The Book of Sufi Healing » (New Revised and Updated Edition)

A Fulbright Research Scholar, Hakim G.M. Chishti, N.D. studied traditional healing in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, and has twenty years of practical experience in Unani natural medicine. He is the author of The Book of Sufi Healing (Healing Arts Press, 1991).

In the Sufi tradition, healing of the sick is considered the most important of all services to humanity. For the first time in the West, the author presents the secret practices of this divine science, based on the 800-year tradition of the Chishti Order. Topics include dietary recommendations of the Prophet, and the "infallible remedy."

Muslim Views

. . . an easy read that demystifies the Sufi practice of divine healing.

The Book of Sufi Healing

Foreword Shajarah, or line of Succession, of Shaykh Moinuddin Notes on the Transliteration and Pronunciation of Arabic Words Preface Prologue
1. What is Health?
2. The Hierarchy of Creation
3. The Stations of the Soul
4. Food and Health
5. Akhlat: The Four Essences of the Body
6. Foods of the Prophet (s.a.w.s.)
7. Herbal Formulas for Common Ailments
8. Fasting: The Best Medicine
9. Salat: The Postures of the Prophets
10. The Soul of the Rose
11. The Universe of the Breath
12. Tacwidh: The Merciful Prescriptions
13. Dhikr: Divine Remembrance
14. The Origin of Miracles
15. The Keys of the Treasures of the Heavens and the Earth
16. The Infallible Remedy
Appendixes I. The Islamic Calendar II. Some Useful Short Surahs of the Holy Qur'an III. The Divine Attributes IV. Glossary V. Bibliography Index