Amina Adil
Amina Adil ( Russian Амина Адиль ; * 1929/1930 in Kazan , Tatar ASSR , Soviet Union ; † November 16, 2004 in Lefka , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ) was a Tatar writer and Sufi theologian.
Life
Amina Adil was born one of four children into a Tatar family. In 1934 her Islamic family fled because of the harassment from the Soviet system, first to Eleşkirt , then to Erzurum in Turkey . After another ten years, the family emigrated from there to Damascus .
Amina Adil studied Islamic law with Sheikh Salih Farfour and Sheikh Mukhtar Alayli, as well as Sufism with Sheikh Abdullah ad-Daghastani .
In 1952 she married Sheikh Nazim . The marriage had five children.
During the years in Damascus and the move to Lefka, Cyprus, Adil led the women's dhikr there and instructed women in Sufism of the Nakschibendi order.
Fonts
- The Prophets - (2.) Sayyidina Muhammad: The Life Stories of God's Messengers Spohr-Verlag; 2010
- The Prophets - (1.): From Adam to Jesus: The life stories of God's messengers Spohr-Verlag; 2010
- (Children's book) My Little Book of the Gifts of Light by Karima Sperling narrated and illustrated in English, Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order of America, 2009
- Ramadan Spohr Publishing House; 2008
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| SURNAME | Adil, Amina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Адиль, Амина (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tatar writer and Sufi theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1929 or 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kazan , Tatar ASSR , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2004 |
| Place of death | Lefka , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |