Letters from a Sufi Teacher
Publisher: Golden Elixir Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Mountain View, USA
Language: eng
Translation of: Maktubat-i-Sadi
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780984308248
Copyright date: 2010
Other titles: Maktubat-i-Sadi
Notes: This book was originally published as *Letters from a Sufi Teacher*, Benares and London: Theosophical Publishing Society, n.d. (ca. 1908). The original system of transcription has been preserved. A few misprints have been corrected, and the style of references has been made uniform. The terms “Mohammadan” and “Mahomedan” have been replaced by “Muslim.” The term “Theosophy”, occasionally used by the translator to refer to *Tasavvuf*, has been replaced by “Sûfîsm.”
Table of contents: title: ix
label: Publisher's Note; title: xi
label: Foreword; title: 1
label: TRANSLATION; title: 3
label: On Monotheism; title: 6
label: Turning to God, or Conversion; title: 8
label: On Seeking the Teacher; title: 10
label: On the Qualifications of a Teacher; title: 12
label: On Discipleship; title: 13
label: On Discipleship (continued); title: 15
label: The Friend of God; title: 16
label: The Brotherhood of Friends; title: 18
label: Polytheism, and the Friendship of God; title: 19
label: Lights; title: 20
label: The Unveiling of the Supersensuous; title: 22
label: On the Same; title: 22
label: Illumination; title: 24
label: Dreams; title: 24
label: On Misconceptions; title: 26
label: The Outer and the Inner Ailments; title: 27
label: The Origin of Sufism; title: 28
label: Seeking the Path; title: 30
label: The Pillars of the Path; title: 30
label: Religion, the Path, and Truth; title: 31
label: Accessory to Prayers; title: 32
label: Purification; title: 33
label: The Motive; title: 34
label: Prayer; title: 36
label: Invoking the Divine Help; title: 36
label: The Divine Allegiance; title: 36
label: The Sacred Formula; title: 37
label: The Naked Faith; title: 38
label: The Inner Polytheism; title: 39
label: The Divine Knowledge; title: 41
label: Love and Devotion; title: 44
label: Seeking God; title: 45
label: The Way to God; title: 46
label: Speech and Conduct; title: 48
label: Magnanimity; title: 49
label: Knowledge; title: 50
label: The Steps of a Disciple; title: 53
label: Islam; title: 54
label: The Noble Qualities; title: 56
label: Contemplation; title: 57
label: Renunciation; title: 59
label: On the Same; title: 60
label: The Clearing of the Path; title: 61
label: Self-Control; title: 62
label: Truth; title: 64
label: The Descent from Adam; title: 67
label: Confidence; title: 68
label: Pursuit and Renunciation; title: 69
label: The Company of the Saints; title: 71
label: Service; title: 73
label: The Transmutation of Evil Qualities; title: 74
label: Avarice; title: 75
label: The Evil of the World; title: 77
label: Renunciation of the World; title: 78
label: The Final Doom; title: 79
label: The Soul; title: 80
label: The Heart; title: 81
label: The Desire-Nature (Nafs); title: 83
label: Desire; title: 84
label: Discipline of the Desire-Nature; title: 85
label: Discipline of the Desire-Nature (continued); title: 85
label: Alienation from the Desire-Nature; title: 85
label: Self-Toleration; title: 87
label: Hidden Differences of Stages; title: 88
label: Heedlessness; title: 89
label: Sorrow; title: 90
label: Conduct; title: 91
label: Seclusion; title: 92
label: Death; title: 93
label: Hell; title: 94
label: Heaven