I originally posted this in response to a Salafi sister who has since deleted all of her comments with my responses, so I decided to post the response here instead and expand it a bit more. Poetry in any language makes use of metaphors, and Arabic poetry - Sufi poetry included - is no exception. Anyone incapable of understanding this is too ignorant to be listening to poetry in the first place. Classical Arabic and Sufi poetry are full of mentions of wine and legendary love objects of Arab folklore like Layla and Su'ad (the first poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad - the original Qasidah al-Burda composed by Ka'b ibn Zuhayr - used the figure of Su'ad as a metaphor, in a poem that was approved by the Prophet). Among some of the more prominent classical Sufis who have employed the metaphor of Layla alone in their poems include Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Ibn Arabi, Ibn al-Farid, al-Shushtari, Abu Madyan al-Tilmisani and Ahmad al-Alawi. As for what Sufi poets mean by the metaphor of Layla, some use it to represent "that divine kindness that God has deposited in us", manifested most clearly in the woman, as a naturally gentle, soft creature. Some may mean it to represent the human being's ultimate, final love object that is God. And some say the meaning of these metaphors can only be understood to those who immerse themselves in the Sufi path, as they were understood by the Sufi masters who wrote them. As with all poems and their writers, the true meaning of a metaphor depends entirely on what the poet intended for it to mean, but what is clear is that references to things like Layla and wine in Sufi poetry are almost never intended to be taken at face value.
All of this is mentioned in the video's description. The Karkari tariqah is a branch of the larger Shadhili tariqah, and the tariqah's official material describes them as the Shadhili Karkari tariqah, just like the Haqqani tariqah is a branch of the larger Naqshbandi tariqah. I usually put the main tariqah in the title as these are more recognisable to people than the individual branches.
5:55 would correct my flaws. Allah has no flaws. This may be referring to concealing the secrets of Allah on the path. Common teaching as the more you conceal the more secrets open up. It also makes it so it’s only for Allah and not for the creation. It deepens the relationship one has with Allah.
I originally posted this in response to a Salafi sister who has since deleted all of her comments with my responses, so I decided to post the response here instead and expand it a bit more.
Poetry in any language makes use of metaphors, and Arabic poetry - Sufi poetry included - is no exception. Anyone incapable of understanding this is too ignorant to be listening to poetry in the first place. Classical Arabic and Sufi poetry are full of mentions of wine and legendary love objects of Arab folklore like Layla and Su'ad (the first poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad - the original Qasidah al-Burda composed by Ka'b ibn Zuhayr - used the figure of Su'ad as a metaphor, in a poem that was approved by the Prophet).
Among some of the more prominent classical Sufis who have employed the metaphor of Layla alone in their poems include Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Ibn Arabi, Ibn al-Farid, al-Shushtari, Abu Madyan al-Tilmisani and Ahmad al-Alawi.
As for what Sufi poets mean by the metaphor of Layla, some use it to represent "that divine kindness that God has deposited in us", manifested most clearly in the woman, as a naturally gentle, soft creature. Some may mean it to represent the human being's ultimate, final love object that is God. And some say the meaning of these metaphors can only be understood to those who immerse themselves in the Sufi path, as they were understood by the Sufi masters who wrote them. As with all poems and their writers, the true meaning of a metaphor depends entirely on what the poet intended for it to mean, but what is clear is that references to things like Layla and wine in Sufi poetry are almost never intended to be taken at face value.
JazakiAllah khair for your explanation. I was wondering what was meant by Layla
What is the poem of Layla and Su'ad?
@@qalbsaleem89 No single poem, both Layla and Su'ad have been commonly used as objects of devotion in classical Arabic poetry for hundreds of years.
@HashimAziz1 ah I understand what you meant now.
Haloooo
Thanks for translating and taking your time, amazing poetry.
Ethereal. Soul moving. SubhanAllah ❤️
Salaam from what I read Tariq’s Karkariyya is branch of the Older SHADHILI Tariqat.
Beautiful, Jazakallah khair🤍
Allah Allah HU!
Al Salam alaikum i am a a karkari i hope you post the whole hadr
Allahu Akbar.....
SubhanAllah 🌹
جميل
7:18 perhaps killing in the self refers to killing the soul before real death which is very expensive
Aghisnaa!
Allah 💟💟💟💟
Why do they were that patched multi color thobe is there a certain reason
Bismillah.. this is Karkariya Tariqa, not Shadhiliya.. and that's Shaykh Fauzi Karkari, the leader of the Tariqa leading the Zikr..
All of this is mentioned in the video's description. The Karkari tariqah is a branch of the larger Shadhili tariqah, and the tariqah's official material describes them as the Shadhili Karkari tariqah, just like the Haqqani tariqah is a branch of the larger Naqshbandi tariqah. I usually put the main tariqah in the title as these are more recognisable to people than the individual branches.
@@HashimAziz1 Allahu Akbar...
Where is the exact place in morocco?
5:55 would correct my flaws. Allah has no flaws. This may be referring to concealing the secrets of Allah on the path. Common teaching as the more you conceal the more secrets open up. It also makes it so it’s only for Allah and not for the creation. It deepens the relationship one has with Allah.