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Publication
Imprint: London ; New York : Khaniqahi Nimatullahi Publications, 1993. Edition: First edition. Series: Heritage of Sufism (1). Responsibility: Edited by Leonard Lewisohn ; with a foreword by Javad Nurbakhsh and introduction by S.H. Nasr. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xl, 666 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, indexes.
Call number
History / Lewis
ISBN
0933546505 / 9780933546509
Original publication date
1993
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CSS Library Notes
Description: Introduction to the rise and development of Persian Sufi spirituality and literature in Islam features twenty-four essays divided into seven chapters focused diachronically on the first six Muslim centuries (seventh-thirteenth Christian centuries). -- from jacket
Table of Contents: Introduction. The rise and development of Persian Sufism / Seyyed Hossein Nasr --
Literature & historical beginnings. An Indo-Persian perspective on the significance of early Persian Sufi Masters / Bruce B. Lawrence ; Persian contributions to Sufi literature in Arabic / Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani --
Sufi Masters & schōols. Abu'l-Husayn al-Nuri : "Qibla of the lights" / Annemarie Schimmel ; Hallaj and the Baghdad school of Sufism / Herbert Mason ; Abu S'id ibn Abi'l-Khayr and the school of Khurasan / Terry Graham ; Historical conditions of Persian Sufism during the Seljuk period / Hamid Dabashi ; Early Sufism in eastern Anatolia / Ahmet T. Karamustafa --
Metaphysics & hermeneutics. Ideas of time in Persian Sufism / Gerhard Böwering ; Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's esoteric exegesis of the Koran / Nicholas Heer --
The significance of Suhrawardi's Persian Sufi writings in the philosophy of illumination / Mehdi Aminrazavi ; In quest of annihilation : imaginalization and mystical death in the Tamhidat of 'Ayn al-Qudat Hamadhani / Leonard Lewisohn --
Literature & poetry. The myth of Adam's fall in Ahmad Sam'ani's Rawh al-arwah / William C. Chittick ; Comparative notes on Sana'i and Attar / J. T. P. de Bruijn ; The Hundred grounds of Abdullah Ansari of Herat (d. 448/1056) : the earliest mnemonic Sufi manual in Persian / A. G. Ravan Farhadi ; The concept of knowledge in Rumi's Mathnawi / Muhammad Este'lami ; Rumi and Hikmat : towards a reading of Sabziwari's commentary on the Mathnawi / John Cooper --
Divine love, sainthood, spiritual disciplines & stations. The stages of love in early Persian Sufism, from Rabi'a to Ruzbihan / Carl W. Ernst ; "The breath of felicity" : Adab, Ahwal, Maqamat and Abu Najib al-Suhrawardi / Ian Richard Netton ; The concept of Wilaya in early Sufism / Bernd Radtke ; Contemplative disciplines in early Persian Sufism / Muhammad Isa Waley --
Spiritual chivalry & Malamati spirituality. Chivalry and early Persian Sufism / Muhammad Ja'far Mahjub ; Hakim Tirmidhi and the Malamati movement in early Sufism / Sara Sviri.
FY1999 /
Table of Contents: Introduction. The rise and development of Persian Sufism / Seyyed Hossein Nasr --
Literature & historical beginnings. An Indo-Persian perspective on the significance of early Persian Sufi Masters / Bruce B. Lawrence ; Persian contributions to Sufi literature in Arabic / Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani --
Sufi Masters & schōols. Abu'l-Husayn al-Nuri : "Qibla of the lights" / Annemarie Schimmel ; Hallaj and the Baghdad school of Sufism / Herbert Mason ; Abu S'id ibn Abi'l-Khayr and the school of Khurasan / Terry Graham ; Historical conditions of Persian Sufism during the Seljuk period / Hamid Dabashi ; Early Sufism in eastern Anatolia / Ahmet T. Karamustafa --
Metaphysics & hermeneutics. Ideas of time in Persian Sufism / Gerhard Böwering ; Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's esoteric exegesis of the Koran / Nicholas Heer --
The significance of Suhrawardi's Persian Sufi writings in the philosophy of illumination / Mehdi Aminrazavi ; In quest of annihilation : imaginalization and mystical death in the Tamhidat of 'Ayn al-Qudat Hamadhani / Leonard Lewisohn --
Literature & poetry. The myth of Adam's fall in Ahmad Sam'ani's Rawh al-arwah / William C. Chittick ; Comparative notes on Sana'i and Attar / J. T. P. de Bruijn ; The Hundred grounds of Abdullah Ansari of Herat (d. 448/1056) : the earliest mnemonic Sufi manual in Persian / A. G. Ravan Farhadi ; The concept of knowledge in Rumi's Mathnawi / Muhammad Este'lami ; Rumi and Hikmat : towards a reading of Sabziwari's commentary on the Mathnawi / John Cooper --
Divine love, sainthood, spiritual disciplines & stations. The stages of love in early Persian Sufism, from Rabi'a to Ruzbihan / Carl W. Ernst ; "The breath of felicity" : Adab, Ahwal, Maqamat and Abu Najib al-Suhrawardi / Ian Richard Netton ; The concept of Wilaya in early Sufism / Bernd Radtke ; Contemplative disciplines in early Persian Sufism / Muhammad Isa Waley --
Spiritual chivalry & Malamati spirituality. Chivalry and early Persian Sufism / Muhammad Ja'far Mahjub ; Hakim Tirmidhi and the Malamati movement in early Sufism / Sara Sviri.
FY1999 /
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Physical description
xl, 666 p.; 22 cm
Description
The first volume in a three-volume set, this is a study of the rise of Persian Sufi spirituality and literature in Islam during the first six Muslim centuries. This collection of 24 essays covers the key achievements of the Muslim intellectual and cultural tradition in history, mysticism, philosophy and poetry. It demonstrates the positive role played by Sufi thinkers during this period. The subjects covered include: Sufi masters and schools; literature and poetry; spiritual chivalry; divinelove; Persian Sufi literature - Rumi and 'Attar.
Language
Original language
English
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