Shah Ni'matullah Wali & The Ni'matullahi Sufi Order 

"no sultan is as lame as Tamerlane". There is just something about a 5th grader burn delivered by an incredibly well learned philosopher that hits different

Thank you for all the good work you're doing on this channel. 🙏💗 I was in Mahan in 2014 and was lucky to go to the Shah Nematollah mosque. I was even luckier to see his "meditation room" which is apparently not open to tourists. That place is forever etched in my memory! And if anyone reading this is planning a trip to Iran, do consider including Kerman (and Mahan, and the Kalouts of Shahdad) in your plans. Won't regret it! 😉

Wow! I feel oddly touched by your presentation here! I love your videos and I was surprised to see this show up on my feed. I am a darvish initiate of the Nimatullahi tariqah and never expected to see anything about our founder and masters in this series. Alhamdulillah! While I'm familiar with most of what you're saying here, your presentation brought perspective and context to it. Excellent work! There might be one little thing that I found oddly off. My experience has been that music does, indeed, play a very important role in our gatherings. Sema is practically a sacrament and the music is unique and amazing. Dr. Nurbakhsh gave us very formal guidelines for our conduct when engaged in Sema. This might be particular to the khanighas of America or something like that, but its been a major feature of our ritual gatherings in my personal experience. That said, I wouldn't expect anyone who hasn't participated in our orders gatherings to be familiar with this, so the oversight is understandable. Again, wonderful job! I'm a fan of your work! Ya Haqq!

When you go to sufisim and higher spiritual states , it doesn't matter that you are shitte or sunni or christian ..because the only thing is matter in that state is God , the one .... Then these kinds of question about the nature of religion is meaningless basically .. After all.. bro .. you are doing a great job specially in this materialistic world that the only thing that matter is show off not a journey within ... Thanks for your useful information

I don't know if you realize it, you're teaching muslims a lot about their religion. Things they themselves didn't know

Please do a video on Mullah Sadra and the School of Isphahan.

Great video as always my friend!!!!!!! You should do a video on sufism in timbuktu. How it arrived and it's golden age there. Just bc i feel like timbuktu is definitely the most forgotten or least talked about Islamic Golden age societies. Peace

Thank you for the video. It definitely increased my knowledge about the Ni'matullahi order about which I new very little. I contacted you once over face book to make rather a kind of comparative video about Gnosticism/ Gnostic Christianity and Islam in general and especially within Sufism. Like what are similarities and what are the differences. Because I think there are a lot of Gnostic elements within Islamic Esotericism. And I'm glad that you are going to make a video about Bektashi Order and Alevism, but please point out the differences here because many people think its the same thing but it is not so.

i love your videos..you always explain complicated things to make easy to understand..thank you with love from algeria💪🏽😍❤️🇩🇿

I've been there in Mahan. beautiful place! As many pilgrims as tourists being present there, was surprising to me.

That's quite interesting. I'm surprised I never heard of him before 🥺 I like to mirror his kindness to animals

Love form Iran ❤️

Watching all your talks, your very clear, if not always accurate. I watched your video on Naqshbandi, it was a lot different to my experience as a once practicing Naqshbandi, I actually felt that it was not as orthodox as some other very rigid interpretations, but that's my only criticism of the video. I never got too involved because I don't agree with the worship of Sheikhs, never the less the multi-racial group of Dervishes I met in the tariqah where some of the most sincere, humble, open, kind, friendly, generous, and loving people I have encountered on average, and I have dwelt with several tariqahs, since the mid 1970's. Anyway no big thing, keep up the good work dude. JZK.

as a shia muslim i didnt know shias had sufi silsila.....in Pakistan we shias and sunni respect all sufi saints.....most of sufi saints were syeds (decendants of ahlul bait a.s). we consider them neither sunni or shia, sufis saints are considered saints by both shias and sunnis.

Indonesian here. Enjoy your video on Sufism so much! Please do take a look at Sufism in Indonesia. You can start with the story of Wali Sanga (The Nine Saints) & Syekh Siti Djenar. To put it simply, Siti Djenar is a rogue sufi saint that confronts the more conservative Wali Sanga. Wali Sanga tried to put down Siti Djenar because his teaching is deemed to be "too iconoclastic & borderline heresy", sometimes Siti Djenar is compared to Al-Hallaj. In the end, one of the Wali Sanga managed to kill Siti Djenar, but no one really knows of how Siti Djenar really died. Some said he attained "Moksha" so no one can find his body, other said his dead body bloomed into beautiful & fragrant flowers, some said lights as bright as sun emanates from his body when his followers tried to bury him. Yes so many version! It's just a single story from the Island of Java and there's a lot more sufi figures from other islands of Indonesia. Like, Hamzah Fansuri & Syekh Abdurrauf Sinkili from Sumatra, and more I recommend Geertz's "Religion of Java", Woodward "Java, Indonesia, and Islam" & Munir Mulkhan "Syekh Siti Jenar" (only avb. In Bahasa Indonesia). Again, thank you so much!

Great video,really enjoyed it! You mentioned Tamerlane,in this video,some say he was one the most powerful Naqshbandi masters,and others considered him as tyrant, it would be great if you would make some video about him!Thanks!!!

My mother is from the lineage of Syed Shah Niamatullah Hussaini. When his son Syed Shah Khalillulah Hussaini migrated to Bidar, India (Deccan) as per the request of Bahaman Shah (Bahamani Order). His lineage is still lives in India and mostly are practicing Sunnis.

Thank you for educating us on this saint. He was indeed correct to tell his followers to take up a profession. Islam does not encourage ascetic practices.

I come from a country in which we only have and practice suni shaafi’i teaching so all these is new to me

Every day you upload is a happy day for me!

Thanks for the hard work for us, giving a nice video

Lover and Beloved, Desire and Desired, Seeker and Sought, are one; So beautiful and liberating! 💖

Awesome video. Do you consider doing a video on the relationship between Shia Islam and Sufism? Seems to be an important area for research.

I'm from Kerman, and you thought me more about him today than I l'd ever learnt living literally 30 minutes away from his tomb.

“I’ve seen many a king in this world, but There is no sultan as lame as Timurlane.” - Shah Ni’matullah Wali

I think another reason the order was able to transition to Shia Islam was the fact that most sufi orders view Imam Ali (a.s.) and Imam Hussien (a.s.) similar to how shias view them

the death of tabandeh was so sad , he died like a hero , I was waiting for him to give up since our govenment buys everyone but this person was honestly following his belief

8:53 you say he wrote in Persian, but display an Urdu text. Seems like a meditation on God, and a description of his qualities.

Hi, please make video on Imam Husain and event of Karbala.

Very good explanation...Your tone of voice and speed with which you speak is understandable by all. Well done! You are very knowledgeable and have taken pains in your research. Thanks

Just waiting your Instagram Profile for this channel. I really appreciate your job here!

Can you make a video about Shaykh Baha'uldeen Al Amili, he was a Shia scholar, Mystic, Philosopher, Architect, Astronomer and mathematician. And he's the reason Iran is Shia today, and he claimed Sufis are the real Muslims but he still followed the Shia Sharia strictly, he also appears in the chain of both the Nurbakhshi and Ni'matullāhī Sufi orders.

“I perceive all the professors of exoteric knowledge to be full of learning with no applicatiom Day and night wasting their lives, pursuing discussion, chatter, and empty disputation” Shah Ni’matullah Wali

Interesting hearing an Arabic pronunciation of Persian terms and names :)

Love your videos Would like it if you would consider making a video on Noorbakshi order as well

Great channel. Great job. Please could you make a video about Shorawari and illumination school. It's not a easy goal.

My great great grandfather on my mother's side was a Sufi master. he was known as taooso urafa. thanks for your work.

I enjoy your videos very much. Your research and passion is very obvious. Its very interesting to me that there is a common pattern to beliefs in all religions and sects

There are brilliant Nimatullahi poems with musical background on RU-vid I suggest all of you to search for them. Another established Shii Sufi order would be the Oveisi, itself also divided in several branches.

Timur is a strange character to me I read an account of his campaigns and life, he seems to have had one part of his soul in the brutal old mongol nomad culture, and the other his father entrenched in the acknowledgement of the Divine.. And he seems to pay tribute to both sides with equal intensity lol

Salam Hi, can you please kindly advice whats the background music in This video. Thanks

MashaAllah just discovered this channel and it's amazing. Have you covered West African Tarikas? That would be amazing.

Please make detailed video on twelver shias. And beliefs

Did you ever have a video up on Bektashism/Alevism? I swear you had one up but I can't find it anywhere

Yeah finally shiite sufi order!! Thank you I admire your works so much. May I ask Dhahabiyya order too?

With lots of love & appreciation for the valuable information of sufisum & all other religions. From INDIA

Also it shouldn't surprise people there are shia sufis, after all you can be either shiite or sunni (don't think there are ibadi sufis that i know of) and there's no issue. In fact there are sufi orders that have both shias and sunnies together.

Plz make video on shams tabrez

LITTLE SAME WITH NAQASHBANDIYYA SILSLA . GREAT WORK REALLY I APPRECIATE YOU ❤️😌 Plz can you make a vedio on allama muhammad iqbaal ,he is one of great ,poet , phliospher, theorist and for me he is one the great sufi and SPRITUAL MAN of the modern era.

research as brilliant as always!

So nicely said.. same we see in Sanathan Dharma, Brahmam is a Sea.. icebergs are his manifestations taken form for the sake of his causeless mercy to share bliss for who seeks only Divine in the form they pray. That's polytheism which is actually pluralism in reality.

Shah Nematullah was born in my city in the past, his house and his school and even his place of prayer are still there, he has made many prophecies, all of which have come true so far.

*brother you forgot to mention his predictions about future* Not a single prediction is wrong

Loved, loved, loved it! Thank you 🌹

Insightful as usual. Great work.

Love this guy. He is not biased because he does not belong to any Sufi order and thus expose the magic or occult science that are practiced by he sufies as well. Many sufies are in denial about the Magic they are taught and believe everything they see are miracles. Thank you Filip.

I would love to see a video on the life and teachings of Sarmad Kashani, his life was interesting to say the least (originally an Arminian Persian speaking Jew, converted to Islam (sufi path) and eventually took up Hinduism near the end of his life). He was also beheaded by Aurangzeb for apparently making his older brother a devoted follower of him!

You should do a video on the origins of the salafi school(s) of thought!

The Nimatullahi Order was once very powerful in Iran, and formed a close relationship with Isma'ilism and the Isma'ili Imams of Khorosan, which was heavily influenced by Sufism and in particular the Nimatullahi Order.

The base of Persian sufism is chivalry, compassion, love and service to humanity. It goes back to long before Islam. The first Sufi being Adam.

Can you please also do a video on shams tabreiz and rumi. I love watching your detail videoa..jazakAllah❤

Yo Eminem watch out, Sheikh Nimatullahi dropping disses track like nobody business

You should do one on the Tijaniyya, especially Shaykh Ibrahim Niass - many do not know of his legacy and his part in spreading the tariqa worldwide

Sounds very similar to buddhism to me. Not identical to it, but there are significant similar aspects. A very interesting interpretation of Islam, I must say.

Hi there, thanks for this informative video.

Can you please do a video on the Mi'raj that would be greatly appreciated thank you

please make a video on Ibn Taymiah

U havent discussed his poeatic predictions... which he is famous for in sufi orders today ? If u could plz make a video on it..

Hi when will you talk about sheikh Ahmadou bamba from senegal? Thanks

Loved the fact that Shah Ni'matullah Wali influences cuts through the sunni & shiite divides

But perhaps you could also cover some of the practices shah nimatullah taught , like: remembrance of God (dhikr), contemplation (fikr), meditation (muraqiba), and self-examination (muhasiba).

When are you going to talk about Shaykh Ahmad Tijani of the Tijaniya Sufi order. Thanks

Will you do videos about Ismaili (aga khan branch), Mormonism or Jehovah witness?

So he's basically a Hufflepuff who once disses a king.

Very very interesting channel, learning more about Islam ❤️👍👍

Please do a video on the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Empire in general. Also the life of Salahuddin al - Ayyubi

Nice & very informative video! BTW, did you heard about the Qaseeda-e-Naimat Ullah Shah Wali about the end time predictions. I'm requesting you to make a video on that topic. Thanks in advance. May The Almighty bless you & give you hidayah.

Thank you, that was very interesting. Appreciate your good work.

The document shown @8:52 can't be a writing of Shah Ni'matullah as it's in Urdu not Farsi. Moreover it's prose rather than poetry. However it's talking about what appears to be Wahdat ul wajood so it could be a translation of his Farsi work.

Tack! Jätte bra video. Jag följer Naqshbandi tariqa. 💐🙏

Just came across your channel, and I'd like to say thank you for being so calm reguarding a topic that is submit in those days to sometimes verry vivid debates. As someone who is interested in religions since just a few years, (especialy oriental/arabic/catholic/orthodox christianity), I would like to ask If you have come across René Girards theorys about mimetic desire, and if, how is he reguarded by today-scholars? (Here in france he is certainly know)

Great Video! Loving the content in this Channel. Where did you get the information on Shah Niamutallah? Can you recommend on any books on him and his teachings in English?

🕊Humbled Gratitude … 🕊🙏🏾🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

This reminds me alot of haji bektas veli and bektashism today. Still waiting for a video on that subject btw..

Can you please cover the Zaydi shia school of thought?

This video came handy for me. Thank you from Bangladesh Would you please cover Rumi on ur videos?

Please make a video about Zaydi Shias cause there are a lot of misconceptions about them

Not only Nimatullahi, but most sufi orders in Turkey have “believers must have a profession (zanaat), and be a master at it” view. Even every Ottoman Sultan (mostly was mevlevi) have zanaat, because ”be a Sultan is not a zanaat”. for expl. Fatih Sultan Mehmed was gardener (he loves trees and roses), Yavuz Sultan Selim and Kanuni Sultan Suleyman was very qualified jewelry masters, Murad III was calligrapher , Abdulhamid II is very unique capenter.

Very interesting, thank you! Could you make a video about Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī and Mawlānā Abul-Ma'ānī Mīrzā Abdul-Qādir Bēdil?

Filip! Beloved! Do a video on the Bektashi order, please

Didn't mentioned his prediction's of which he is more famous ...

Is it not that Sufiism was pre Islamic theology? Thanks for bringing very informative knowledge about various religion discussion.

Please make videos about the 12 Imams (pbut)

Nice video as always!!!

I Luv Sufi , Naghshbandi … Interesting group .

Check out the Bektashi Shia Order of Turkey and the Balkans. They are the only Sufi order whose dervishes remain celibate. I live in Albania where the headquarters of all the Bektashi is located and here actually other Sufi orders with Sunni origins have slowly transformed into Shia. For example the Halveti, Rifaai, Saadi etc here and in some other parts of the Balkans actually identify themselves as Shia.

Please make a video on Kubrawi or noorbakshia order.

Waiting for qadriya, chishti and many more sufi orders...

Especially to those who don't believe and deny about Tariqah, Sufism, and such

جزاك الله خيرا