Mystical Dimensions of IslamUniv of North Carolina Press, 1975 - 506 pagina's Mystical Dimensions of Islam presents, for the first time, a balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomenon of Sufism_Islamic mysticism_from its beginnings through the nineteenth century. Through her sensitivity and deep understandin |
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1 WHAT IS SUFISM? | 3 |
2 HISTORICAL OUTLINES OF CLASSICAL SUFISM | 23 |
3 THE PATH | 98 |
4 MAN AND HIS PERFECTION | 187 |
5 SUFI ORDERS AND FRATERNITIES | 228 |
6 THEOSOPHICAL SUFISM | 259 |
PERSIAN AND TURKISH MYSTICAL POETRY | 287 |
8 SUFISM IN INDO PAKISTAN | 344 |
APPENDIX 1 Letter Symbolism in Sufi Literature | 411 |
APPENDIX 2 The Feminine Element in Sufism | 426 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 437 |
ADDENDUM TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY | 469 |
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