Molitva srca u isihazmu i sufizmu
The Prayer of the Heart in Hesychasm and Sufism

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the text of Seyyed Hossain Nasr’s speech delivered in March 1985 at a symposium of Orthodox Christians and Muslims at the Orthodox Theological Faculty “Holly Cross” in Boston, which was published in Greek Orthodox Theological Review in 1986. In the paper S. H. Nasr analyzes remarkable and significant similarities of the two traditions – Hesychastic and Sufistic in the domain of the nature of the prayer of the heart, each of which is at the center of the religion on the soil of which it flourished. So far, very little has been written on this topic, thus this paper written by the author who has a renowned scientific credibility deserves special attention. S. H. Nasr wrote a text which, in addition to his essential knowledge of Sufism, shows his exceptional knowledge of Orthodox spirituality and his profound study of the most famous book from that spirituality – Philocaly, that is the Love of Goodness or the Love of Beauty, a multi-volume collection that includes insights, experience and sentences about the spiritual life and prayer of the heart from the most important Orthodox Fathers.

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