Tesavvufska misao u poeziji šejha Abdurrahmana Sirrije
Tesawwuf Thought in the Poetry of Sheikh Abdurrahman Sirri

Summary/Abstract: Sheikh Abdurrahman Sirri is among the most influential Bosnian Sufis with indubitable contribution in propagation of Naqshbandi tariqa in the first half of the nineteenth century. Elaborate analysis of the Sheikh’s Tasawwuf thought would require a more extensive study, hence this paper is focused to a limited number of topics. At the very beginning of the paper, Sheikh’s poetry in Bosnian language as well as in Ottoman Turkish has been presented, as the only written legacy on the basis of which we can follow Sirri-baba’s Tasawwuf thought. The second part of the paper is dedicated to Sirri-baba’s learning about God, and this analysis is based upon division of God’s Names into Names of Majesty, Names of Beauty and Names of Perfection. It is also highlighted that the God’s Names are attested by the Revelation, and as such, in their incomparable completeness and comprehensiveness, they cannot in any way be compared with the analogous properties of creation. Furthermore, we briefly pointed out the presence of teachings about Muhammadan reality in the Sheikh’s poetry. Lastly, we present our personal experience of the fundamental message of Sirri-baba’s poetry, expressed symbolically as Sirri-baba’s address to the author of this paper.

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