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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.

34 Series Titles


Revelation, Intellectual Intuition and Reason in the Philosophy of Mulla Sadra An Analysis of the al-hikmah al-'arshiyyah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Al-Hallaj

Al-Hallaj

1st Edition

By Herbert I. W. Mason
July 20, 1995

The life and teachings of Islam's most dramatic and controversial mystic, Husayn ibn Mansur, better known as Al-Hallaj (the reader of hearts)....

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