Home›Sources›Mystical Dimensions of IslamSourcesMystical Dimensions of IslamCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Mystical Dimensions of Islam." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/mystical-dimensions-of-islam.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/mystical-dimensions-of-islamCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-mystical-dimensions-of-islam, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Mystical Dimensions of Islam}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/mystical-dimensions-of-islam}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXAnnemarie Schimmel's survey works through the documented historical debate within Islamic scholarship itself over whether music and movement, as in the Mevlevi turning ceremony, are permissible in worship, presenting that live internal disagreement rather than settling it from outside. That she reports a real, long running argument inside the tradition, rather than a single external verdict on Sufi practice, is the book's real evidentiary basis. First published in 1975, this record has not independently traced which of her specific readings later specialists have revised across the intervening decades. It is a strong source for the history and theological debate around Sufi devotional practice. A claim resting on the most recent scholarship of a specific Sufi order may need a more current study alongside it.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (318 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A standard scholarly survey of Sufism from a university press presenting the long running internal Islamic scholarly debate over whether music and movement are permissible in worship rather than settling it from outside.NotesWell-attestedA standard survey of Sufism, including the place of sama and of the Mevlevi turning ceremony within it and the long scholarly argument over whether music and movement are permissible in worship.CitationAuthorWell-attestedAnnemarie SchimmelPublisherWell-attestedUniversity of North Carolina PressPublication YearWell-attested1975URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/mysticaldimensio00schiSource TypeWell-attestedacademic monographClaims Backed By This Source (318 claims)This source backs 318 claims across the atlas. As facts: 104 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 151 holds, 10 connected, 9 held Differently. Plus 42 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicReligious Orders, 142 claims: 1 well-attested, 124 holds, 9 held Differently, 8 general references.Articles, 66 claims: 43 well-attested, 10 connected, 13 general references.Beliefs & Restrictions, 26 claims: 16 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 8 general references.Historical Figures, 24 claims: 16 well-attested, 4 holds, 4 general references.Doctrines, 16 claims: 4 well-attested, 8 holds, 4 general references.Denominations, 11 claims: 10 holds, 1 general references.Religious Roles & Titles, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.Sacred Dances, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.Scriptures & Texts, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Well-attested104ArticlesA Court's Blending Draws a Sufi Scholar's RebuttalA Poem Written to Be TaughtA Reform Line Binds Itself to Ottoman PowerA Reviver's Title Marks a Turn of the MillenniumAna al-Haqq, and What the Words Could MeanFrom Konya to a Fixed CeremonyOne Pilgrimage Turns a Shaykh Into an Order Spanning the Ottoman WorldReading the Turn: What Each Gesture CarriesThe Burhan and What Withstanding It Is Held to ProveThe Ghawth: A Rank at the Top of the Hierarchy of SaintsThe Naqshbandi Order's Practice of Silent RemembranceThe Objection From the Established OrdersThe Quran in the Persian TongueThe Sema as Enacted Remembrance Rather Than PerformanceWhy the Naqshbandi Chain Runs Through Abu BakrBeliefs & RestrictionsDhikr Is Made Aloud in AssemblyDhikr Is Made Silently in the HeartMusic and Dance Have No Place on the PathSama: Music and Listening Carry the Seeker Toward GodThe Chain of Transmission Runs Through AliThe Turning Ceremony Is a Form of Contemplative WorshipWahdat al-Shuhud: The Unity Perceived Is of Witness, Not of BeingWahdat al-Wujud: All That Exists Is One RealityDoctrinesFana and baqaMaqamat and AhwalHistorical FiguresAhmad SirhindiIbn ArabiMansur al-HallajMawlana KhalidReligious OrdersNaqshbandi OrderReligious Roles & TitlesDervishSacred DancesSemaScriptures & TextsThe MasnaviSourcesMystical Dimensions of IslamScholarly debate2Beliefs & RestrictionsSama: Music and Listening Carry the Seeker Toward GodWahdat al-Wujud: All That Exists Is One RealityHolds151DenominationsSufismDoctrinesFana and baqaMaqamat and AhwalTawhidWahdat al-WujudHistorical FiguresAhmad SirhindiMawlana KhalidReligious OrdersBektashi OrderChishti OrderMevlevi OrderMuridiyyaNaqshbandi OrderQadiriyya OrderRifa'i OrderTijaniyyahReligious Roles & TitlesQutbSacred DancesSemaScriptures & TextsThe MasnaviConnected10ArticlesA Court's Blending Draws a Sufi Scholar's RebuttalA Reform Line Binds Itself to Ottoman PowerA Reviver's Title Marks a Turn of the MillenniumOne Pilgrimage Turns a Shaykh Into an Order Spanning the Ottoman WorldThe Burhan and What Withstanding It Is Held to ProveThe Ghawth: A Rank at the Top of the Hierarchy of SaintsThe Naqshbandi Order's Practice of Silent RemembranceThe Objection From the Established OrdersThe Sema as Enacted Remembrance Rather Than PerformanceWhy the Naqshbandi Chain Runs Through Abu BakrHeld Differently9Religious OrdersBektashi OrderChishti OrderMevlevi OrderMuridiyyaNaqshbandi OrderQadiriyya OrderRifa'i OrderTijaniyyahGeneral References42ArticlesA Court's Blending Draws a Sufi Scholar's RebuttalA Reform Line Binds Itself to Ottoman PowerA Reviver's Title Marks a Turn of the MillenniumA Transmission Received Without a Human ChainOne Pilgrimage Turns a Shaykh Into an Order Spanning the Ottoman WorldThe Burhan and What Withstanding It Is Held to ProveThe Doctrine of Exclusive AffiliationThe Ghawth: A Rank at the Top of the Hierarchy of SaintsThe Naqshbandi Order's Practice of Silent RemembranceThe Objection From the Established OrdersThe Sema as Enacted Remembrance Rather Than PerformanceWhat Silent Dhikr's Published Account Covers and What Stays With the ShaykhWhy the Naqshbandi Chain Runs Through Abu BakrBeliefs & RestrictionsDhikr Is Made Aloud in AssemblyDhikr Is Made Silently in the HeartMusic and Dance Have No Place on the PathSama: Music and Listening Carry the Seeker Toward GodThe Chain of Transmission Runs Through AliThe Turning Ceremony Is a Form of Contemplative WorshipWahdat al-Shuhud: The Unity Perceived Is of Witness, Not of BeingWahdat al-Wujud: All That Exists Is One RealityDenominationsSufismDoctrinesFana and baqaMaqamat and AhwalTawhidWahdat al-WujudHistorical FiguresAhmad SirhindiIbn ArabiMansur al-HallajMawlana KhalidReligious OrdersBektashi OrderChishti OrderMevlevi OrderMuridiyyaNaqshbandi OrderQadiriyya OrderRifa'i OrderTijaniyyahReligious Roles & TitlesDervishQutbSacred DancesSemaScriptures & TextsThe MasnaviComments (0)No comments yet. 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