450 Pages
35 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
480 Pages
35 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Originally published 1987.
The first part of the volume is concerned with "The Roots of the Islamic Tradition and Spirituality". These are seen to include the Qu’ran as the central theophany of Islam, the Prophet who received the word of God and made it known to mankind and the rites of Islam.
The second part examines the divisions of the Islamic community with their distinctive pieties and emphases: Sunnism and Shi’ism and female spirituality.
Part III is devoted to Sufism – its nature and origin, its early development, its various spiritual practices and its science of the soul.
INTRODUCTION Part One: The Roots of the Islamic Tradition and Spirituality 1 The Quran as the Foundation of Islamic Spirituality 2 The Spiritual Significance of the Quran 3 Traditional Esoteric Commentaries on the Quran 4 The Spiritual Significance of the Substance of the Prophet 5 The Life, Traditions, and Sayings of the Prophet I. The Life of the Prophet II. Sunnah and Hadith 6 The Inner Meaning of the Islamic Rites: Prayer, Pilgrimage, Fasting, Jihad 7 The Spiritual Dimension of Prayer Part Two: Aspects of the Islamic Tradition 8 Sunnism 9 Twelve Imam Shi’ism 10 Ismailism 11 Female Spirituality in Islam Part Three: Sufism: The Inner Dimension of Islam 12 The Nature and Origin of Sufism 13 The Early Development of Sufism 14 The Spiritual Practices of Sufism 15 Sufi Science of the Soul Part Four: Knowledge of Reality 16 God 17 The Angels 18 The Cosmos and the Natural Order 19 Man 20 Eschatology
Biography
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
