Early Islamic Mysticism
Subtitle: Sufi, Qur'an, Mi'raj, Poetic and Theological Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: January 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780809136193
Subjects: Islam; Mysticism; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Islam - Sufi; Islam - Sufism; Islam - General; Early works to 1800; Sufism
First sentence: From the perspective of Sufism, it makes little sense to single out a few passages from the Qur'an as mystical; Sufis view their thought and way of life as Qur'anic in every sense.