A Moslem Saint of the Twentieth Century

Auteur

Martin Lings

Texte du rabat

Drawing on first-hand sources which had been inaccessible to Western readers at the time this book was originally published in 1961, this book gives a vivid picture of life in an order of Muslim mystics or Sufis.

Contenu

Part 1: The Path and the Order 1. Seen from Outside 2. The Reality of Sufism 3. Seen from Within 4. The Spiritual Master Part 2: The Doctrine 5. Oneness of Being 6. The Three Worlds 7. The Symbolism of the Letters of the Alphabet 8. The Great Peace 9. Gnosis 10. The Ritual Purification 11. The Ritual Prayer 12. Selections from His Poetry. Appendix A: A List of His Writings Appendix B: The Spiritual Chain.