An Introduction to the History of Sufism
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9789675062834
Description: This work is made of lectures in memory of the Indian Muslim scholar Abdullah Suhrawardy (d. 1935). In three lectures, Arberry provides an introduction to the history of mysticism in Islam. He begins by reviewing the work of past scholars and researches conducted by his contemporaries. He traces the early interest of Sufism in Europe as well as the Orientalist approach to the subject, and suggests a skeletal outline of any future work in studying the history of Sufism.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Preface; title: The beginnings of Sufi studies in Europe; title: The second phase: Goldziher to Massignon; title: The present and future of Sufi studies; title: Index