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): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Classics of Western spiritualityPublication details: New York : Paulist Press, c1996.Description: xi, 398 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0809104776 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0809136198 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.4 20 Se48ea
LOC classification:
  • BP188.9 .E2 1996
Contents:
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.
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Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 297.4 Se48ea (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS000846177

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

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