Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition Schimmel, Annemarie 1922-2003 creator Ernst, Carl W. 1950- text Electronic books. ncu Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 2011 monographic eng

electronic resource

1 online resource (320 pages) 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. 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. Sufism Sufism RELIGION / Islam / General BP189.2 297.4 Schimmel, Annemarie. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807869338 0807869333 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=365293 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=365293 EBLCP 111226 20200709055352.0 ocn769344370 eng