Shaykh Muzaffar Ozak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti

The Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes is a traditional Muslim Sufi Order. The originator of the line of Jerrahiyyah of the order of Khalwatiyyah is Pir Nureddin al-Jerrahi, may his soul be sanctified. They are a cultural, educational, and social relief organization made up of Muslims from diverse professional, ethnic, and national backgrounds. The Jerrahi Order has branches in Turkey, New York, California, Illinois, and Seattle, Bosnia, Germany, Greece, Italy, France, England, Spain, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.

The way starts with knowledge. Under the protection of knowledge you grow to be a gentle, kind and beautiful being, as all were created to be. Below are links to two writings which describe the endeavor of Sufism.  

•54 Attributes of the Dervish 

•68 Blemishes of the Nafs 

The Jerrahi Mosque has a history of coordinating relief efforts for Afghani refugees, Bangladeshi flood victims, Turkish earthquake victims, Palestinian refugees, and Kurdish children in Iraq.

Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak (1916 -1985CE) was the head shaykh of the Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes, a traditional muslim Sufi order (tariqa) 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. The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in New York City is named for him.

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Love is the Wine : Talks of a Sufi Master in America   NEW REVISED EDITION
 Paperback - Total 128 pages                                             by Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti

This book presents an intoxicating mix of essays to satisfy the spiritual thirst of those with long experience in Islam, as well as those encountering Sufism and the meaning of spiritual love for the first time. Themes including generosity, faith, self-knowledge, patience and love are developed with stories and teachings by Turkish Sufi master Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak.


A mesmerising storyteller, master teacher, and prolific author in his native country, he was ideally suited to bring the richness of the Sufi tradition to the West. The chapters of this book, skilfully edited and compiled by the psychologist and Sufi teacher Dr Robert Frager, were derived from talks given during Sheikh Muzafffer's visits to New York and California over the last years of his life. Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak understood Westerners as almost no Sufi master before him has. His religious bookshop in Istanbul attracted hundreds of Western seekers visiting Turkey. In his travels, he initiated hundreds of Americans and Europeans into the Halveti Jerrahi Order, interpreted their dreams, and answered their questions about everything from theology and mysticism to marriage and earning a living. These stories and teachings are memorable, yet highly enigmatic, and meant to be told and retold. Like great spiritual parables, the themes are universal and their applications ageless. The astute reader will appreciate new levels of meaning in these profound teaching tales with each reading. "Love is the Wine" is a treasury filled with priceless items of Sufi wisdom.

 
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IRSHAD : WISDOM OF A SUFI MASTER   
Hardback - 725+pages                                                     Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi

IRSHAD: WISDOM OF A SUFI MASTER
By Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak
Preface by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Introduction by al-Hajj Muhtar Holland

The Irshad is regarded by many as the most important work in Islamic spirituality for our time and a testament to the fact that Sufism is a living tradition. The work charts the Sufi spiritual path and disciplinethrough discourse and dialogue, story and prayer, scriptural commentary and spontaneous mystical teachings in worship and action.

The Irshad addresses not only Sufis, but all those who are attracted to the spiritual life and the truths that ultimately constitute the very fiber and substance of the human soul.

 

Inspiration

''Well, you have kept the fast and learned what it means to go hungry. Now leave your fire unlit for a day and find out what it is like for those who have no heat in their homes! Go without shoes some day; tread barefoot in the snow and ice to find out how it is for those who always go barefoot through the mud and slush! Leave your windows open one day and see what it is like to live in a house without them! Go out in the street without your coat some cold winters day, just to see how it is for those who have no coats at all! As long as your stomach is full, you will know nothing about the condition of the starving; as long as your house is warm, you will not understand the actions of those who live without heat; as long as your own feet are well shod, as long as you have thick clothes to wear, you will have no idea of the state of those who go barefoot and unclad. Satisfy the hungry, so that Paradise may love you. Clothe the naked, so that you may not be bare on the coming day of Resurrection, when all the rest are naked. Become aware of the condition of all those paupers and orphans, for your own wife may become a pauper and your own children orphans. The wheel of fate turns. None of us knows what is to be : what great wealth may be doomed to extinction or how many, now despised, may rise to heights of dignity and honour." ---Extract from the book - page 233

 
Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak (1916 -1985CE) was the head shaykh of the Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes, a traditional muslim Sufi order (tariqa) 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. The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in New York City is named for him.

 
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  The Secret of Secrets (Sirr al-Asrar)                 by Hadrat 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

  Paperback - 172 Pages              Translation by: Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al Halveti                 

NEW OCTOBER 2010 EDITION 

An interpretative translation by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti of Sirr al-Asrar by Hadrat Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (May Allah sanctify his secret), considered the greatest saint of Islam (Sultan al-Awliya) and the eponymous founder of the Qadiriyya order; the first of the great Sufi brotherhoods which radiate throughout the Islamic World. The Secret of Secrets, considered one of the greatest works of classical Sufi Mysticism appearing in English for the first time. It reveals in a brief compass the very essence of Sufism, showing how outward practises such as prayer, fasting, alms-giving and pilgrimage - contain a wealth of inner dimension which must be discovered and enjoyed if external actions are to be performed in a manner pleasing to God. When this is achieved the soul finds true peace and the spiritual life becomes complete. 

Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (May Allah sanctify his secret), born near the Caspian Sea, is one of the most venerated figures in Sufism his burial place in Baghdad attracts millions of pilgrims and from throughout the globe. 

‘A book of great importance to Sufism...Sheikh Tosun has done an admirable job in presenting not only a translation but a lucid interpretation of one of Jilani’s most important works. ’ Gnosis

 
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The Garden of Dervishes                            by Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak
 Paperback - 112 pages   

The Garden of Dervishes is one of those rare books which unites two extremes of spirituality, devotional love and esoteric scholarship, through both the person and the teachings of its author, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak.

This great modern mystic reveals the richness and power of the Sufi tradition in a manner consistent with life in our own day and age, while at the same time remaining true to its historic roots.

 
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The Unveiling of Love : Sufism & the Remembrance of God 

Paperback - 217 pages             by Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak              Translated by Muhtar Holland  

 
”An all-around introduction to Sufism as taught by a modern master.... The reader gets a feeling for the way Sufi instruction has been carried on through the centuries.”---Annemarie Shimmel

The Unveiling of Love is the inspired work of an enlightened master of Islam. 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 Quran, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak unveils the meaning of spiritual affection and explores the relationship of 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.

The author’s preface in this new edition includes material never previously available in English. In it, Sheikh Muzaffer recounts some of his enraptured first encounters with American seekers.

 
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Adornment of Hearts                       by Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak    
Paperback - 176 pages   

Sheikh Muzaffer's works demonstrate that integral Islam is very much alive. Adornment of Hearts is a detailed handbook for practitioners of Sufism.

Anyone interested in Sufism on any level will find it useful. Serious seekers from all traditions will find many examples of Islam's intimate kinship with their own paths.

Scholar's will discover an excellent and authoritative contemporary expression of teachings that are often relegated to dusty manuscripts.

 
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Ashki's Divan                                               by Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak 

Paperback - 168 pages   

From the Foreward :

In the tradition of the great Sufi Masters throughout the centuries, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak was an ecstatic poet in the manner of Rumi and Kabir, and he speaks with the full force of conviction and experience.

His is the poetry of faith, informed by thought and observation no doubt, but it is also a faith whose roots reach hack through the ages, finding their source in the very life and times of the Prophet Muhammad, May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Sheikh Muzaffer's poetic themes all reflect his passion for the Divine. Time and again he reminds us that we belong unhesitatingly and unswervingly on the Path of Truth, that we are faced with the challenge of our own human destiny, that of becoming pilgrims on the way to God.

 
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