The Essence of Sufism,9780785818601

The Essence of Sufism

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ISBN13: 9780785818601
ISBN10: 078581860X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
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Summary

A compact yet thoroughly informative series on philosophical and religious topics, written with the general reader in mind.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(8)
Part One
The Prophet Muhammad
15(12)
The Qur'an
27(12)
The Foundations of Islam
39(20)
The Sufis
59(16)
Sufi Symbolism
75(12)
Lives of the Sufis
87(48)
Part Two
The Writings of the Sufis
135(72)
Attar and The Conference of the Birds
135(21)
Ibn 'Arabi and The Treatise on Being
156(13)
Rumi and the Mathnawi
169(26)
Shabistari and The Secret Rose Garden
195(12)
Afterword 207(6)
Appendix 1 The Most Beautiful Names 213(10)
Appendix 2 Glossary of Sufi terminology 223(6)
Bibliography 229(4)
Index 233

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