TY - BOOK AU - Akkach,Samer AU - Nābulusī,ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl TI - Letters of a Sufi scholar: the correspondence of ʻAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731) T2 - Islamic history and civilization, SN - 9789047424338 (electronic bk.) AV - BP80.N23 A643 2010eb U1 - 297.4092 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, KW - Sufis KW - Syria KW - Damascus KW - Correspondence KW - Muslim scholars KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=312608 ER -