Early Islamic mysticism : Sufi, Qurʼan, Miraj, poetic and theological writings / translated, edited, and with an introduction by Michael A. Sells ; preface by Carl W. Ernst.
Contributor(s): Sells, Michael Anthony
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Classics of Western spirituality: #86.Publisher: New York : Paulist Press, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Description: xi, 398 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0809104776 (cloth : alk. paper); 0809136198 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Sufism -- Early works to 1800DDC classification: 297/.4 LOC classification: BP188.9 | .E2 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-385) and indexes.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-385) and indexes.
Spirituality and embodiment in Islam -- Four phases of Islamic spirituality -- The Qurʼan -- The Miʻraj : sacred cosmology and mystical orientation -- The Beloved : poetic dimensions of Islamic spirituality -- The Qurʼanic commentary attributed to Jʻafar as-Sadiq (the sixth Imam) -- Sahl at-Tustari (from the Interpretaion of the Majestic Qurʼan) -- Interpreting mystical expressions from the Treatise / Qushayri -- Her words and life in ʻAtar's Memorial of the Friends of God / Rabiʻa -- Moral psychology / Muhasibi -- The seven stations from The Book of Flashes (Kitāb al-Lumaʻ) / Sarraj -- Sarraj on Bistami's Mystical Utterances from The Book of Flashes (Kitāb al-Lumaʻ) / Bistami -- The other Bistami : The Biographies of Sulami and Qushayri / Bistami -- The Miʻraj of Bistami / Bistami -- On the Affirmation of Unity (Tawḥīd) / Junayd -- On Annihilation (Fanāʼ) / Junayd -- Iblis as Tragic Lover (The ṬāSīn of Before-Time and Ambiguity) / Hallaj -- Who are You and Who Am I? from the Book of Standings (Kitāb al-Mawāqif) / Niffari -- "If They Only Knew" from the Diwan Attributed to al-Hallaj -- Scholastic Theology (Kalām) on Unity and Justice.