Knowledge of God in classical Sufism

foundations of Islamic mystical theology

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Table of Contents

Introduction. pt. 1. Foundational sources and the Islamic religious disciplines
pt. 2. Experiential knowledge of God in classical and medieval Sufi texts
pt. 3. Beyond the classics
Texts in translation. Abū Naṣr as-Sarrāj: The book of flashes (Kitāb al-lumaʻ)
Abū Bakr al-Kalābādhī: The exploration of Sufi teachings (Kitāb at-taʻarruf)
Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī: The book of knowledge (Kitāb al-ʻilm): part thirty-one of The sustenance of hearts (Qūt al-qulūb)
ʻAlī ibn ʻUthmān Hujwīrī: The revelation of realities veiled (Kashf al-maḥjūb)
Abū ʻl-Qāsim al Qushayrī: The treatise on Sufism (Ar-Risālat al-qushayrīya)
ʻAbd Allāh Anṣārī: The hundred fields (Ṣad maydān): resting places of the wayfarers (Manāzil as-sāʾirīn)
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī: The elaboration of the marvels of the heart (Kitāb sharḥ ʻajāʾib al-qalb): book 21 of the Revitalization of the religious disciplines (Iḥyāʾ ʻulūm ad-dīn)
Ibn al-ʻArīf: The beauties of spiritual sessions (Maḥāsin al-majālis)
Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar as-Suhrawardī: The benefits of intimate knowledge (ʻAwārif al-maʻārif)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-412) and indexes

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The classics of Western spirituality

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BP189.65.L68 K56 2004, BP189.65.L68K56 2004

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xiv, 434 p. ;
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