The Unveiling of Love: Sufism and the Remembrance of God

by Muzaffer Ozak, Tosun Bayrak Jerrahi, Muhtar Holland (Translator)

The Unveiling of Love is the inspired work of an enlightened master of the Sufi Way. Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak was the renowned spiritual leader of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes in Istanbul and in the U.S., as well as other countries in the West.
For the dervish, passionate and ecstatic adoration for the Divine Beloved illuminates both the heart and the mind. With the help of poems, traditional teaching stories and brief passages from the Koran, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak unveils the meaning of spiritual affection and explores the relationship between the lover and beloved.

Expressly written for a Western audience, The Unveiling of Love presents valuable guidance for those with long experience in Islam and for those who are encountering Sufism and the meaning of spiritual love for the first time.

Genres: Islam, Spirituality, Religion

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Muzaffer Ozak was one of the head sheikhs of the Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes, a traditional muslim Sufi order (tarika) from Istanbul (Turkey). In western countries he is well known because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America where he celebrated public dhikrs (Remembrance of God; in Turkish "zikrullah") with his dervishes. He is also well known in Turkey for his "ilahis," religious Sufi hymns. Ozak also ran a bookstore in the Sahaflar Çarşısı in Istanbul.
Works

Irşad
English: Irshad – Wisdom of a Sufi Master
Aşk Yolu Vuslat Tariki
English: The Unveiling of Love
Spanish: La Develación del Amor
Envar-ül-Kulub
English: Lights of the Hearts
Ziynet-ül-Kulub
English: Adornment of Hearts
Gülsar-i Arifan
Hazret-i Meryem (not published in Turkish)
English: Blessed Virgin Mary
German: Die gesegnete Jungfrau Maria im Islam
Spanish: Mariam
Sofiyye Sohbetleri (not published in Turkish)
English: Garden of Dervishes
Love is the Wine (edited by Robert Frager)
German: Der Wein der Sufis (zusammengestellt von Robert Frager)
(Title of first edition: Liebe ist der Wein)
Spanish: El Amor es el Vino (recompilado por R. Frager)
Audiorecordings[edit]

LP Halveti-Jerrahi-Dhikr
Journey To The Lord Of Power
CD Chant des Derviches de Turquie
La Cérémonie du Zikr
(5. Festival des Arts Traditionnels 1978, Rennes, France)
CD Garden of Paradise
Sufi Ceremony of Remembrance
(recorded April 5, 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey)
CD Reunion
Ceremonial Music of the Sufis
(recorded April 16, 1984 in New York City, USA)

Reviews

[A]

3.5/5
The book has a emotional but clear writing style to it and covers a few concepts mainly dealing with 'aqeeda or the explanation of love of god from an observer's viewpoint and stretched on a "material plane". There is some redundancy in the ideas presented but it doesn't necessarily make the reading experience bad.

Discussions such as the Four types of Nafs, the external and internal ablutions, and the last chapters were particularly interesting.

[Zoeya · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing