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Studies in Islamic Mysticism »

Authors: Reynold A. Nicholson
ISBN-13: 9780521295468, ISBN-10: 0521295467
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: August 1979
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Reynold A. Nicholson

Book Synopsis

Emphasizes the religious and philosophical aspects of Arabic and Persian writing of the early period, primarily poetry, with nearly a third of the volume devoted to Sufism. The importance of the volume lies in its masterful evocations of the Islamic mystical experience as the key to Islam itself.

Ch. I	Abu Sa'id Ibn Abi 'L-Khayr	1
Ch. II	The Perfect Man	77
	Essence, Attribute, and Name	89
	The Descent of the Absolute	94
	The Essence as God	97
	The Heavenly Man	103
	The Macrocosm	121
	The Return to the Essence	125
	Religion, Revelation, and Prophecy	130
	Appendix I. Jili's 'Ayniyya	143
	Appendix II. Some Notes on the Fususu 'l-Hikam	149
Ch. III	The Odes of Ibnu 'L-Farid	162
	Index of Names and Titles	267
	Index of Subjects	272
	Index of Technical Terms, Etc	278

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