Upanishads and Islamic Mysticism

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India is a beautiful garden with varied religious flowers and plants spreading in the world the aroma of love and brotherhood, peace and non-violence, kindness and generosity nt only towards human beings but also towards animals and to the vegetation world. It is in such a garden that the flowers of Upanishads blossomed and ripened into fruits giving nectar to the entire world. It is because of this magnanimity of thoughts and richness of spirituality that encouraged me to write on such a subject. Upanishads to have everything that can satisfy the spiritual appetite of human beings. They are full of poetic beauty, an emphasis on knowledge of the Self possession of the Indian mystical tradition that has opened the new horizons for the development of other mystical traditions. Islamic Mysticism that is popularly or rather fondly known as Sufism, seems to me very similar to the Upanishadic mysticism. The Sufi mystics of Islam do talk about the unity of the Self with the Supreme self i.e. the Brahman in Upanishadic language. The two separate traditions of spirituality ultimately merge together in fena or realization of the self. The book deciphers the theme in the chapters that follow.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Intaj Malek

Dr. Intaj Melek is an ardent lover of Literature, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Poetry and Drama. Taking first a Bachelor Degree in Commerce, he continued his pursuit of studies in the Faculty of Arts and took his Bachelor Degree in English Literature with Gold Medal and M.A in English Literature. His philosophical inquisitiveness led him further to do M.A. in Philosophy, which he did with the first rank at the Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He did his Ph.D on "Upanishads and Islamic Mysticism" under the guidance of renowned Prof. Dr. Yajneshwar Shastri, Department of Philosphy, Gujarat University. He is interested in writing Poetry, Plays, and Articles on Literature and Philosophy. He has translated several Plays and Poetry from English into Gujarati language and has written several Poems and Plays in English. He has translated five plays from English into Gujarati and written two foll length plays n English. He work as a Sales Tax Officer Class-I with the Department of Sales Tax, Gujarat.