Sufism & Islamic Mysticism

Focused on Amad Ibn Ajba an eighteenth-century Moroccan Sufi scholar renowned for his contribution to Sufi Qurnic exegesis this book engages crit...

Sufism in Ottoman Damascus analyzes thaumaturgical beliefs and practices prevalent among Muslims in eighteenth-century Ottoman Syria. The study foc...

Jalaloddin Rumis Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, or Spiritual Couplets, composed in the 13th Century, is a monumental work of poetry in the Sufi tradition of I...

One of the most controversial issues that divided Islamic philosophers and theologians for many centuries was whether human beings would have a spi...

This book analyses the development of Sufism in Ottoman Egypt, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Examining the cultural, socio-econo...

With poetry which speaks across the ages, Sa'di (1210-1281) is a vital classical poet and a towering figure of the medieval Persian canon. In this ...

Published as Dall al-Muslim al-azn il muqtada-l-sulk f'l-qarn al-ishrn in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. Both the resur...

This first-ever English translation of Nur Baba a classic of modern Turkish literature written by Yakup Kadri Karaosmanolu offers a unique window...

This book outlines the role of Sufism in Moroccan politics in the twenty-first century through a comparative study of contemporary Sufi organizatio...