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.
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.
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, literary and philosophical context.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 major early writers of Persian mystical literature.
Author: translated and introduced by John Renard; preface by Ahmet T. KaramustafaJohn Renard
Format: Cloth
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
