Title: A Sufi saint of the twentieth century : Shaikh Aḥmad al-ʻAlawi, his spiritual heritage & legacy /
Authors: Lings, Martin.
Publisher: Islamic Texts So,
Year: 1993
Subjects: ʻAlawī, Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá,; Sufis Algeria Biography.
Abstract: On the life and works of the Algerian poet and Sufi.
Contents: Preface to the third edition -- Part 1: The path and the order. Seen form outside ; The origins of Sufism ; Seen from within ; The spiritual master -- Part 2: The doctrine. Oneness of being ; The three worlds ; The symbolism of the letters of the alphabet ; The great peace ; Gnosis ; The ritual purification ; The ritual prayer -- Part 3: Further dimensions. A spiritual affinity ; Selections from his aphorisms ; Selections from his poetry -- Appendix A.A list of his writings -- Appendix B. The spiritual chain.