This 1935 English translation of a classic Arabic text in Sufism, the mystical aspect of Islam, by A. J. Arberry preserves the beauty and simplicity of the original without departing from a literal translation. Little is known of the author of this treatise Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi, except that he was a lawyer and died in Bukhara in about AD 990. This book is the work on which his fame rests, and is important because it is the earliest extant text to reconcile the position of Sufism and orthodox Islam. The book consists of five parts: a general introduction to the term Sufi and an enumeration of the names of the great Sufis; a statements of the tenets of Islam, as accepted by the Sufis; a discussion of the various 'stations' of the Sufis; and a discussion of the various phenomena of Sufism. This is a superb English introduction to Sufism.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521292182
ISBN-13
9780521292184
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1290655
Product Key Features
Author
Abu Bakr Al-Kalabadhi
Publication Name
Doctrine of the Sufis
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1977
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bp189.3
Table of Content
Introduction; Prooemium; 1. How the Sufis account for their being called Sufis; 2. A list of the famous men among the Sufis; 3. A list of the Sufis who published the sciences of allusion in books and treatises; 4. A list of the Sufis who have written on conduce; 5. Their doctrine of unity; 6. Their doctrine of the attributes; 7. Their variance as to whether God has ceased creating; 8. Their variance concerning names; 9. Their doctrine of the Qur'an; 10. Their variance concerning the nature of speech; 11. Their doctrine of vision; 12. Their variance as to the Prophet's vision; 13. Their doctrine of predestination and the creation of acts; 14. Their doctrine of capacity; 15. Their doctrine of compulsion; 16. Their doctrine of advantageousness; 17. Their doctrine of promise and threat; 18. Their doctrine of intercession; 19. Their doctrine of children; 20. Their doctrine of the duties imposed by God on adults; 21. Their doctrine of the gnosis of god; 22. Their variance as to the nature of gnosis; 23. Their doctrine of spirit; 24. Their doctrine of angels and messengers; 25. Their doctrine of the faults ascribed to the prophets; 26. Their doctrine of the miracles of saints; 27. Their doctrine of faith; 28. Their doctrine of the realities of faith; 29. Their doctrine of the legal schools; 30. Their doctrine of earning; 31. Of the Sufi sciences of the states; 32. Of the nature and meaning of Sufism; 33. Of the revelation of the thoughts; 34. Of Sufism and being at ease with God; 35. Their doctrine of repentance; 36. Their doctrine of abstinence; 37. Their doctrine of patience; 38. Their doctrine of poverty; 39. Their doctrine of humility; 40. Their doctrine of fear; 41. Their doctrine of piety; 42. Their doctrine of sincerity; 43. Their doctrine of gratitude; 44. Their doctrine of trust; 45. Their doctrine of satisfaction; 46. Their doctrine of certainty; 47. Their doctrine of recollection; 48. Their doctrine of intimacy; 49. Their doctrine of nearness; 50. Their doctrine of union; 51. Their doctrine of love; 52. Their doctrine of detachment and separation; 53. Their doctrine of ecstasy; 54. Their doctrine of overmastery; 55. Their doctrine of intoxication; 56. Their doctrine of absence and presence; 57. Their doctrine of concentration and separation; 58. Their doctrine of revelation and veiling; 59. Their doctrine of passing-away and persistence; 60. Their doctrine of the realities of gnosis; 61. Their doctrine of unification; 62. Their doctrine of the description of the gnostic; 63. Their doctrine of the seeker and the sought; 64. Their doctrine of toiling and divine practice; 65. Their doctrine of discoursing to men; 66. Of their piety and pious endeavours; 67. Of God's favours to the Sufis and His warning them by means of supernatural voices; 68. Of God's warning them by gifts of insight; 69. Of God's warning them by means of thoughts; 70. Of God's warning them through visions and rare favours; 71. God's favours to them which spring of His jealousy; 72. God's bounties in laying hardships upon them to bear; 73. God's grace to them at death and after; 74. Of other graces accorded them; 75. Of audition; Index.
Copyright Date
1977
Topic
General, Islam / Sufi
Lccn
76-058075
Dewey Decimal
297/.2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion
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