Nevit O. Ergin

Nevit O. Ergin (1928-2015) was the original English translator of the complete Divan-i Kebir and the coauthor, with Will Johnson, of The Forbidden Rumi and The Rubais of Rumi. In 1955, he became an initiate in the Itlaq (“total liberation”) path of Sufism under the tutelage of Sufi master Hasan Lutfi Shushud.

Books By Nevit O. Ergin

The Forbidden Rumi

When Nevit Ergin decided to translate Rumi’s Divan into English, he enlisted the help of the Turkish government. They were supportive at first but refused to participate in the publication of the final volume due to its openly heretical nature. Will Johnson and Nevit Ergin present here for the first time in English Rumi’s poems from this forbidden volume.

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The Rubais of Rumi

Rumi composed and spoke his poems through the spontaneous “language of poetry” that poured from his lips as he traveled the streets. Nevit O. Ergin, the translator of the complete Divan-i Kebir, and Will Johnson present the first English translation of 233 of the most evocative of Rumi’s 1,700 rubais.

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The Sufi Path of Annihilation

By Nevit O. Ergin

Itlak Yolu, the Sufi path of annihilation, contains three main facets: zikr or breathing exercises; fasting; and mental suffering. The author illustrates how suffering--“the searing fire of contrition”--is the most effective instrument of spiritual progress, for it is suffering that burns and purifies the Self. Through faithful practice, the Self is ultimately annihilated so that higher levels of perception take hold and one finds oneself on the path to sainthood and immortality.

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Tales of a Modern Sufi

By Nevit O. Ergin

A collection of modern Sufi tales by renowned Rumi translator and Sufi initiate Nevit Ergin containing 24 deceptively simple stories that take readers from basic perception to states of extraordinary awareness. The stories invoke questioning while expanding the notion of reality.

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