Sufism
Subtitle: Love and Wisdom (Perennial Philosophy Series)
Contributors: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Foreword)
Publisher: World Wisdom
Published: March 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780941532754
Subjects: Islam; Sufism; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Islam - Sufi; Religion / General
First sentence: Sufism, Tasawwuf, which is the esoteric or inward (batin) aspect of Islam, is to be distinguished from exoteric or "external" (zahir) Islam just as direct contemplation of spiritual or divine realities is distinguishable from the fulfulling of the laws which translate them in the individual order in connection with the conditions of a particular phase of humanity.