Sufism: An Account of the Mystics of Islam

Sufism: An Account of the Mystics of Islam

A.J. Arberry

London, Allen & Unwin

Series: Ethical and Religious Classics of East and West. no. 2

Introductory -- The word of God -- The life of the prophet -- The ascetics -- The mystics -- The theorists of Sufism -- The structure of Sufi theory and practice -- The Sufi orders -- The theosophy of Islamic mysticism -- The Persian poets -- The decay of Sufism -- Epilogue.

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