Suhrawardi & The Philosophy of Illumination

[@mohammadbozorgnia9175]

I am Persian and this young genius philosopher Sheikh Shahab Sohrevardi is one of my favorite scholars and philosophers. I had the privilege of reading his Persian books and amazed how a person in such a young age (late twenties and early thirties) could have such a wast knowledge and personal experience. I would like to thank you for this video clip and your wonderful introduction to this great man. Well done and good job.

[@dnajournal4321]

Why do you refer to yourself as "Persian"? It was the Greek word, as they believe you descendents of Persus. Referring to oneself as "Iranian" is how they referred to themselves since Cyrus. Maybe you love Greeks a lot. Alexander the Great is the master that truly won the war 2500 year ago.

[@Persianbookworm]

@@dnajournal4321 there were different ethicities in old Iran, one of which were parsian (in persian it means the people of pars, pars being the name of the province these people belonged to, today it is called fars), transitioning via the greeks to "persian", the same word parsi (singular form of the plural parsian) transitioned into farsi through arabs because they had difficulties pronoucing the "p" sound and that is where the word "farsi" for our languge comes from, before the islamic era it was "parsi", when we say persians it refers to a specific type of iranian people, it doesn't mean we are not iranian, it just gives you more specific info about our ethicity as well, i dont know where you got the persius tale, maybe this is the tale the greeks made to go with the name but we used the word parsi(one person) and parsian(more than one parsi) for years before we came in contact with the greeks. the parsi people in india call themselves that bc they immigrated from pars to india years ago and so that is their ethnicity:"parsi" Persian, fars, farsi, pars, parsi, parsian all have the same origin and refer to the same people also in the future if you are not well informed about the history, geography and culture of a land refrain from dictating to the people of that land what they should call themselves

[@alirashid4800]

@@Persianbookworm Majid my darling, Persian and Pari do not have the same root, the word Persian comes from Persus. stop making stuff up to work towards your made up narrative. Also, there is not ethnicity as Parsi, Parsi was never a ethnicity and prior to Mohammad Ali Foroughi propoganda there is no mention as an ethnicity called Pars or Fars, the names Pars or arabised as Fars refers to a land not an ethnicity. But I guess more people like you like to belive a sweet lie then the actual truth,

[@wordcel]

@@alirashid4800Pars was the ancient name of what is today Fars. Pars is the region where the Achaemenid Empire originated. In the ancient inscription of Darius the Great, he describes himself as “Parsa Parsahya” which means “Persian of Persian descent”. Thus is is clear that the term Parsa was used to describe the inhabitants of modern day Fars since ancient times. Greeks encountered the term, which led to their word, Perses (which in our language becomes “Persian”). The similarity of this word to the mythical hero Perseus led to a folk-etymology assigning the origin of the Perses to Perseus, but this is folklore from later generations of Greeks. The term Parsa(Persian) is well established in Iranian history to refer to the inhabitants of Fars.

[@Reem0mohammed]

I just wanted to let you know that I found your channel while doing research on religions for a fantasy novel I'm currently writing. I'm very impressed with your perfect Arabic pronunciation and your calm and soothing voice. Thank you for your hard work and your beautiful channel. I find it educational and inspirational.

[@christopherellis2663]

He does it so well. A little tuition and much persistence renders such results.

[@kennyhagan5781]

Dude's scholarship is undeniable. I like that he is not emotionally invested in anything that he discusses here. I believe that this is a trustworthy fellow doing really valuable work.

[@dinorossi6611]

Have you audited Hamza Yusuf Hanson yet ?

[@chehrazadeesmey8399]

@@dinorossi6611 You don't compare Hamza Yusuf whom knowledge comes from and someone who gathers knowledge, sometimes drawing conclusions that are sometimes misleading ( unwillingly of course ) and unfaithful to the person and to the philosophy, ideas etc they present. Besides the sources he uses are 90% "western" when dealing with eastern "philisophies". Even worse, he uses "orientalists" as sources.

[@frialsharefabdo7715]

True

[@odettali1000]

im so grateful to be living in a time where people from all around the world can speak and communicate with each other freely through things like the comment section of this video and that we can relive the worlds and thoughts of figures like suhrawardi much more easily in ways that are near impossible in personal conversations and use this to dispel. perhaps only a few decades ago, only a handful of people outside the middle east would have known about him.

[@intoxicatingmooneyes9150]

The internet changed the game

[@SunOfG0D]

@Darren To know christ means to follow his example. To worship man is to break the very first law Christ lives by.

[@tupacog9758]

@@SunOfG0D facts. Worship the creator not the creation. Mark 12:29 The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

[@gsingh5402]

No thanks to sunni Islam and sharia law.

[@ZACHANDJACKSZACHSMAFIA]

@Darren dang that came out of nowhere -JACK

[@faccafromklepp]

Your videos never fail to blow my mind. As spiritual aspirants we commit ourselves to one particular path and training. Yet nothing is more inspiring than to learn about an God-realized master from a totally different tradition. This transcendental knowledge we try to attain is beyond word and concept. Where it limited to one spiritual teacher we could doubt its validity. But when I come to your channel I know there can be no doubt.

[@frialsharefabdo7715]

Truth Is One and Infinite and at the center of everything . " To see God is to be God . He alone Is ." ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi " I am made whole by your life . Each soul completes me ." ~ Hafiz

[@less2worryabout]

Knowledge? Doubtful. Transcendental know.

[@less2worryabout]

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[@georgekhoury200]

I live in Aleppo where there's the shrine and tomb of Suhrawardi just outside the walls of the old city and always wondered about his life when being in that area. And this is an enlightening video about his life and writings, really insightful, keep up the good work. Although I'm Christian still living in in the Middle East I enjoy all your videos about Islam ,Christianity and all other religions.

[@frialsharefabdo7715]

💚 From Syria

[@FatJackedNerd]

You don't face any discrimination by Muslim mob?

[@0070-y1c]

@@FatJackedNerd Syria is a secular state and just like Iran Christians are respected

[@hassendelft3907]

@@FatJackedNerd yes and no. It depends. Christian and Muslims can be very good friends. But when it comes to political issues. They can be easily turned into enemies. Christians from the middle East are more close to Muslims than Christians from the West. I'm Muslim and I had Christian friend, they way he speaks makes me feel we don't have different religions at all because we use the same terms . Like calling God "Allah" we both use " "Masha Allah" ...ect

[@leminjapan]

Stay safe & Merry Christmas ❤️

[@qp.0il]

متابعك من العراق One of your fans form Iraq معجبك بقناتك واتمنى لك كل الخير I love your channel, and I wish all good to you

[@GrinninPig]

What a beautifully efficient language

[@qp.0il]

@@GrinninPig 💜💜

[@mohammadharisfahim6614]

Beautiful Arabic language ❤

[@Mohammadparvazi]

Everybody I'm from suhrevardi's hometown, suhrevard is a little village now with amazing Walnut trees I'm always amazed myself how this dude moved out from that village and became such a figure at that time

[@BLKBRWNCONNECT]

May the Walnuts forever be in your favor my friend God Bless

[@Mohammadparvazi]

@@BLKBRWNCONNECT cheers my lovely friend

[@jadensica1819]

Walnuts... excellent for the brain. Hmmm

[@Rebelwithacause0]

This thought occurred to me as well. And as a muslim, I knew that famous light verse from the Quran, and I thought it made sense. I think, the ‘light’ is not just light made out of photons, Its more like waves of energy or information. Our consciousness is like a radio picking up the waves that it is most in tune with. We decide the station our consciousness tunes to. Just like we don’t know what exact song the RJ of our radio station might play next, we don’t know what life might bring about tomorrow, but we believe we have a pretty good estimation for that. We don’t always control the waves and the energy and the information that are immediately around us, but we can choose which ones we’d like to be around with. If our consciousness picks up the right waves, we can exert our energy for the right reasons and receive the right information to do the right thing. Like Rumi said, ‘You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the whole ocean in a drop’.

[@famasstuff8533]

Yes can u tell me how to avoid wrong tuning

[@thehighlander3241]

@@famasstuff8533 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

Gibberish

[@rafiqulhasan360]

Hindu spiritualism are of same notion to catch right waves of krisna Rana etc and their Adhyatmik PPL make learn them how to tune with right frequency, In Spiritual u need no Prophetic Eman or Eman on Allah and that is what these sofees did and achieved Self actualisation,

[@Viva42]

To be ocean in a drop one needs shayak / guru / master. Only due to his grace ocean is seen in one drop.

[@laylaoresme6704]

Looking forward to this. I don't know what took me so long but I've finally set notifications for your videos.

[@LetsTalkReligion]

I'm glad you finally came to your senses!

[@NoOneAM2]

😂😂

[@jasemalhammadi4228]

I am glad I came cross your channel. You are a genius. You pronounce the Arabic words very accurately without seemingly to have an accent. Incredible that someone finally covers topics in philosophies, mysticism, Sufism and their influences on religions which determined the paths of people and their ethos and their values in the way forward.

[@frialsharefabdo7715]

True

[@GoogleRescueGooglerescue]

I like the titles he chose for some his essays written in Persian. They show his creative talents: "The red intellect", " the song of Gabriel's feather", " the call of Simurgh", " on the state of childhood", " the language of ants", " on the reality of love" and "One day among Sufis". Also found his description of ecstasy (Halat) and etymology of the word Love ( Eshgh in persian/arabic) fascinating.

[@arashfariman]

The Persian side of him is typically censored perhaps because he doesn't know Persian at all and his teachings have been through Arabic studies which are mostly biased against Iranians even of the character is Iranian.

[@arashfariman]

@Jeune Marin well there has always been..Arab conquerors considered themselves owners of Iranians by founding a rule called Mavaali which considered Iranians an absolute slaves.

[@ahmedghoneem4619]

@@arashfariman sadly the reality is more radiculas . islam was better when there was controversial talk in the past . politicians feeding racists and. destroy any hope

[@arashfariman]

@@xprssngyrslf there are online audiobooks on KZbin but you need to know Persian

[@diyar3219]

@@arashfariman Most books on Suhrawardi are written by Persian academics like Hossein Nasr, Hossein Ziai and Amin Razavi.

[@ardypangihutan3653]

Truly enlightening. Im not a religious person, but Suhrawardy's school of thought opened my mind to dig about Druze, pantheism, gnosticism and Ismailism. Different religious teachings have much in common, hence it needs to be discussed with compassion rather than fighting each other. May peace be upon us.

[@zacharycurrie3708]

Suhrawardi, apparently without precedent, anticipated Kant's arguments on the transcendental unity of apperception and existential predication by hundreds of years. What an incredible mind.

[@End0morphin]

This gentleman’s breadth of knowledge and delivery is more than satisfactory.

[@ramaalcoutlabi4674]

Thank you for the amazing value you’re adding ❤🙏 you have influenced my PhD studies so much with this unique knowledge I’m an Ismaili Syrian young woman studying in the UK a theology geek I would say Your Chanel is at the top of my favourite KZbin channels

[@zackalil2920]

You are my favorite youtuber after watching a couple of episodes. You've introduced me to philosophies that I've never even knew existed. Thank you!

[@johnnewton8017]

This is going to be a great episode!

[@LetsTalkReligion]

I think I agree

[@less2worryabout]

@@LetsTalkReligion because one can never truly .......

[@slappy8941]

It's a shame, nay, a _crime,_ that such wisdom is not commonly taught in our schools. We seem determined to remain as ignorant and closed-minded as possible.

[@dedwendell]

this type of knowledge is wasted on the masses. people who want to know this, will find it on their own.

[@jonathanwobesky9507]

if you want your RELIGION to Take Over The World it needs to be dumbed down from real life. The history taught in churches is radically simplified. They think 2000 years ago was a primitive isolated world, but countless civilizations and tribes had already risen and fallen lost to time.

[@andrewcanady6644]

@ Wendy Scott: True words well said.

[@juniorjames7076]

Anybody else feel dumb? The deepest thing I was reading at the age of 14 was Marvel and DC Comics. Sigh. Blooming late sucks, bro.

[@jonathanwobesky9507]

@@johncollins8850 ah the Trinitarians. Those for whom 2 is insufficient and 4 is far too many, but 3 hits the spot! The Tripod of Faith is steady!

[@markdpricemusic1574]

Wonderful presentation: lucid and conversational and historically responsible. Many thanks for this

[@nighttiger5201]

What you do on your channel ist magnificent ✨🙌🏻 and extraordinarily unique 🌈

[@kfz1489]

Fascinating character, loved your presentation of this great philosopher. Thank you!

[@IpsissimusPrime]

I have enjoyed your channel for a few months now, and have been patiently waiting for this. Finally indeed. My particular experiences are more "sapiential," as Nasr describes, definitely "intuitive" although I have no problem reading dense academic prose. Corbin has been a pivotal author in my personal studies yet now it feels like I can return to study Suhrawardi through the more discursive work of Walbridge & Ziai's critical edition which I didn't even know existed! Thank you so much!

[@fl3urentcue555]

@halqa

[@SeekersofUnity]

This was profoundly illuminating. Thank you Filip 🙏🏼

[@JobayerJisan]

Outstanding❤. Iran was full of gems, what a country!

[@rasagroup441]

During my highschool in persian literature class, we had been taught a bit about the writers, scientist and poets, but it was like teaching Mendeleev table elements names to kids without knowing what are exactly these elements. By watching yore videos, I am starting to think its good to go back and educate myself more

[@angelariley5403]

Yes, it is. Good idea. :)

[@lucius7625]

God… this blew my mind. I can’t get over it. The philosophy of illumination is literally everything I learned during my first mushroom trip summarized and explained. All of it. Please read on before you call me names 😂 So during my first mushroom trip, which was so transformative spiritually for me, I had these “realizations”, a knowingness if you will. I was “perceiving” certain truths. That’s as close as I got to describing it in the aftermath (words in any of the 4 languages I speak proved inadequate every time I tried to describe what I experienced). But now listening to this wonderful explanation that I stumbled upon totally by accident (never heard of these concepts before), I believe that what happened to me that day in terms of “perceiving” could perhaps be described as “intuitive knowledge” and the “unveiling” that this philosopher talked about. I can relate to the way it’s described in this way on a profound level. And that’s not even the best part… funny enough, one of the things I “perceived”, was the “order of the universe”. I’m using quotation marks because it’s impossible to describe these experiences and concepts with words, as I said. But what I perceived or grasped was this light that’s talked about here and “God” being at the very top of this, on the top level, so incredibly bright. I could see this with my “mind’s eye” except I couldn’t in that this “Light of Lights” was so bright and so incomprehensible to me, a mere human, that my mind just couldn’t process it. But I “perceived” also that it’s on the “top level”… and then there were all these other levels below it. I perceived 7-ish I’d say, and later someone told me Islam talks about these levels or spheres. And it was a humbling experience in that it made me realize how far, far away we are from this Light of Lights, the Source. The comment about how our human souls are the “dimmest” of these lights describes it perfectly. And what it helped me see is how trivial our existence is in that we get caught up in things that are not even real and yet we remain blind to our true nature, souls getting lost in this material world and our material problems when pure Divine Light and Divine Love is all there is. When we should be trying to get closer to It… our human existence is organized so that we basically do everything to get further away from this Light. And most of us can only hope to “ascend” a little bit… we’ll never truly get anywhere near it. Or idk. All I know is we’re damn far and we have opportunities every day to come closer to It because God is in all things, in all of us. God, Light, Sourcr… call it what you want. I’m not a religious man, though I was raised Catholic. But I am someone who considers himself very spiritual and quite attracted to these “mystical” ideas and philosophers. I’m in awe of the fact someone described what I experienced in circa 2012 centuries ago. There is indeed an intuitive knowledge we all posses, a “universal consciousness” new age folks talk about but that has its origin in the pre-Socratic era (both Plato and Aristotle apparently rejected the idea but I don’t know much of the background). Ive only taken psilocybin once after that, or any psychedelic for that matter. But I think “magic” mushrooms are a wonderful tool of “illumination” and a gateway to truths that are simultaneously intuitive to us yet beyond our comprehension. And all I can add is that I have the most profound respect for men such as this, who were so tuned into the rhythms of the Universe and the true nature of reality that most people such as myself can access only through altered states of consciousness, when the ego is dissolved and we can be free of out “filters” temporarily and see beyond the veil. See things for what they are. I’m so in awe right now I could cry. Neither from joy nor sadness. Just awe. There’s truth in all religions and all traditions. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@less2worryabout]

Sorry for your loss guy. There is no eye past ego. You are religious still and it shows

[@dayerotth8273]

@@less2worryabout Hey he not lose. Maybe you not see the faces.

[@less2worryabout]

@@dayerotth8273maybe...

[@less2worryabout]

@@dayerotth8273 i went to Maybe University also. What yr. ? When did you attend classes?

[@lucius7625]

@@less2worryabout Can you explain what you mean? I don’t quite understand, but I’d genuinely love to get why you think that. I’d certainly agree that there’s still religious programming left-over in me from back when I was a kid/early teenager. Which I’m fine with because it’s not exactly something you remove overnight, and I know the way I view the world around me has evolved from that. I also understand that we all see “visions” or “perceive” based on our own pre-loaded constructs that we get from our families, the societies we live in, religious groups we belong to, etc. So of course I perceived “God” back then, but now in 2022, my perception is different. It evolved to understand God as something entirely different. The shrooms showed me that in a way I could understand back then. Another time I took them they showed me different things in different ways, but it was again in a way that I was able to understand with whatever my state of consciousness was at the time. So that’s why I think the label “religious” is not quite accurate, but I’m genuinely open to hearing your perspective if you’re inclined to share. Helps me see myself from other angles. 👀

[@Muzamilsa]

According to a very recent scientific research and findings light can create matter. Great video and explanation.

[@esotericpilgrim548]

Great information, keep it up, we sufis are eager to know more & more from you. May Allah bless you with more knowledge & information.with lots of love from India🇮🇳❤️

[@gordonbryce]

The Atman dances in the flame of Brahman, Brahman the divine thought and light pervading the whole universe!

[@mohdanas3863]

@@gordonbryce What??

[@gordonbryce]

@@mohdanas3863 Isness here means substance and being expressed through electrical light.

[@gordonbryce]

@@mohdanas3863 Al-Dhat in Arabic.

[@ceugantful]

we know now, that you are not a sufi 😊

[@purpleman1974]

Thank you for this excellent episode:) His system of "lights" being Awarenesses that emanate different bubbles of experience while sharing the Essence with the Godhead is, not only fascinating, but extremely useful for those who walk any mystical path that wants to reconcile the Transcendent side in us and the world affairs we have to take care of. It reminds me of those wonderful explanations that John Wren Lewis gave of his near death experience. He spoke about his experience being, not "John", but "Eternity John-ing", or "Eternity focusing down into this body-mind perspective", with "Eternity" (that is, "Light") being his true nature and the one that emanates and perceives everything that is objective.

[@nhdarling2]

Thanks for this purpleman

[@raceryod]

Curious What is a godhead ?

[@purpleman1974]

@@nhdarling2 Thanks to you for your words.

[@purpleman1974]

@@raceryod The Godhead is the deepest of the deep, the most transcendental aspect of the Absolute.

[@raceryod]

@@purpleman1974 like imagination 💭 I get it.

[@kennyhagan5781]

Thanks for this one in particular. Fantastic information. I, personally,am a great fan of Rumi,in my opinion he is the greatest poet to come along so far. Sufism leads people into interesting and beautiful places. This is the only channel on KZbin about religion that has any real integrity. You are not emotionally invested in anything that you cover in your discussions. You simply lay things out and allow the viewers to decide for themselves. Well done. Keep it up. 🔥

[@hosseinsadeghi2468]

If you're a great fan of rumi, you must try to read works from attar of nishapur

[@literarylapsed]

Thank you Filip. I look forward to your videos, and I appreciate that you mention sources for further reading as well. Many thanks!

[@PsikologHasanArslan]

Your videos are so great. Thank you 😊🙋‍♂️

[@AlifUrdu99]

What a wonderful simple explanation of a complex philosophy of Shahabuddin suharwardi. Honour for you.

[@sexyalejandro999]

i wouldnt call it philosophy, its a cult. nothing to glorify

[@dayerotth8273]

@@sexyalejandro999 This is very good teacher. You should be it.

[@jjkk8974]

Thank you for your insightful n well researched subjects. I was raised in Persia, n of course, we learned about many Persian philosophers in school. I had heard about Tanasokh, or Reinkarnation. I understood humans lived many lives, to grow personally n spiritually to the degree of purity, that didn't need to come back, as they were pure enough to join the Creator again, as we all come from The Light n finally go back to light, after having experienced n learned many lessons to be pure again. Much later, I had my own Eshragh, when I died n after lots of communication with the Source/God had rebirth. The Light Sohravardi, talked about can be known to n lived by those who really die n become one with the Light, n come back to teach it. But it is neither easy, nor possible to teach n talk about the truth - it does not fit in words. As Rumi n Hallaj experienced, it is Union with God, unique to those who live it.... not even NDE ppl necessarily experience this level of dying, not existing, melting n dissolving in The Light. Many don't dare to talk about real Eshragh n union with God, because of the reaction of ppl. People, especially, those who think they know it all, or are in power, get scared... n do harm enlightened individuals, in any way they can. Even today, in 21 century!!! Love n Light be with you.

[@alborzilani3272]

he is indeed one of most important mystics of Iran, and respected among different different sects

[@jacovawernett3077]

If God were to speak to your right ear from Heaven and say, Make Israel One. What would you do.

[@alborzilani3272]

​@@jacovawernett3077 well, then its your job to analyze that whether are bipolar or not

[@wedas67]

@@jacovawernett3077 You should check your brain not because God whispered in your ear lol But because you identify with a terrorist state Israel… See a shrink dude

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@wedas67 ...#1..check yourself. I am not a dude. #2. I will not defy God just because you are ignorant. # 3. God did not say Israel is a terrorist state. Now you go right ahead and pollute yourself and think that you know God. You don't. Go ahead and cry to God, Eli, Eli, lema sabbacthani. It's Aramaic. The name Jacqueline is a female name. Do you know what a female is? You were birthed from one. Now instead of being stuck in your own arm pit ask a salient question. My Hebrew name Jacova is the female form of Jacob. Now. You want to argue Abraham. Lchaim from Jacova 11, born March 11th in a Bethlehem. Eve did not bite the apple of knowledge for your ego and puzzlement. Goodluck trying to out debate me. I welcome it. What do you know of Light. What do you know of Science. God is not divorced from Science or Reality. What are you divorced from. Now let's test your intellect. Name one thing in the Universe that is not a double edged sword. Up your linguistic skills. German was my first language. I refuse to dumb myself down for your convolution. P.S. only a fool claims to know what I identify with. God is my teacher. Now do check your jealousy. Then let me know if you are capable of making objects appear and disappear in front of my lap. God did it. When I asked God His named, He answered, Fundamentally E. I answered, Energy of consciousness that suffuses everything. Every proton, neutron, electron, quark, spark of life and black hole. He answered, Don't forget the science. It was 11.17. 2015..Eve/ Ewa Beach Waikiki, evening when I sat alone under the stars and took in infinite beauty. Namaste. I see deeply into your Soul. It is a dark place. God gives and takes to teach. When is your mind. A muddle in a puddle. One of the things God told me and showed me I am is Rain. P.S. In Aramaic Thomas means Twin. I know Inshallah. The Prophet Mohammed would not slice off the head of the Buddha nor Yeshua of Nazareth. You fight over Ali and Bakr. 1+1=2. Is that to intricate for you. Before there was 2 there was one. Pi is 3.14....8 on its side. Go calculate in your brain to the 9th decimal.

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@alborzilani3272 I am not bipolar. I am not on something. Now, on 11.17.2015. Eve/ Ewa Beach Waikiki..God said, make Israel One. It means to bring peace and reconciliation between Jew,Christian, Muslim, cousins by Abraham. Now, what is your problem. Make yourself a Tabla Rasa. Your ego has muddled you. One of the things God told me I am is Krystal. God's light. Enjoy the 11 solar years of the Sun and the 11 days it takes for the black hole in the center of the milky way to rotate once. Namaste. Go calculate pi..3.14 to the 11th decimal with your brain. Don't cheat. God is watching. Let's up your neural network aka a brain. Arch Angel Gabriel. Let's see if these two specimens with xy chromosomes pass the sniff test, you and wedas67. And yes God has a sense of humor, I worked on the editing of Jacob's Ladder, the film with Tim Robbins, Danny Aiello and Elizabeth Pena. Your sense of articulation of humor is LOL. You and wedas67, are you married. I know Unification of symmetry.

[@HigherHeartWarriorChannel]

Wow! Just blew my mind thank you for sharing this historic information with those of us who may not otherwise have had access to it.

[@queenbeedat8726]

I agree with Suhrawardi in how we can only know God. It is a personal relationship outside of religious dogma or beliefs and I believe should be a personal relationship. And all religious and beliefs should be respected. It should not be considered a contest in who is right or wrong. We all will know the truth upon our death. Until then we should be respectful to one another.

[@less2worryabout]

Sounding just like a fundamentalist. Ha saying something past beliefs then saying you believe all beliefs should be respected. Lol you Queenbee Dat.

[@servantoftheexpander9688]

Pathetic,You Ought to know God but You reject The revelation and the dogmas he sent for you. When you reject the religion you are rejecting God then how can you know God.

[@diyar3219]

That's a misreading of Suhrawardi, he was not a perennialist of that sort but a Sunni-Sufi Muslim.

[@StstephenStudioLA]

Your channel is very uplifting. just wanted to say thank you.

[@pravgulati]

He was really radical for his time. I am amazed that his knowledge has survived and not burnt as was being done elsewhere in contemporary world.

[@chehrazadeesmey8399]

There were not only controversial philisophers but also many controversial theologists, they were not "forbidden", neither was their work burned, with the usual exception ( Halladj ). Banning and burning was used in christian civilisation.

[@omidfazl]

He was a shia philosophers ... shia areas are not forced by radical rulers

[@AbdoZaInsert]

@@omidfazl كل تبن بس

[@rehan3600]

@@omidfazl many Shia rulers, especially during the Safavid era, violently and ruthlessly oppressed Persian Sunnis. This is an historical fact. And yes, I’m aware of the violence that Sunnis are guilty of as well. Islam does not condone such violence.

[@calumfoster-bayliss7122]

@@chehrazadeesmey8399 it appears the tables have turned :/

[@VS-2002]

Commenting for the algorithm to get you more subs because the amount of effort you put into your research and unbiased, respectful presentation is phenomenal.

[@asmakitto]

With each video I can’t help but be grateful for your hard work, in Aw of the rich Islamic philosophies and deeply, deeply enraged by the indoctrination that has been successful in convincing most muslims that there is only one right way of thinking about faith.not even thinking just practicing without thought. From the bottom of my soul: جزاك الله كل خير 🙏🏻🤍

[@LARESCIV]

its not necessarily indoctrination, this is very complex stuff, if this stuff was to be taught in mosques, people would be confused in what they believe in even. You have some stuff messed up in your head askakitto mate.

[@suetrublu]

Thanks very much for acknowledging how difficult these concepts are. You said this just as I felt the conversation whizzing by my head

[@muhafizali14]

Surhawadi is so perfectly explained. The idea explained is pretty much a sum of ideology I was interested all these years but couldn't explain.i slowly did my research and came to same understanding as surhawadi itself.

[@hokehinson5987]

Knowledge can only be obtained thru being self aware of our actions, thought, words.... Then thru meditation we begin to observe patterns within our actions. Further investigation reveals the motivation behind those actions. Great video! Thanx 🙏

[@tomward5293]

Amazing episode! So good I'm going to re-watch.

[@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913]

Very insightful. Suhrawardi is still relevant to modern philosophy.

[@malikfahdaliawan178]

I'm glad that I'm getting this knowledge from KZbin and not from Netflix.

[@markjohnson543]

Very carefully and thoroughly researched and presented. Excellent! And Filip(?) is passionate about the subject without displaying any bias. The perfect combination. Thank you for your contribution. Very helpful. Keep it up!

[@deepakobserveyourselfthrou7509]

9*

[@gg3675]

I can't even express how grateful I am for this video. Thank you for making this!

[@hasanchoudhurymd]

Members of my family in Bangladesh had been influenced by Suhrawardi (Rahmatullahi)’s philosophy as I remember them discussing the subject in the 1950s. Very illuminating indeed. Regards.

[@NisarAhmed-wk2tu]

Great video. You lucidly explain profound philosophies. Suhrawardi's philosophy greatly influenced Akbar the great through his court nobles like Mubarak and his sons Abu Fazl and Faizi. They all were illuminationists. Akbar's veneration of the Sun and symbols related to the sun was due to this reason. However, the ignorant people thought that he had become a sun worshipper.

[@monash4250]

Akbar was hardly a Muslim & deviated significantly from Islam. Nothing great about him

[@dolostat6284]

@@monash4250 just because he deviated from Islam and became more Human does not in any way tarnish his image as a Great emperor and Statesman

[@interestinglife5994]

@@dolostat6284 After all of this he still continue his expansionist policies.

[@chehrazadeesmey8399]

@@dolostat6284 Do you mean he became more human because he deviated from islam ?

[@nom5205]

and what is wrong with being a sun worshipper. What would the world be like without the sun. All things emanate from the sun.

[@fasalalbana4913]

Love your accent in pronunciation of Arabic language, may Allah bless and protect you always my brother

[@SpiderPriestess]

It’s always interesting for me to find /hear the teachings/philosophy of the ancient masters and see the sources for so many of modern days gurus that never give credit to the true origins of their works Carlos Castaneda comes to mind here .

[@chehrazadeesmey8399]

👍👍👍

[@jeffk3746]

Appreciate your videos and work, you are walking the bodhisattva path in the 21st century, much love

[@MachiaVallian]

I love your channel brother, keep at it. you provide so much benefits to mankind

[@g96fuller]

Your video started on Auto Play, but I'm very happy it did. The difference between Essence and Existence will be something I'll think about all day thanks to you, and Suhrawardi.

[@Showme-SHORTS]

Please read Dr Kashif Khan's articles on the internet to know the Creator's Islam which most Muslims and non Muslims don't know. The Islam which is being practised is traditional Islam not the Creator's Islam. Very enlightening and truthful articles.

[@mojib.nasery]

Awesome! Brilliant Sir! Long live Sufism and Philosophy.

[@andrewcanady6644]

🤙🏽 Yes! Ayn Rand said Physics & Philosophy were the two most important subjects. Aloha.

[@hamed9327]

thank you for this excellent episode from Persia.

[@مروانالتونسيالكركري]

I think that Suhrawardi's method of transmitting knowledge can be perplexing for some, as he employs the language and conventions of philosophers to convey a Sufi mystical understanding of God. In his writings, he emphasizes however that the reader will only grasp the meaning if they have personally experienced the light of God and the accompanying self-expansions, not just once but repeatedly. This prerequisite is common in traditional Sufism for understanding the true nature of God's existence and being. Suhrawardi's work can be better understood when compared with the works of scholars like Ghazali and later Sunni Sufi illuminationists such as the Shadhulis, who have also delved into the concept of divine light. For those seeking a deeper comprehension of illumination and the experience of witnessing Allah's light, contemporary works such as those by Shaykh Mohamed Faouzi al-Karkari Quddisa Sirruh are highly recommended. In particular, the book "The Sufi Path of Light," translated by Professor Yousef Casewit from the University of Chicago, offers valuable insights into the nature of divine light and the process of illumination.

[@mohamedwaeldraoui9839]

Well said

[@abdullahelkammar]

Spot on!

[@martinarreguy7789]

You are light my friend, ever illuminating. Thank you for your authenticity!!

[@mmmhhhrrrddd6580]

As an Iranian I really appreciate your efforts for making this amazing video!

[@arashfariman]

Indeed he totally ignores his Persian works that are perfect examples of his thoughts. This person doesn't know Farsi and can't read those works that's why he is unaware of the essence of Sohrawardi which is rooted totally in ancient Iran. He has learned Sohrawardi's works through Arabic teachings that are totally biased and censored.

[@mmmhhhrrrddd6580]

@@arashfariman I don'd blame him. Suhrawardi's works were almost forgotten. When the Iranian people don't know their thinkers why should we expect foreigners to know their works!?

[@arashfariman]

@@mmmhhhrrrddd6580 well he is so much famous for decades. Henry corbin was one of the most famous lecturers of Islamic studies has worked in Sohrawardi. There bare numerous works on this but unfortunately western academicians who learn through Arabic resources are systematically driven to bias Iran and Persian die to racial issues in academic and political Arab world.

[@slimkillah76]

Thank you for all your work. ❤

[@AkhtarM28]

Thank you for making this complex concept (somewhat) easier to understand. This has been very illuminating.

[@muurrsss5002]

Thanks for introducing me to this amazing thinker/mind! I think without your video i would not encountered it.

[@kalanaherath3076]

My rather simple example to help with understanding Surawardi's notion of self-knowledge leading to knowledge of reality, is to think of your mind as a torch or some sort of light, which gets partially covered when an object is placed in its field, thereby creating a dark spot in that light field which takes the shape and size of the object itself. Now, depending on the shape and size of the covered area you can determine the size and shape of the object itself, as the object will only cover such an area of light as the object can occupy. This is how you'd know, for example, if the object is square shaped, large, medium, triangular shaped etc. Without that light, you wouldn't be able to detect the object

[@meherprudhvi9368]

That object which identified with its shape and form is subjected to many sufferings, when in reality it is not that object, it is infinite light free of suffering

[@gordonbryce]

@@meherprudhvi9368 yes and that is the main tenet of Buddhism?

[@meherprudhvi9368]

@@gordonbryce yes and the concept in advitha too, but we shouldn't attribute this to any ism to it.

[@kaleemkharjee5362]

Very impressive,may you live Long and continue to educate people,being a student of philosophy I am glade to watch your channel,

[@annnoble6187]

Outstanding, thank you. His work on consciousness and presence calls to mind the work of Rupert Spira and Peter Russell today. Always important to remind ourselves of the wisdom of our predecessors, how we stand on the shoulders of the great thinkers and teachers that have gone before us. Wonderful video, wonderful channel!

[@pt-vc5ob]

I never thought that this type of channel exists because, for quite a time I want to know about world religion, and your channel is perfect. God bless you.

[@Yuki-xe1vn]

I think I need to watch this video again to fully grasp the idea given.

[@DistractionMan]

John Walbridge was my Quran professor at Indiana. Small world. Thanks!

[@PerennialWisdom]

Looking forward to the Master of Illumination (Shaikh al-'Ishraq).

[@Acalmujannahmalaysia]

He is.

[@alturatsalturats9691]

Many neglect the influence of Ibn Sina to his epistemology, irrespective of the fact that the two were opposing each other in terms of ontological basis.

[@astronomicillusion5311]

His martyrdom was in truth caused by the jurists in his era. Why do jurists and Sufis seem antagonistic?

[@PerennialWisdom]

@@astronomicillusion5311 I think political issues and private interest can be camouflage of subverting anything.

[@astronomicillusion5311]

@@PerennialWisdom It occured to me the tragic story of Hallaj. Sometimes we see orthodoxy to be dangerous for inclusivity, but at once from the view of orthodoxy the heterodoxy itself seems threatening the internally fixed doctrine.

[@TheBookofBeasts]

This is one of my favorite videos, thank you. 🙏

[@stedebuck6408]

There are so many persian philosophers and scientists who were vastly acquainted and had affiliated to school of writers and poetic abilities.

[@payamabbasi3555]

It was pain in the butt learning about all those poets and philosophers in school, which weirdly I deeply loved

[@JukesTheGreat]

Amazing video, I love all these great thinkers such as Suhrawardi, Mir damad and so on. keep up the great content !

[@kuroazrem5376]

I actually did get the explanation, and I can say I partially agree because we are only capable of relating to the world through our experiences, but we can also deduce universals through those experiences. Otherwise, things like observational science wouldn't work.

[@rickvise6939]

Am so grateful for your clear and scholarly presentation.

[@als1438]

Thank you Filip for wonderful lecture although I only can grasp Suhrawardi's teachings to a certain degree because it is in my opinion the most complex and most profound mystical philosopher in the Islamic world. Nevertheless I admire him and it is a great tragedy that most of these enlightened people were more executed for political reasons than for actual heresy, take for example famous Sufi poet Nasimi. Unfortunately majority of religious people including many scholars instead of trying to comprehend or to understand what is or what means Light above all Lights (actual God) they still have a kind of demiurge like perception of God and they often mislead other people.

[@jamessawicki1495]

Sir your voice is pleasantly melodic consistently in the ever present flow stay awesome

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

Thank you so much for bringing this work and others to the forefront. You know that to bring knowledge to light is the most revolutionary and consequential of any action you can take in this world thats why Muhammad SAWS said 'The pen is mightier than the sword'. Thank you for this channel and your work dont ever stop God bless you.

[@sidzifus7083]

I share readily your point of vue on this presentation of Suhrawardi. I also share your wholehearted agreement with this great teaching of the Koran on the pen or the ink of the sages as being mightier than the sword. Even though the Emir Abdelkader was forced to hold a sword , he never forgot this teaching of the Koran and acted accordingly.

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

@@sidzifus7083 Yes! And when he saved the Christian's in Damascus and a Druid asked him "You are a Muslim not a Christian, you were killing French Christian's in the Maghreb, how can you stop us from doing the same" and he said to them "Are you beasts who can only smell grass and sense the location of rivers? Do you have no intellect? I fought those who removed property and life from my people, you fight to remove innocent people from their properties and from life. I have more in common with these Christian's, and you have more in common with those who came to kill the people of the Algeria! Now if you want to change something, bring your forces against me." And they all left lol

[@mlg1279]

Yet Muhammad always wielded the sword, and never the pen!

[@sidzifus7083]

@@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 Excellent comment except for the Druid in Damascus... He'd be more at home in the vicinity of Stonehedge...

[@sidzifus7083]

@@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 Excellent comment , except for the Druid in Damascus. He'd be more at home in the vicinity of Stonehedge...

[@ouahidharireche3620]

Many thanks for this. Looking forward to it

[@echohum]

This philosophy is a great example of how the thought schools of ancient world were much closer and without conflict to each other. the philosophy of light can be easily mapped to the philosophy of Upanishads that say "सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः ।" (the path of light is the reality) or "यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् । यच्चंद्मसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥" (i am the brilliance of the sun that illumanates our workd, radiance of the moon and brightness of the fire is me). Sages from 5th century till modern times have experienced and explained this in what i would classify as mostly the advaita (nondualistic) schools of philosophy. Good work and keep it up!

[@plato2030]

I think Suhrawardi had some inspiration from indian wisdom and also pre islamic persian wisdom

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

Suhrawardi states that the naf (which he calls "self") did not exist before this particular body though?

[@sodrad]

Good job simplifying really complex ideas of a really profound scholar!

[@ilijazz]

Please start posting your episodes as podcasts on Spotify, it’s free and would make it more accessible:)!

[@generalmazur]

An intriguing figure and an excellent video. I pray all your hints are not misleading me to believe there will be a sequel about Mulla Sadra, wherefor I cannot wait!

[@TheDoats]

I was already in the mindset that every religion is pointing everyone to the same universal truths of God and no matter which one you choose it will be correct. Then I started watching your videos and it's just re enforced my mono myth theory. We are always so busy fighting and even killing each other the differences of our religions that we never stop to look at the similarities

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

Or perhaps (and more likely) - all of them are wrong?

[@TheDoats]

@@TheGuiltsOfUs idk how that many different religions from different parts of the world at different periods in time coming up with pretty much the exact same stories could all be wrong. Seems like wayyy too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence.

[@javadsiavashi7879]

Thank you once again for your very clear and interesting introduction.

[@azilius5302]

So excited

[@azlanameer4912]

A brilliantly well researched video. Kudos!!!

[@SisterRose]

Thank you this was really interesting - I'm a Sufi-influenced Muslim and I had an idea for a D&D Cleric character using the Eberron "Path of Light" and some of these ideas could really work into that.

[@huriale1617]

We really more Islamic / Eastern influences in new works of fantasy I can only think to Dune for Islamic-influenced fantasy now

[@christopherblanchard2099]

@@huriale1617 try "The Arabian Nightmare" or "Sultan's Turret"

[@Showme-SHORTS]

Please read Dr Kashif Khan's articles on the internet to know the Creator's Islam which most Muslims and non Muslims don't know. The Islam which is being practised is traditional Islam not Allah's Islam. Very enlightening and truthful articles.

[@iamhappyjatt]

@@Showme-SHORTS I read them seeing your comment... Sikhism has the same concepts I'd say even more simplified and detailed

[@HypatiaMuse]

Happy to see your channel is doing so well, you lead us down some interesting metaphysical rabbit warrens.

[@patrickboyle932]

Some people have commented on how good this guys Arabic pronounciation is (which is true) but he also deserves credit for his English. I know it might be easier for a Swede to learn English than, for example, a Chinese person, but still getting through the explaination at 19:40 is a pretty impressive feat for a non-native speaker.

[@Soemrjruur]

Nah, Swedish and English have the same sounds if different pronunciation. Arabic is a whole different undertaking. I don’t think you are attempting to be patronizing at all, but you should know Arabic is much more difficult and thus far more impressive for a Swede or any European language speaker really. Or any person who speaks a language without emphatic vowels and foreign sounds. It would only be similarly impressive for a speaker of a language such as Bengali or Urdu or another language with a lot of similarities in terms of sounds and pronunciation to Arabic. From a language like that, it would be harder to learn the inconsistent pronunciations of Latin-Anglo-Germanic English, but Swedish has those in spades. More so than English. An Arabic speaker might learn to pronounce French easier than English. But English and Arabic have a lot of differences, and there are only so many bilingual speakers of these languages because of world demographics and relatively recent history. Both English and Swedish are written with (Latin) letters. Arabic is written with sounds. English has the vowels a e i o u. Arabic has the long vowel sounds ا و ي (aa oo ee or Ā Ō Ē if you want) They seem the same, but are not at all. The Arabic diacritics serve a more similar purpose to vowels. Also, the letter غ and ع alongside ones like خ طظ ق have NO EQUIVALENT IN ENGLISH. I can write them down but without talking to you I cannot possibly hope for you to understand these sounds. So Arabic is really very hard

[@Soemrjruur]

The explanation is a composition the grammar of which would be nearly identical in Swedish as a larger structure

[@Soemrjruur]

Even more Arabic sounds are ‘alien’ than which I write here. He pronounces them very well

[@patrickboyle932]

@@Soemrjruur It is odd that you would imply that I was inadvertently patronizing and then proceed to respond with an extremely patronizing explanation that was neither solicited nor is germane to my comment. I made no mention of his ability to pronounce English but rather the fact that he is able to tackle complex verbal gymnastics as he did at the time I mentioned in my original comment. I suggest, before you offer to unsolicited and condescending lessons you at least improve your reading comprehension skills so as to not embarrass yourself further. بخصوص العربي ، سوف اعلمك اذا احتاج لمساعدة من حضرة جنابك.

[@Soemrjruur]

@@patrickboyle932 just because I disagree with you doesn’t mean I’m patronizing. I gave you a few examples. Sorry for making your ears red.

[@mystichalaly8083]

So much of this knowledge and history is now unknown to the world. Ty for sharing

[@syeds2570]

This video is interesting thank you My family lineage comes from the Hussaini Jalali Suhrwadiy school as we are Naqvi Al Bukhari A lot of the knowledge is hidden or lost and the knowledge of hussaini jalali is only passed through lineage

[@Oceanandstone]

Thank you for sharing these deeply insightful and educational videos. Your research and knowledge is mind-blowing and sharing it is truly a gift. There are so many amazing topics that the everyday person would never know of, or be taught. So again thank you 🙂

[@NM-me4kn]

“If a person had attached himself to what was behind the throne, he would have attained it” Hadith Qudusi “And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration." Surah Al-Hijr 29

[@CerebrumMortum]

@19:50 : that look and hand wave when you say "get it?" is priceless. No, I don't think I got it, but i think you explained it beautifully so I *began* getting it. which is a lot. thank you, was most enlightening

[@swapnilgupta5399]

hey, i regularly watch your videos and i loved your videos a lot. I am from India and English isn't my first laguage. I understand english very well, but i cant understand much of your accent, so can you please add english subtitles in your videos? Please try to add subtitles

[@jasonwilcox6890]

I grew up studying religion philosophy Joseph Campbell etc. Your channel is beyond outstanding. Thank you.

[@Showme-SHORTS]

Please read Dr Kashif Khan's articles on the internet to know the Creator's Islam which most Muslims and non Muslims don't know. The Islam which is being practised is traditional Islam not the Creator's Islam . Very enlightening and truthful articles.

[@idrissheikh8314]

Great personality and his mysticism explained quiet simply

[@naturalistmind]

I recently got into confucianism and its amazing the parallels it has with Christian and Islamic philosophy

[@moby786]

What are the parallels?

[@stefangraf4884]

The Truth Always is Parallel by Insight .... The Moment you make a Religion Out of it ist becomes a reason for tue Stupid to Follow .. and IT will blind Them... If you Belive there is no Insight ...... Thats why no Prophet AS they call it was Muslim Christian Buddhist etc ... If they would be one of those .... FOLLOWERS They could bei clear at all People think by saying some Sura / Mantra / Psalm / Formula They are doing right. .... Yerks ... They think the Memory and thought will Put Them to Paradies with Magic .... And If they leave this pattern they will hate Them Selves ... Judge Punish themselves and sacrifice Things ( or Others living Things for the sanity of their Religion /Self xD Just to quieten the Head xD The big Secret of Mankind is :: why is Any individual doing the Same Pattern as explained ...No Matter If He is religious or Political .... Or sozial .... .... Democratic ....egoistic.... Whatever....??? Does god or the reason of live need a sacrifice ??? Why should He ... Does He need a reason ? Your explination why you do so ? And If He really wanted US to geht a Message xD Would He wrote IT in the Apple of Out eye The sky Or on Out DNA But No He sends the Most currupt animal ... Or one of Them to spread words of healing xD How can words even contain the unlimited ??? How can you Belive at all ? That words or the human at all ist able to understand Nor Share the slightest Truth..

[@moby786]

@@stefangraf4884 cool story bro

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

Thanks for delivering the goods ❤️ Reggae is so sincerely devotional, would make a great subject.