- Tosun Bayrak
Sheikh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti (
Istanbul : 1926) is an author, translator andSufi . He served as a government official inAnkara , Honorary Consul ofTurkey inMorocco and is the Sheikh of theJerrahi-Halveti Order in America. [The Tree of Being [http://www.fonsvitae.com/tosunbayrakibnarabi.html] ]Education
He studied
Biological Sciences at Robert College, Istanbul;Art ,Architecture , andArt History in the Studios ofBernard Leger andAndre Lhote inParis ;Architecture at theUniversity of California ,Berkeley ; andHistory of Art at theCourtauld Institute of Art ,London . He received a Masters in Fine Arts fromRutgers University .Artist
A retired professor of art and art history from
Fairleigh Dickinson University ,New Jersey , he has exhibited widely in the United States [The Tree of Being [http://www.fonsvitae.com/tosunbayrakibnarabi.html] ] and is also a Guggenheim fellow. [Tosun Bayrak [http://www.worldwisdom.com/Public/Authors/Detail.asp?AuthorID=97&WhatType=1] ] He retired from the art world in the 1970s and devoted his life to the study and teaching ofIslam and Sufism.ufi
In 1970 Bayrak met Muzaffer Ozak Ashki al-Jerrahi who became his teacher. Bayrak is now a Sheikh of the Helveti-Jerrahi order residing near the Jerrahi Order of America mosque in
Spring Valley, New York . [The Most Beautiful Names [http://www.sufism.org/books/names.html#tosun] ] He has been spiritual guide of the Jerrahi Order of the Americas, (the primary Western branch of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes) since 1977. [The Meaning of Age [http://www.forusa.org/fellowship/sep_oct_01/1001_13.html] ]Translator
Sheikh Tosun Bayrak has translated dozens of books on Islamic spirituality, but he is particularly known for his efforts on the works of the Sufi mystic
Ibn Arabi . His translations of classic works of Sufism include "Secret of Secrets" (Islamic Texts Society, 1992), "Inspirations" (Threshold Books), "The Book of Sufi Chivalry" (Inner Traditions , 1991), "Suhrawardi : The Shape of Light" (Fons Vitae, 1998), "The Name and the Named: Divine Attributes of God" (Fons Vitae, 2000), and "The Path of Muhammad" (World Wisdom , 2005).ee Also
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Ibn Arabi
*Sufism External Links
* [http://jerrahi.org/writings_english/onwill.htm Essay: “On Will” by Sheikh Tosun Bayrak]
* [http://www.crescentlife.com/spirituality/arrogance_&_humility.htm Essay: “Arrogance and Humility” by Sheikh Tosun Bayrak]
* [http://www.worldwisdom.com/Public/Authors/Detail.asp?AuthorID=97&WhatType=1 Author Page]References
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