Everybody I'm from suhrevardi's hometown, suhrevard is a little village now with amazing Walnut trees I'm always amazed myself how this dude moved out from that village and became such a figure at that time

I just wanted to let you know that I found your channel while doing research on religions for a fantasy novel I'm currently writing. I'm very impressed with your perfect Arabic pronunciation and your calm and soothing voice. Thank you for your hard work and your beautiful channel. I find it educational and inspirational.

It's a shame, nay, a _crime,_ that such wisdom is not commonly taught in our schools. We seem determined to remain as ignorant and closed-minded as possible.

I am Persian and this young genius philosopher Sheikh Shahab Sohrevardi is one of my favorite scholars and philosophers. I had the privilege of reading his Persian books and amazed how a person in such a young age (late twenties and early thirties) could have such a wast knowledge and personal experience. I would like to thank you for this video clip and your wonderful introduction to this great man. Well done and good job.

im so grateful to be living in a time where people from all around the world can speak and communicate with each other freely through things like the comment section of this video and that we can relive the worlds and thoughts of figures like suhrawardi much more easily in ways that are near impossible in personal conversations and use this to dispel. perhaps only a few decades ago, only a handful of people outside the middle east would have known about him.

I live in Aleppo where there's the shrine and tomb of Suhrawardi just outside the walls of the old city and always wondered about his life when being in that area. And this is an enlightening video about his life and writings, really insightful, keep up the good work. Although I'm Christian still living in in the Middle East I enjoy all your videos about Islam ,Christianity and all other religions.

This thought occurred to me as well. And as a muslim, I knew that famous light verse from the Quran, and I thought it made sense. I think, the ‘light’ is not just light made out of photons, Its more like waves of energy or information. Our consciousness is like a radio picking up the waves that it is most in tune with. We decide the station our consciousness tunes to. Just like we don’t know what exact song the RJ of our radio station might play next, we don’t know what life might bring about tomorrow, but we believe we have a pretty good estimation for that. We don’t always control the waves and the energy and the information that are immediately around us, but we can choose which ones we’d like to be around with. If our consciousness picks up the right waves, we can exert our energy for the right reasons and receive the right information to do the right thing. Like Rumi said, ‘You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the whole ocean in a drop’.

I like the titles he chose for some his essays written in Persian. They show his creative talents: "The red intellect", " the song of Gabriel's feather", " the call of Simurgh", " on the state of childhood", " the language of ants", " on the reality of love" and "One day among Sufis". Also found his description of ecstasy (Halat) and etymology of the word Love ( Eshgh in persian/arabic) fascinating.

Your videos never fail to blow my mind. As spiritual aspirants we commit ourselves to one particular path and training. Yet nothing is more inspiring than to learn about an God-realized master from a totally different tradition. This transcendental knowledge we try to attain is beyond word and concept. Where it limited to one spiritual teacher we could doubt its validity. But when I come to your channel I know there can be no doubt.

Looking forward to this. I don't know what took me so long but I've finally set notifications for your videos.

Outstanding❤. Iran was full of gems, what a country!

God… this blew my mind. I can’t get over it. The philosophy of illumination is literally everything I learned during my first mushroom trip summarized and explained. All of it. Please read on before you call me names 😂 So during my first mushroom trip, which was so transformative spiritually for me, I had these “realizations”, a knowingness if you will. I was “perceiving” certain truths. That’s as close as I got to describing it in the aftermath (words in any of the 4 languages I speak proved inadequate every time I tried to describe what I experienced). But now listening to this wonderful explanation that I stumbled upon totally by accident (never heard of these concepts before), I believe that what happened to me that day in terms of “perceiving” could perhaps be described as “intuitive knowledge” and the “unveiling” that this philosopher talked about. I can relate to the way it’s described in this way on a profound level. And that’s not even the best part… funny enough, one of the things I “perceived”, was the “order of the universe”. I’m using quotation marks because it’s impossible to describe these experiences and concepts with words, as I said. But what I perceived or grasped was this light that’s talked about here and “God” being at the very top of this, on the top level, so incredibly bright. I could see this with my “mind’s eye” except I couldn’t in that this “Light of Lights” was so bright and so incomprehensible to me, a mere human, that my mind just couldn’t process it. But I “perceived” also that it’s on the “top level”… and then there were all these other levels below it. I perceived 7-ish I’d say, and later someone told me Islam talks about these levels or spheres. And it was a humbling experience in that it made me realize how far, far away we are from this Light of Lights, the Source. The comment about how our human souls are the “dimmest” of these lights describes it perfectly. And what it helped me see is how trivial our existence is in that we get caught up in things that are not even real and yet we remain blind to our true nature, souls getting lost in this material world and our material problems when pure Divine Light and Divine Love is all there is. When we should be trying to get closer to It… our human existence is organized so that we basically do everything to get further away from this Light. And most of us can only hope to “ascend” a little bit… we’ll never truly get anywhere near it. Or idk. All I know is we’re damn far and we have opportunities every day to come closer to It because God is in all things, in all of us. God, Light, Sourcr… call it what you want. I’m not a religious man, though I was raised Catholic. But I am someone who considers himself very spiritual and quite attracted to these “mystical” ideas and philosophers. I’m in awe of the fact someone described what I experienced in circa 2012 centuries ago. There is indeed an intuitive knowledge we all posses, a “universal consciousness” new age folks talk about but that has its origin in the pre-Socratic era (both Plato and Aristotle apparently rejected the idea but I don’t know much of the background). Ive only taken psilocybin once after that, or any psychedelic for that matter. But I think “magic” mushrooms are a wonderful tool of “illumination” and a gateway to truths that are simultaneously intuitive to us yet beyond our comprehension. And all I can add is that I have the most profound respect for men such as this, who were so tuned into the rhythms of the Universe and the true nature of reality that most people such as myself can access only through altered states of consciousness, when the ego is dissolved and we can be free of out “filters” temporarily and see beyond the veil. See things for what they are. I’m so in awe right now I could cry. Neither from joy nor sadness. Just awe. There’s truth in all religions and all traditions. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

I am glad I came cross your channel. You are a genius. You pronounce the Arabic words very accurately without seemingly to have an accent. Incredible that someone finally covers topics in philosophies, mysticism, Sufism and their influences on religions which determined the paths of people and their ethos and their values in the way forward.

he is indeed one of most important mystics of Iran, and respected among different different sects

Thank you Filip. I look forward to your videos, and I appreciate that you mention sources for further reading as well. Many thanks!

This is going to be a great episode!

متابعك من العراق One of your fans form Iraq معجبك بقناتك واتمنى لك كل الخير I love your channel, and I wish all good to you

Truly enlightening. Im not a religious person, but Suhrawardy's school of thought opened my mind to dig about Druze, pantheism, gnosticism and Ismailism. Different religious teachings have much in common, hence it needs to be discussed with compassion rather than fighting each other. May peace be upon us.

I agree with Suhrawardi in how we can only know God. It is a personal relationship outside of religious dogma or beliefs and I believe should be a personal relationship. And all religious and beliefs should be respected. It should not be considered a contest in who is right or wrong. We all will know the truth upon our death. Until then we should be respectful to one another.

You are my favorite youtuber after watching a couple of episodes. You've introduced me to philosophies that I've never even knew existed. Thank you!

This gentleman’s breadth of knowledge and delivery is more than satisfactory.

Fascinating character, loved your presentation of this great philosopher. Thank you!

Thanks very much for acknowledging how difficult these concepts are. You said this just as I felt the conversation whizzing by my head

Commenting for the algorithm to get you more subs because the amount of effort you put into your research and unbiased, respectful presentation is phenomenal.

Wonderful presentation: lucid and conversational and historically responsible. Many thanks for this

Amazing episode! So good I'm going to re-watch.

This is one of my favorite videos, thank you. 🙏

Many thanks for this. Looking forward to it

This was profoundly illuminating. Thank you Filip 🙏🏼

Thank you for the amazing value you’re adding ❤🙏 you have influenced my PhD studies so much with this unique knowledge I’m an Ismaili Syrian young woman studying in the UK a theology geek I would say Your Chanel is at the top of my favourite KZfaq channels

What you do on your channel ist magnificent ✨🙌🏻 and extraordinarily unique 🌈

I truly enjoy your content even though many concepts are difficult to grasp but your way of delivering is helpful in understanding these ideas.

Great information, keep it up, we sufis are eager to know more & more from you. May Allah bless you with more knowledge & information.with lots of love from India🇮🇳❤️

He was really radical for his time. I am amazed that his knowledge has survived and not burnt as was being done elsewhere in contemporary world.

During my highschool in persian literature class, we had been taught a bit about the writers, scientist and poets, but it was like teaching Mendeleev table elements names to kids without knowing what are exactly these elements. By watching yore videos, I am starting to think its good to go back and educate myself more

Amazing video, I love all these great thinkers such as Suhrawardi, Mir damad and so on. keep up the great content !

I love your channel brother, keep at it. you provide so much benefits to mankind

I'm glad that I'm getting this knowledge from KZfaq and not from Netflix.

A brilliantly well researched video. Kudos!!!

Thanks for introducing me to this amazing thinker/mind! I think without your video i would not encountered it.

I think that Suhrawardi's method of transmitting knowledge can be perplexing for some, as he employs the language and conventions of philosophers to convey a Sufi mystical understanding of God. In his writings, he emphasizes however that the reader will only grasp the meaning if they have personally experienced the light of God and the accompanying self-expansions, not just once but repeatedly. This prerequisite is common in traditional Sufism for understanding the true nature of God's existence and being. Suhrawardi's work can be better understood when compared with the works of scholars like Ghazali and later Sunni Sufi illuminationists such as the Shadhulis, who have also delved into the concept of divine light. For those seeking a deeper comprehension of illumination and the experience of witnessing Allah's light, contemporary works such as those by Shaykh Mohamed Faouzi al-Karkari Quddisa Sirruh are highly recommended. In particular, the book "The Sufi Path of Light," translated by Professor Yousef Casewit from the University of Chicago, offers valuable insights into the nature of divine light and the process of illumination.

I can't even express how grateful I am for this video. Thank you for making this!

Thank you for all your work. ❤

Thank you so much for that! It was absolutely fascinating!

According to a very recent scientific research and findings light can create matter. Great video and explanation.

Very insightful. Suhrawardi is still relevant to modern philosophy.

I have enjoyed your channel for a few months now, and have been patiently waiting for this. Finally indeed. My particular experiences are more "sapiential," as Nasr describes, definitely "intuitive" although I have no problem reading dense academic prose. Corbin has been a pivotal author in my personal studies yet now it feels like I can return to study Suhrawardi through the more discursive work of Walbridge & Ziai's critical edition which I didn't even know existed! Thank you so much!

Thank you once again for your very clear and interesting introduction.

Wow! Just blew my mind thank you for sharing this historic information with those of us who may not otherwise have had access to it.

Surhawadi is so perfectly explained. The idea explained is pretty much a sum of ideology I was interested all these years but couldn't explain.i slowly did my research and came to same understanding as surhawadi itself.

thank you for this excellent episode from Persia.

What a deep insight! Thanks very mucb for covering Sohrevardi

Love your accent in pronunciation of Arabic language, may Allah bless and protect you always my brother

What a wonderful simple explanation of a complex philosophy of Shahabuddin suharwardi. Honour for you.

Your channel is very uplifting. just wanted to say thank you.

Happy to see your channel is doing so well, you lead us down some interesting metaphysical rabbit warrens.

There are so many persian philosophers and scientists who were vastly acquainted and had affiliated to school of writers and poetic abilities.

With each video I can’t help but be grateful for your hard work, in Aw of the rich Islamic philosophies and deeply, deeply enraged by the indoctrination that has been successful in convincing most muslims that there is only one right way of thinking about faith.not even thinking just practicing without thought. From the bottom of my soul: جزاك الله كل خير 🙏🏻🤍

Appreciate your videos and work, you are walking the bodhisattva path in the 21st century, much love

Thank you very much for your awesome work. Very interesting and quite challenging. Had to watch this a couple of times :)

Thanks for this one in particular. Fantastic information. I, personally,am a great fan of Rumi,in my opinion he is the greatest poet to come along so far. Sufism leads people into interesting and beautiful places. This is the only channel on KZfaq about religion that has any real integrity. You are not emotionally invested in anything that you cover in your discussions. You simply lay things out and allow the viewers to decide for themselves. Well done. Keep it up. 🔥

Members of my family in Bangladesh had been influenced by Suhrawardi (Rahmatullahi)’s philosophy as I remember them discussing the subject in the 1950s. Very illuminating indeed. Regards.

Thanks for your wonderful channel. Precise and clear presentation.

So happy I found you! Thank you,!

Looking forward to the Master of Illumination (Shaikh al-'Ishraq).

Thank you for making this complex concept (somewhat) easier to understand. This has been very illuminating.

Masterpiece. Loved it. Very intriguing

This was wonderful, thank you.

It’s always interesting for me to find /hear the teachings/philosophy of the ancient masters and see the sources for so many of modern days gurus that never give credit to the true origins of their works Carlos Castaneda comes to mind here .

Great video. You lucidly explain profound philosophies. Suhrawardi's philosophy greatly influenced Akbar the great through his court nobles like Mubarak and his sons Abu Fazl and Faizi. They all were illuminationists. Akbar's veneration of the Sun and symbols related to the sun was due to this reason. However, the ignorant people thought that he had become a sun worshipper.

Thank you for sharing these deeply insightful and educational videos. Your research and knowledge is mind-blowing and sharing it is truly a gift. There are so many amazing topics that the everyday person would never know of, or be taught. So again thank you 🙂

You are light my friend, ever illuminating. Thank you for your authenticity!!

Very carefully and thoroughly researched and presented. Excellent! And Filip(?) is passionate about the subject without displaying any bias. The perfect combination. Thank you for your contribution. Very helpful. Keep it up!

I was already in the mindset that every religion is pointing everyone to the same universal truths of God and no matter which one you choose it will be correct. Then I started watching your videos and it's just re enforced my mono myth theory. We are always so busy fighting and even killing each other the differences of our religions that we never stop to look at the similarities

Much appreciated, love & light

Am so grateful for your clear and scholarly presentation.

My rather simple example to help with understanding Surawardi's notion of self-knowledge leading to knowledge of reality, is to think of your mind as a torch or some sort of light, which gets partially covered when an object is placed in its field, thereby creating a dark spot in that light field which takes the shape and size of the object itself. Now, depending on the shape and size of the covered area you can determine the size and shape of the object itself, as the object will only cover such an area of light as the object can occupy. This is how you'd know, for example, if the object is square shaped, large, medium, triangular shaped etc. Without that light, you wouldn't be able to detect the object

Thank you for this excellent episode:) His system of "lights" being Awarenesses that emanate different bubbles of experience while sharing the Essence with the Godhead is, not only fascinating, but extremely useful for those who walk any mystical path that wants to reconcile the Transcendent side in us and the world affairs we have to take care of. It reminds me of those wonderful explanations that John Wren Lewis gave of his near death experience. He spoke about his experience being, not "John", but "Eternity John-ing", or "Eternity focusing down into this body-mind perspective", with "Eternity" (that is, "Light") being his true nature and the one that emanates and perceives everything that is objective.

@19:50 : that look and hand wave when you say "get it?" is priceless. No, I don't think I got it, but i think you explained it beautifully so I *began* getting it. which is a lot. thank you, was most enlightening

Impressive content! I'm so grateful to have found your channel 🎈

Awesome! Brilliant Sir! Long live Sufism and Philosophy.

As an Iranian I really appreciate your efforts for making this amazing video!

Knowledge can only be obtained thru being self aware of our actions, thought, words.... Then thru meditation we begin to observe patterns within our actions. Further investigation reveals the motivation behind those actions. Great video! Thanx 🙏

Your videos are so great. Thank you 😊🙋‍♂️

So excited

I actually did get the explanation, and I can say I partially agree because we are only capable of relating to the world through our experiences, but we can also deduce universals through those experiences. Otherwise, things like observational science wouldn't work.

Always great stuff!

I never thought that this type of channel exists because, for quite a time I want to know about world religion, and your channel is perfect. God bless you.

I think I need to watch this video again to fully grasp the idea given.

Please start posting your episodes as podcasts on Spotify, it’s free and would make it more accessible:)!

Great topic. Excellent coverage.

Excellent video! Very informative and detailed. Thanks

Outstanding, thank you. His work on consciousness and presence calls to mind the work of Rupert Spira and Peter Russell today. Always important to remind ourselves of the wisdom of our predecessors, how we stand on the shoulders of the great thinkers and teachers that have gone before us. Wonderful video, wonderful channel!

Thank you Filip for wonderful lecture although I only can grasp Suhrawardi's teachings to a certain degree because it is in my opinion the most complex and most profound mystical philosopher in the Islamic world. Nevertheless I admire him and it is a great tragedy that most of these enlightened people were more executed for political reasons than for actual heresy, take for example famous Sufi poet Nasimi. Unfortunately majority of religious people including many scholars instead of trying to comprehend or to understand what is or what means Light above all Lights (actual God) they still have a kind of demiurge like perception of God and they often mislead other people.

Your pronounciation with arabic and persian names are almost spot on ! Great job

Very enlightening and beautiful inspirational. Great video. Thank you.

Some people have commented on how good this guys Arabic pronounciation is (which is true) but he also deserves credit for his English. I know it might be easier for a Swede to learn English than, for example, a Chinese person, but still getting through the explaination at 19:40 is a pretty impressive feat for a non-native speaker.

hey, i regularly watch your videos and i loved your videos a lot. I am from India and English isn't my first laguage. I understand english very well, but i cant understand much of your accent, so can you please add english subtitles in your videos? Please try to add subtitles

I have been lucky enough to learn a lot from your channel. Absolutely excellent explanation and delivery every time. Thank you for this work!

Thanks for sharing this. 🌻