Muzaffer Ozak was one of the head sheikhs of the Halveti-Jerrahi

Jerrahi

The Jerrahi are a Sufi tariqah derived from the Halveti order. Their founder was Muhammad Nureddin al-Jerrahi, who died in Istanbul and is buried at the site of his tekke in Karagumruk - Istanbul...

 order of Dervish

Dervish

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es, a traditional muslim

Muslim

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 Sufi order (tarika

Tarika

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) from Istanbul

Istanbul

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 (Turkey

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). In western countries he is well known because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America where he celebrated public dhikr

Dhikr

Dhikr , plural ; ), is an Islamic devotional act, typically involving the repetition of the Names of God, supplications or formulas taken from hadith texts and verses of the Qur'an. Dhikr is usually done individually, but in some Sufi orders it is instituted as a ceremonial activity...

s (Remembrance of God; in Turkish "zikrullah") with his dervishes. He is also well known in Turkey for his "ilahis," religious Sufi hymns. The Halveti-Jerrahi Sufi Order  is named for him. Ozak also ran a bookstore in the Sahaflar Çarşısı in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

.

Works

• Irşad
  • English: Irshad – Wisdom of a Sufi Master
• Aşk Yolu Vuslat Tariki
  • English: The Unveiling of Love
  • Spanish: La Develación del Amor
• Envar-ül-Kulub
  • English: Lights of the Hearts
• Ziynet-ül-Kulub
  • English: Adornment of Hearts
• Gülsar-i Arifan
• Hazret-i Meryem (not published in Turkish)
  • English: Blessed Virgin Mary
  • German: Die gesegnete Jungfrau Maria im Islam
  • Spanish: Mariam
• Sofiyye Sohbetleri (not published in Turkish)
  • English: Garden of Dervishes
• Love is the Wine (edited by Robert Frager)
  • German: Der Wein der Sufis (zusammengestellt von Robert Frager)
    • (Title of first edition: Liebe ist der Wein)
  • Spanish: El Amor es el Vino (recompilado por R. Frager)

Audiorecordings

• LP Halveti-Jerrahi-Dhikr
  • Journey To The Lord Of Power
• CD Chant des Derviches de Turquie
  • La Cérémonie du Zikr
  • (5. Festival des Arts Traditionnels 1978, Rennes, France)
• CD Garden of Paradise
  • Sufi Ceremony of Remembrance
  • (recorded April 5, 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey)
• CD Reunion
  • Ceremonial Music of the Sufis
  • (recorded April 16, 1984 in New York City, USA)

External links

• The Unveiling of Love Sufism and the Remembrance of God By Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak
• IRSHAD Wisdom of a Sufi Master By Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak Al-Jerrahi
• Garden of Paradise - Sufi Ceremony of Remembrance - Music CD Sheikh Muzzafer Ozak and the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes
• Lifting the Boundaries: Muzaffer Efendi and the Transmission of Sufism to the West by Gregory Blann