num_pages: 299
description: The Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah says 'The modern world stands in need of biological renewal. And religion, which in its higher manifestations is neither dogma, nor priesthood, nor ritual, can alone ethically prepare the modern man for the burden of the great responsibility which the advancement of modern science necessarily involves, and restore to him that attitudes of faith which makes him capable of winning a personality here and retaining it hereafter.'Islamic Sufism is possibly the best book ever written on its subject. It gives a clear and uncluttered pictures of both Islam and Sufism, stating exactly what the difference between Sufism and orthodox religiois, and also presents a complete genealogy of its most important teachers and communicators from the Prophet Muhammed onwards. He discusses Sufism's compatibility with modern philosophy
language: English
title: Islamic Sufism
titlecomplete: Islamic Sufism
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser