Hurufism[1] (Arabic: حُرُوفِيَّة ḥurūfiyyah, Persian: حُروفیان horūfiyān) was a Sufi movement based on the mysticism of letters (ḥurūf), [2] which originated in Astrabad and spread to areas of western Iran (Persia) and Anatolia in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.

…an extremist religious sect, the Ḥurūfīs, the Iranian mystic Faḍl Allāh of Astarābād, who was flayed to death for his heretical beliefs in 1401/02. Ḥurūfism was based on a kabbalistic philosophy associated with the numerological significance attributed to the letters of the alphabet and their combinations (hence the name, from…

Dec 15, 2004 · HORUFISM, a body of antinomian and incarnationist doctrines evolved by Fażl-Allāh Astarābādi (d. 796/1394; q.v.), known to his followers also as Fażl-e Yazdān (“the generosity of God”).

viii FAZLALLAH ASTARABADI AND THE HURUFIS prelims.046 14/12/2004 1:37 PM Page viii. ix PREFACE F azlallah Astarabadi (d.1394) was an Islamic religious leader who believed that the world was about to come to an end and that he had been appointed the final divine messenger for humanity. He claimed that he had received direct revelations

Jan 19, 2016 · In this 21 min interview, Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov provides an insight into the Hurufis, a mystical and messianic current that became particularly active in Iran and Anatolia following the end of Mongol rule.

Hurufism, an Iranian movement during the Timurid dynasty, was founded based on exaggerative and eclectic beliefs in the intrinsic meaning of the Persian or Arab alphabets concerned with the commentary of the Quran, creativity of human beings and other creatures, as well as personality and instructions of Fazlullah Naeimi Astarabadi (796/ 1394).

At the heart of Hurufi teaching is a philosophico-mystical conception of language, from whence probably came the name of the movement (harf, pi. huruf, meaning 'word' or 'letter' in Arabic).1 The founder of Hurufism, Fadlallah.

Hurufism (Arabic: حُرُوفِيَّة ḥurūfiyyah, Persian: حُروفیان horūfiyān) was a Sufi movement based on the mysticism of letters (ḥurūf), which originated in Astrabad and spread to areas of western Iran (Persia) and Anatolia in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.

Hurufism (from the word huruf - letters) is the doctrine claiming that the Koran is to be interpreted through a system of letters. For the Hurufis 7 is considered a sacred number.

Fazlallah Astarabadi was a 14th-century Islamic religious leader who believed that the world was about to come to an end. This book is the first comprehensive study of Astarabadi’s life and thought and also offer a history of his movement.