02752cam a2200469Mi 4500 ocn769344370 OCoLC 20200709055352.0 m d cr |n| 111226s2011 ncu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP MHW OCLCQ MDY OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCQ N$T 9780807869338 electronic bk. 0807869333 electronic bk. (OCoLC)769344370 365293 (N$T) BP189.2 REL 037000 bisacsh 297.4 N$TA Schimmel, Annemarie, 1922-2003. Mystical Dimensions of Islam [electronic resource] : Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 1 online resource (320 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. The Arabic alphabet and note on transcription -- The Muslim year -- 1. What is Sufism? -- 2. Historical outlines of classical Sufism -- 3. The path -- 4. Man and his perfection -- 5. Sufi orders and fraternities -- 6. Theosophical Sufism -- 7. The rose and the nightingale : Persian and Turkish mystical poetry -- 8. Sufism in Indo-Pakistan -- 9. Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Letter symbolism in Sufi literature -- Appendix 2. The feminine element in Sufism. As Carl Ernst makes clear in his new foreword to this thirty-fifth anniversary edition, Mystical Dimensions of Islam stands as a classic introduction to Sufism, the main form of Islamic mysticism, and one that will be hard to supersede. Its balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomenon of Sufism, from its beginnings through the nineteenth century, the author's sensitivity and deep understanding of the subject, and her erudite examination of Sufism as reflected in Islamic poetry in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Sindhi, Panjabi, and Pashto add up to a virtuoso demonstration of how Su. Sufism. Sufism. fast (OCoLC)fst01137257 RELIGION / Islam / General bisacsh Electronic books. Ernst, Carl W., 1950- Print version: Schimmel, Annemarie. Mystical Dimensions of Islam : Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807899762 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=365293 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL830257 EBSCOhost EBSC 365293 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50350 50350