Ashki's Divan

by Muzaffer Ozak, Muhtar Holland, S. Friedrich

In the centuries-old tradition of the great Sufi masters, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak was an ecstatic poet whose voice, like those of Rumi and Kabir, carried the full force of conviction and experience. Ashki's Divan is modern poetry of faith, devotion and love, yet its roots reach back through the ages, finding their source in the life and times of the Prophet Muhammad.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

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)