Routledge Sufi Series
About the Book Series
The Routledge Sufi Series provides short introductions to a variety of facets of the subject, which are accessible both to the general reader and the student and scholar in the field. Each book will be either a synthesis of existing knowledge or a distinct contribution to, and extension of, knowledge of the particular topic. The two major underlying principles of the Series are sound scholarship and readability.
Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra: An Analysis of the al-hikmah al-'arshiyyah
1st Edition
By Zailan Moris
August 22, 2003
This book examines and analyses the legitimacy of the widely held claim that Mulla Sadra's philosophy (al-hikmah al-muta'aliyyah) is a synthesis of principles and doctrines drawn from revelation (wahy), gnosis ('irfan/ma'rifah) and discursive philosophy (al-hikmah al-bahthiyyah). In Mulla Sadra's ...
Striving for Divine Union: Spiritual Exercises for Suhraward Sufis
1st Edition
By Qamar-ul Huda
December 06, 2002
This book examines the theological, philosophical and Islamic mystical dimensions of the Suhrawardî sufi order from the 13th to 15th centuries. The Suhrawardîs were a legally grounded and intellectually vibrant sufi order whose mystical path was based on exchanges and debates on the Qur'an and on ...
Sufi Ritual: The Parallel Universe
1st Edition
By Ian Richard Netton
June 07, 2000
This study reveals the world of Sufi ritual with particular reference to two major Sufi orders. It examines the ritual and practices of these orders and surveys their organisation and hierarchy, initiation ceremonies, and aspects of their liturgy such as dhikr (litany) and sama (mystical concert). ...
Sufis and Anti-Sufis: The Defence, Rethinking and Rejection of Sufism in the Modern World
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Sirriyeh
October 21, 1998
Despite its continuing appeal in the Muslim world, Sufism has faced fierce challenges in the last 250 years. This volume assesses the evolution of anti-Sufism since the middle of the eighteenth century and Sufi strategies for survival. It also considers the efforts of a few significant Muslim ...
Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems
1st Edition
By J. T. P. de Bruijn
April 18, 1997
Focuses on the poems rather than on their authors. Surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and literature and then with the four main genres of the tradition: the epigram, the homiletic poem, love poetry and symbolic narrative....
Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination
1st Edition
By Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi
December 16, 1996
Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi, also known as Shaikh al-ishraq or the Master of Illumination, lived in the sixth century AH / twelfth century CE.His thoughts form a consistent and coherent philosophical system, and a close study of his writings in Persian reveals a theory of knowledge generally ...
Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006-1089 Ce): An Early Sufi Master
1st Edition
By A. G. Ravan Farhadi
February 29, 1996
Consisting of a bibliographical account of this early Sufi master's childhood, youth, and years as a teacher and spiritual leader, as well as of translations of a selection from his books and treatises, this work traces the life and teachings of Abdullah Ansari - from poverty and destitution as a ...
The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two Works by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi - An Annotated Translation with Introduction
1st Edition
By John O'Kane, Bernd Radtke
February 29, 1996
This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God)....
Ruzbihan Baqli: Mysticism and the Rhetoric of Sainthood in Persian Sufism
1st Edition
By Carl W. Ernst
February 08, 1996
The first full-length study devoted tothe life and mystical experiences of one of the outstanding figures in Persian Sufism....