Sufism Love and Wisdom

For hundreds of years, the inner spiritual core of Islam has been the focus of Sufi thinkers. These essays allow the reader to understand the wisdom and history of Sufism.

Table of Transliteration System

vii

Foreword

ix

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Preface

xiii

Roger Gaetani

Introduction

xxi

Jean-Louis Michon

Sufi Doctrine and Method

1

(20)

Titus Burckhardt

Sufism and Islam

21

(12)

William C. Chittick

The Vision of God According to Ibn 'Arabi

33

(16)

Michel Chodkiewicz

Approaching Sufism

49

(14)

Eric Geoffroy

The Prophetic Model of the Spiritual Master in Islam

63

(26)

Denis Gril

Haqiqa and Sharia in Islam

89

(12)

René Guénon

Sufi Answers to Questions on Ultimate Reality

101

(16)

Martin Lings

Sufism in Muslim Spain

117

(14)

Angus Macnab

"Walking upon the Path of God like Men"? Women and the Feminine in the Islamic Mystical Tradition

131

(22)

Maria Massi Dakake

Sacred Music and Dance in Islam

153

(26)

Jean-Louis Michon

The Spiritual Needs of Western Man and the Message of Sufism

179

(28)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

On the Name Allah

207

(10)

Leo Schaya

Jesus in the Qur'an: Selfhood and Compassion—An Akbari Perspective

217

(20)

Reza Shah-Kazemi

Aspects of Islamic Esoterism

237

(14)

William Stoddart

The Quintessential Esoterism of Islam

251

(25)

Frithjof Schuon

Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases

276

(10)

Acknowledgments

286

(2)

Contributors

288

(5)

Index

293

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