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...

Regional Sufi Centres in India: Significance and Contribution sets out to explore and understand the hundreds of years old multi-religious sect of ...

Islam in India: History, Politics and Society is based on the historical and contemporary relevance of the religion and its related culture(s) in I...

The Tijaniyya is the largest Sufi order in West and North Africa. In this unprecedented analysis of the Tijaniyya's origins and development in the ...

This book addresses some of the fiercely contested issues about religion and politics in medieval India, especially with regard to the crucial pres...

This book explores the organic lives of popular Sufi shrines in contemporary Northwest India. It traverses the worldview of shrine spaces, rituals ...

Return to the Eternal Abode is a series of in-depth discussions between Amira El-Zein and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world's foremost scholars...

Return to the Eternal Abode is a series of in-depth discussions between Amira El-Zein and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world's foremost scholars...