but to understand spiritual thinking in Iran generally and its deep roots in Persian history.

Your channel sir enlighten us Muslims that there's so much Islamic views and great Philosopher outside our standard Islamic Jurispudence and Fiqh,..... Salute!!!

as a shia muslim i didnt know shias had sufi silsila.....in Pakistan we shias and sunni respect all sufi saints.....most of sufi saints were syeds (decendants of ahlul bait a.s). we consider them neither sunni or shia, sufis saints are considered saints by both shias and sunnis.

If he dissed Tamerlane, and survived, then it means this guy did have something special about him.

I've been there in Mahan. beautiful place! As many pilgrims as tourists being present there, was surprising to me.

One of the most spritually pleasing places that I have been to is the tomb of Shah nematollah Vali in the city of Mahan. There was a grand Sufi master called Ayatollah Sa'edi in Mashad, where I used to live. He was a nice man with nice folllowers. May he rest in peace

That's quite interesting. I'm surprised I never heard of him before 🥺 I like to mirror his kindness to animals

Thank you for the video. It definitely increased my knowledge about the Ni'matullahi order about which I new very little. I contacted you once over face book to make rather a kind of comparative video about Gnosticism/ Gnostic Christianity and Islam in general and especially within Sufism. Like what are similarities and what are the differences. Because I think there are a lot of Gnostic elements within Islamic Esotericism. And I'm glad that you are going to make a video about Bektashi Order and Alevism, but please point out the differences here because many people think its the same thing but it is not so.

i love your videos..you always explain complicated things to make easy to understand..thank you with love from algeria💪🏽😍❤️🇩🇿

Love form Iran ❤️

Great video as usual! I hope to see a chisti tariqa video soon

My mother is from the lineage of Syed Shah Niamatullah Hussaini. When his son Syed Shah Khalillulah Hussaini migrated to Bidar, India (Deccan) as per the request of Bahaman Shah (Bahamani Order). His lineage is still lives in India and mostly are practicing Sunnis.

you shared an urdu translation of his work....he is equally revered by sunnis and shias of pakistan...thanks

Indonesian here. Enjoy your video on Sufism so much! Please do take a look at Sufism in Indonesia. You can start with the story of Wali Sanga (The Nine Saints) & Syekh Siti Djenar. To put it simply, Siti Djenar is a rogue sufi saint that confronts the more conservative Wali Sanga. Wali Sanga tried to put down Siti Djenar because his teaching is deemed to be "too iconoclastic & borderline heresy", sometimes Siti Djenar is compared to Al-Hallaj. In the end, one of the Wali Sanga managed to kill Siti Djenar, but no one really knows of how Siti Djenar really died. Some said he attained "Moksha" so no one can find his body, other said his dead body bloomed into beautiful & fragrant flowers, some said lights as bright as sun emanates from his body when his followers tried to bury him. Yes so many version! It's just a single story from the Island of Java and there's a lot more sufi figures from other islands of Indonesia. Like, Hamzah Fansuri & Syekh Abdurrauf Sinkili from Sumatra, and more I recommend Geertz's "Religion of Java", Woodward "Java, Indonesia, and Islam" & Munir Mulkhan "Syekh Siti Jenar" (only avb. In Bahasa Indonesia). Again, thank you so much!

I can't thank you enough for this magnificent presentation. SO well made

Great video,really enjoyed it! You mentioned Tamerlane,in this video,some say he was one the most powerful Naqshbandi masters,and others considered him as tyrant, it would be great if you would make some video about him!Thanks!!!

Wonderful and very insightful video as always, really like these lil nuggets of history you present us with!

Thank you for educating us on this saint. He was indeed correct to tell his followers to take up a profession. Islam does not encourage ascetic practices.

Thanks for the hard work for us, giving a nice video

Not sure why this one was unlisted and has so few views ...

Always look forward to your uploads. Can you by any chance do a video on Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal?

I'd love to see you do a video on the Bektashi's.

I come from a country in which we only have and practice suni shaafi’i teaching so all these is new to me

Every day you upload is a happy day for me!

Really enjoyed that heard about one of my masters but I expected you to mention his prediction too... anyway, thanks a million.

I think another reason the order was able to transition to Shia Islam was the fact that most sufi orders view Imam Ali (a.s.) and Imam Hussien (a.s.) similar to how shias view them

Such a great work! Love and support, by Nura KC Nigeria 🇳🇬

Watching all your talks, your very clear, if not always accurate. I watched your video on Naqshbandi, it was a lot different to my experience as a once practicing Naqshbandi, I actually felt that it was not as orthodox as some other very rigid interpretations, but that's my only criticism of the video. I never got too involved because I don't agree with the worship of Sheikhs, never the less the multi-racial group of Dervishes I met in the tariqah where some of the most sincere, humble, open, kind, friendly, generous, and loving people I have encountered on average, and I have dwelt with several tariqahs, since the mid 1970's. Anyway no big thing, keep up the good work dude. JZK.

Whatever ur reliogion may be ur approach is excellent ,ethical, well mannered ,clear, understandable.

I'm from Kerman, and you thought me more about him today than I l'd ever learnt living literally 30 minutes away from his tomb.

Thank you for making and sharing this. It is informative and especially interesting in the panentheistic basis of this order. .

You did not mention about his predictions, was it intentional ?

I look forward to your introduction/session on the Bekdashi order. I once heard it's origin is in the Balkan and that one of the Egyptian prince who declined the throne around the first world war followed the same order yet I'm not sure what characterizes Bekdashi order from others?

the death of tabandeh was so sad , he died like a hero , I was waiting for him to give up since our govenment buys everyone but this person was honestly following his belief

Just waiting your Instagram Profile for this channel. I really appreciate your job here!

Very good explanation...Your tone of voice and speed with which you speak is understandable by all. Well done! You are very knowledgeable and have taken pains in your research. Thanks

8:53 you say he wrote in Persian, but display an Urdu text. Seems like a meditation on God, and a description of his qualities.

Lover and Beloved, Desire and Desired, Seeker and Sought, are one; So beautiful and liberating! 💖

“I perceive all the professors of exoteric knowledge to be full of learning with no applicatiom Day and night wasting their lives, pursuing discussion, chatter, and empty disputation” Shah Ni’matullah Wali

Love your videos Would like it if you would consider making a video on Noorbakshi order as well

Salam Hi, can you please kindly advice whats the background music in This video. Thanks

Did you ever have a video up on Bektashism/Alevism? I swear you had one up but I can't find it anywhere

Hi, please make video on Imam Husain and event of Karbala.

Awesome video. Do you consider doing a video on the relationship between Shia Islam and Sufism? Seems to be an important area for research.

Interesting hearing an Arabic pronunciation of Persian terms and names :)

My great great grandfather on my mother's side was a Sufi master. he was known as taooso urafa. thanks for your work.

Timur is a strange character to me I read an account of his campaigns and life, he seems to have had one part of his soul in the brutal old mongol nomad culture, and the other his father entrenched in the acknowledgement of the Divine.. And he seems to pay tribute to both sides with equal intensity lol

With lots of love & appreciation for the valuable information of sufisum & all other religions. From INDIA

Shah Nematullah was born in my city in the past, his house and his school and even his place of prayer are still there, he has made many prophecies, all of which have come true so far.

Also it shouldn't surprise people there are shia sufis, after all you can be either shiite or sunni (don't think there are ibadi sufis that i know of) and there's no issue. In fact there are sufi orders that have both shias and sunnies together.

I enjoy your videos very much. Your research and passion is very obvious. Its very interesting to me that there is a common pattern to beliefs in all religions and sects

Great channel. Great job. Please could you make a video about Shorawari and illumination school. It's not a easy goal.

The base of Persian sufism is chivalry, compassion, love and service to humanity. It goes back to long before Islam. The first Sufi being Adam.

The Nimatullahi Order was once very powerful in Iran, and formed a close relationship with Isma'ilism and the Isma'ili Imams of Khorosan, which was heavily influenced by Sufism and in particular the Nimatullahi Order.

research as brilliant as always!

I would love to see a video on the life and teachings of Sarmad Kashani, his life was interesting to say the least (originally an Arminian Persian speaking Jew, converted to Islam (sufi path) and eventually took up Hinduism near the end of his life). He was also beheaded by Aurangzeb for apparently making his older brother a devoted follower of him!

Could you make a video about Salman al Farisi al Mohammadi and his status in shi'ism and sufism ? It would be interesting to share

There are brilliant Nimatullahi poems with musical background on KZfaq I suggest all of you to search for them. Another established Shii Sufi order would be the Oveisi, itself also divided in several branches.

Insightful as usual. Great work.

Tq for the information on shah nimatullah . Appreciate if you can talk more on imam ghazalli.

Loved the fact that Shah Ni'matullah Wali influences cuts through the sunni & shiite divides

Keep up the fantastic work; Amazing diverse channel for non partisan comparative religion (especially paired with esoterica). Ni'amtullahi unity of being feels similar to thunder perfect mind.

I've recently discovered this channel and am very impressed with the content and a big part of that is the effort you put into pronouncing the words correctly. Well done young man, one thing has been bothering me about this video though, when you say "shi'i" it really puts me off. I've never heard this word before but could easily infer it's meaning, I wonder though why you use that term instead of "shi'ite"?

Can you make a video about Shaykh Baha'uldeen Al Amili, he was a Shia scholar, Mystic, Philosopher, Architect, Astronomer and mathematician. And he's the reason Iran is Shia today, and he claimed Sufis are the real Muslims but he still followed the Shia Sharia strictly, he also appears in the chain of both the Nurbakhshi and Ni'matullāhī Sufi orders.

So he's basically a Hufflepuff who once disses a king.

So nicely said.. same we see in Sanathan Dharma, Brahmam is a Sea.. icebergs are his manifestations taken form for the sake of his causeless mercy to share bliss for who seeks only Divine in the form they pray. That's polytheism which is actually pluralism in reality.

Hi there, thanks for this informative video.

Love your work Keep up. Learned a lot.

Please make detailed video on twelver shias. And beliefs

I am not sure why you haven't included his predictions and Qasida which is quite detailed and best literature for future predictions, another aspect of Sufism

Love this guy. He is not biased because he does not belong to any Sufi order and thus expose the magic or occult science that are practiced by he sufies as well. Many sufies are in denial about the Magic they are taught and believe everything they see are miracles. Thank you Filip.

*brother you forgot to mention his predictions about future* Not a single prediction is wrong

Could you do a video on Simone Weil. A lot of what she has to say about annihilating the ego or the "I", as she calls it, and other metaphysical ideas expressed in her work Gravity and Grace bear a striking resemblance to Wahdat al-wujud.

I love your videos! Would you be willing to make a video about Sufism and ganja? I've noticed that in Pakistan smoking is very common at Sufi shrines, which I find super interesting

MashaAllah just discovered this channel and it's amazing. Have you covered West African Tarikas? That would be amazing.

Loved, loved, loved it! Thank you 🌹

Plz make video on shams tabrez

Yo Eminem watch out, Sheikh Nimatullahi dropping disses track like nobody business

Fantastic video, as always! Would you consider doing a video on the chishti order in the future?

This is quite brilliant!

Great video! Just wanted to point out one thing. I know the pictures used are not accurate in representing the video but lots of the snapshots of poetry were urdu rather Persian. It's not a big deal at all. Just thought I might point it out! Great work over all loving the channel!

Thank you, that was very interesting. Appreciate your good work.

Shah Naimatullah r.a. predicted many incidents that impacted earth. If You would kindly study "Qaseeda Naimatullah Shah Wali" and make a video,it would be great and informative.

Can you also make video about Bektashi order / Alevis? : )

I was shocked to know about they moved in Deccan. I am from Dhaka

Can you please also do a video on shams tabreiz and rumi. I love watching your detail videoa..jazakAllah❤

Sounds very similar to buddhism to me. Not identical to it, but there are significant similar aspects. A very interesting interpretation of Islam, I must say.

Loved it great video.

I found your chanel a few days ago, and I love it. Keep up the good work mate. Just one question. Would thee consider on making a video about the Hurufiyya order of sufism and the poet Sayyid Nasimi? Their beliefs in terms of letters and numbers, which is similar to the kabbalistic gematria I think, is quite interesting. I'm not sure if thou canst find proper sources tho.