02752cam a2200469Mi 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040006900103020003400172020003100206035002100237035001800258050001200276072002500288082001000313049000900323100003700332245009300369260006600462300003400528336002600562337002600588338003600614588002600650505045800676520060601134650001201740650003801752650004001790655002201830700002701852776018401879856010502063938004102168938002802209910001602237994001202253999001702265ocn769344370OCoLC20200709055352.0m        d        cr |n|111226s2011    ncu     o     000 0 eng d  aEBLCPbengepncEBLCPdMHWdOCLCQdMDYdOCLCQdOCLCFdOCLCQdN$T  a9780807869338qelectronic bk.  a0807869333qelectronic bk.  a(OCoLC)769344370  a365293b(N$T) 4aBP189.2 7aRELx0370002bisacsh04a297.4  aN$TA1 aSchimmel, Annemarie,d1922-2003.10aMystical Dimensions of Islamh[electronic resource] :bThirty-fifth Anniversary Edition.  aChapel Hill :bThe University of North Carolina Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (320 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aPrint version record.0 aThe Arabic alphabet and note on transcription -- The Muslim year -- 1. What is Sufism? -- 2. Historical outlines of classical Sufism -- 3. The path -- 4. Man and his perfection -- 5. Sufi orders and fraternities -- 6. Theosophical Sufism -- 7. The rose and the nightingale : Persian and Turkish mystical poetry -- 8. Sufism in Indo-Pakistan -- 9. Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Letter symbolism in Sufi literature -- Appendix 2. The feminine element in Sufism.  aAs Carl Ernst makes clear in his new foreword to this thirty-fifth anniversary edition, Mystical Dimensions of Islam stands as a classic introduction to Sufism, the main form of Islamic mysticism, and one that will be hard to supersede. Its balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomenon of Sufism, from its beginnings through the nineteenth century, the author's sensitivity and deep understanding of the subject, and her erudite examination of Sufism as reflected in Islamic poetry in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Sindhi, Panjabi, and Pashto add up to a virtuoso demonstration of how Su. 0aSufism. 7aSufism.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01137257 7aRELIGION / Islam / General2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.1 aErnst, Carl W.,d1950-08iPrint version:aSchimmel, Annemarie.tMystical Dimensions of Islam : Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition.dChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, ©2011z9780807899762403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=365293  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL830257  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn365293  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50350d50350