Akkach, Samer. <br/><br/>
Letters of a Sufi scholar  the correspondence of ʻAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731) /  [electronic resource] : 
by Samer Akkach. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2010. 
 - 1 online resource (1 v. (various pagings)) :  map. 
 - Islamic history and civilization,  v. 74  0929-2403 ; .
 - Islamic history and civilization.  Studies and texts ;  v. 74. .
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: ʻAbd al-Ghanī and the culture of correspondence -- The intellectual milieu -- The letters of the Wasā'il -- List and description -- Places, towns, and correspondents -- Map of the Eastern Ottoman Provinces -- Content and significance -- On understanding Islam: letter 1 -- On struggle (jihād): letter 3 -- On causality: letter 4 -- On solitude: letters 6 and 10 -- On quick-passing thoughts (khawāṭir): letter 14 -- On smoking: letter 25 -- On cosmogony and the unity of being: letters 61 and 62 -- On piety, spirituality, and ethics: all letters. 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English and Arabic. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789047424338 (electronic bk.) 9047424336 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sufis--Syria--Damascus--Correspondence.<br/>Muslim scholars--Syria--Damascus--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP80.N23  / A643 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.4092