Songs of Love & Devotions

Lourdes Maria Alvarez

Sensuous, spiritual, and ethereal, this selection of works by the prominent Andalusian Sufi mystic and poet Ab_ al-Hasan al-Shushtar_ (1212-1269) will delight everyone, whether or not they are devotees of Islamic literature.

Songs of Love & Devotion

Lourdes Maria Alvarez

Sensuous, spiritual, and ethereal, this selection of works by the prominent Andalusian Sufi mystic and poet Ab_ al-Hasan al-Shushtar_ (1212-1269) will delight everyone, whether or not they are devotees of Islamic literature.

Lives & Sayings of Sufis

Paul Edward Losensky, Phd

Presents the lives and sayings of some of the most renowned figures in the Islamic Sufi tradition, translated into a contemporary American English from the Persian of the poet Farid ad-Din Attar.

Lives and Sayings of Sufis

Translated and Introduced by Paul Losensky

Presents the lives and sayings of some of the most renowned figures in the Islamic Sufi tradition, translated into a contemporary American English from the Persian of the poet Farid ad-Din Attar.

Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology

translated and introduced by John Renard; preface by Ahmet T. Karamustafa

A mini-anthology of translated classical and medieval Arabic and Persian texts on the relationship between traditional, discursive knowledge of Islamic religious tradition and the experiential knowledge of God.

Foundations Islamic Mystical Theology

John Renard

A mini-anthology of translated classical and medieval Arabic and Persian texts on the relationship between traditional, discursive knowledge of Islamic religious tradition and the experiential knowledge of God.

Sufi Verse,Saintly Life

Dr. Thomas Emil Homerin

This volume contains two major works of the venerated poet Umar Ibn al-Farid (b. 576 [hijri date]/1181 CE; d. 632 [hijri date]/1235 C.E.), an accomplished Sufi as well as a respected poet, whose works blend the two traditions of classical Arabic poe...

Sfi Our'an,Mi'raj,Poetic & Theologic

Michael A. Sells

This volume makes available and accessible the writings of the crucial early period of Islamic mysticism during which Sufism developed as one of the world's major mystical traditions. The texts are accompanied by commentary on their historical, lite...

Rules of Mystical Piety

Lawrence Fine

This volume portrays aspects of the rich literature that developed in Safed, a Galilean city and one of the great centers of Jewish creativity, in the sixteenth century.

Morals for the Heart

Professor Bruce B. Lawrence

Translated from Persian, Morals for the Heart contains the conversations of Shaykh Nizam ad-din Awliya (d. 1325), a major Indian saint, as recorded by his disciple.

Letters on the Sufi Path

John Renard

Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda (1332-1390) wrote to his friends in Fez from the small Moroccan town of Sal_. Here are selections of his letters, dating from 1365 to 1375, blending the lay movement of his time and the Sufi traditions of his past into a fresh sp...

Divine Flashes

Dr.Peter Wilson

One of the foremost expositors of Sufi teachings, Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213-1289) was one of the greatest of Persian poets. His masterpiece, Divine Flashes, is a classic expression of Sufi love mysticism.

The Bezels of Wisdom

Ralph Austin

Called by Moslems "the greatest Master," Ibn Al' Arabi (1165-1240), a Sufi born in Spain, wrote this work that was intended to be a synthesis of his spiritual doctrine.

Hundred Letters

Paul Jackson, SJ

Maneri (c. 1263-1381), born in India, was one of the most famous Islamic saints and one of the greatest Sufi masters. The Hundred Letters is a basic presentation of his teachings for spiritual advancement.

Intimate Conversations

V. Danner

Two early Sufi classics are contained here in one volume. They embody the essence of spiritual life in the Islamic tradition. Ibn ïAta' Illah (c. 1250-1309) was a Sufi saint and sage who lived in Egypt. Kwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006-1089) was one of ...