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Suggested Reading

Ali, Imam. Nahjul Balagha (Peak of Eloquence). Sayings, letters and sermons of Imam Ali ibn abi Talib, compiled by 7th century A.D. schol­ar Allama Syed Muhammad Razi. Arabi, ibn. Futuhat makkiyah (The Meccan Revelation).

Armstrong, Karen. History of God. New York, Ballantine Books,1993. , Muhammad, A Biography of the Prophet. San Francisco, HarperCollins,1992•

Attar, Fariduddin. Memoirs of the Saints. trans. by Bankey Behari. Lahore, Pakistan: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1965.

Awliya, Qalandar Baba. Rubaiyat (Urdu, poetry). Karachi, Al-Kitaab Publications. Loh-o-Qalam, (Urdu) Essays on Spirituality. Karachi, Maktaba-e-Tajuddin Baba, 1978.

Azeemi, Khwaja Shamsuddin. Avaz-e-Dost. (Urdu) inspirational essays. Karachi, Maktaba-e-Roohani Digest,1996

Jannat ki Sayr. (Urdu) anecdotes of spiritual encounters. Karachi. Al-Kitaab Publications, 1988.

Kashkoal. (Urdu) inspirational essays. Lahore, Pakistan. Maktaba-e-Azeemia,1995.

Muhammad Rasul AI-Lah, vol. I, II, III, IV (Urdu) anecdot­al biography of the founder of Islam. Karachi, Al-Kitaab Publications, 1994

Parapsychology (Urdu) Lectures on parapsychology. Karachi, Al-Kitaab Publications, 1985.

Qulundur sha'oor. (Urdu) Karachi, aI-Kitaab Publications, 1980.

Roohani Aelaaj. (Urdu) Spiritual healing. Karachi, Maktaba Tajuddin Baba, 1983.

Roohani Namaz. (Urdu). Karachi, Maktaba Tajuddin Baba,1984.

Rang our Roshni say Aelaaj. (Urdu) Spiritual healing based on color therapy. Karachi. Maktaba-e-Tajuddin Baba, 1987.

Tadjalliyat. (Urdu) inspirational essays. Karachi, Maktaba­e-Roohani Digest, 1996.

Taujeehaat. (Urdu) Lectures and articles of Shaykh Azeemi on Spirituality, compiled by Mian Mushtaq Ahmed Azeemi. Lahore, Pakistan. Maktaba-e-Azeemia 1994.

Tazkira-e-Qalandar Baba Awliya. (Urdu) a short biography of the founder of the Sufi Order of Azeemia. Karachi, Maktaba-e­Tajuddin Baba, 1980.

Telepathy seekhiyae (Urdu) Self-help guide to learning Telepathy. Karachi, Al-Kitaab Publications, 1986.

Azeemi, Mian Mushtaq Ahmed. Khanqahi Nizaam. (Urdu) An introduc­tion to several Sufi orders. Lahore, Pakistan. Maktaba-e-Azeemia, 1989.

Yaran-e-tariqat. (Urdu) a short biography of Sufi saints. Lahore, Pakistan. Maktaba-e-Azeemia , 1988.

Azeemi, Monis Khan. AllahRakkhi. (Urdu/fiction) Lahore, Pakistan. Maktaba-e-Azeemia, 1988.

Pir Hazir Shah. (Urdu/fiction) Lahore, Pakistan. Maktaba-e­Azeemia, 1986

Sada Suhagan Mastani. (Urdu/fiction) Karachi, Maktaba-e­Roohani Digest, 1985.

Azeemi, Sohail. Tazkira-e-Baba Tajuddin. (Urdu) A short, anecdotal biography of the Indian Sufi Saint of Nagpur. Karachi, Maktaba-e­Tajuddin, 1983.

Azeemi, Sveda Saeeda Khatoon. Andar ka Musafir. (Urdu/fiction) Karachi, Al-Kitaab Publications, 1997.

Bawa Muhaiyadeen,M.R. The Asma ul Husna: Ninety-Nine Beautiful Nantes. Philadelphia, Fellowship Press, 1979.

Dyer, Wayne W. The Power of Intention. Carlsbad, Hay House USA, 2004. , io Secrets for Success and Inner Peace. Carlsbad, Hay House USA, 2001.

Ernst, Carl W. Sufism: An essential introduction to the philosophy and practice of the mystical tradition of Islam. Boston, Shambhala, 1997.

Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003.

Frager, Robert. Essential Sufism. Co-editor James Fadiman San Francisco, HarperCollins, 1997.

Haeri, Shaykh Fadhlalla. The elements of Sufism. Boston, Elements Books, 1990.

Hasan, Asma Gull. Why I am a Muslim: An American Odyssey. Boston, Elements Books,2004.

Heehs, Peter. Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience. New York, New York University Press,2002.

Helminski, Camille Adams. Women of Sufism, A Hidden Treasure; Writings and stories of mystic poets, scholars and saints. Boston, Shambhala, 2003.

Helminski, Kabir Edmund. The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation. Boston, Shambhala,2000.

Momen, Moojan. An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism. New Haven, Yale University Press,1985•

Nasr, Sevyed Hossein. Sufi Essays. Albany: Suny Press, 1991.

Quadiri, Syed Fazl Kareem. Maye Haqiqat Bajam-e-Shariat. (Urdu) Karachi, 1979.

Redfield, James. The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure (fiction). New York, Warner Books, 1993.

The Secrets of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight (fiction). New York, Warner Books, 1999.

Sadiq, Imam Ja'far al-. The Lantern of the Path. Shaftesbury, England: Elements Books, 1989.

Schimmel, Annemarie. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina press, 1975.

Shah, Ghauth Ali. Tazkira Ghauthya.

Stepaniants, Marietta T. Sufi Wisdom. Albany, State University of New York, 1994.

Wolfe, Michael. Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith. Rodale Books, 2004.


MURAQABA

KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI

In the current information age, the very question of what Man is, and to what extent his abilities go, has gained prominence. Metaphysical knowledge tells us that Man is not just a mass of muscles and bones but in fact is a living universe or microcosm (a'lam asghar) itself. His life is primarily relying on information. As a matter of fact his life is nothing but a collection of thoughts and imagination. His every movement is influenced by information and thoughts. Every human achievement is circled around the unseen world of cognition, imagination and creative thoughts. By giving new meaning to this idea, Man creates and invents new things out of nothing.