Th e amoun t o f oriental and occi dental literatur e existen t i n prin t an d i n manuscrip t i s beyon d counting, s o tha t eve n fro m thi s viewpoin t a ful l accoun t i s no t to b e achieved. Thus, t o se t ou t an d delineat e som e mai n feature s o f Sufism, both historicall y an d phenomenologically, wil l yiel d n o resul t that satisfie s everybody : i t i s eas y t o overloo k certai n aspect s an d give too much weigh t to others. I n an y case, only th e elec t fe w wil l reac h the farthes t mountain o n whic h th e mythica l bird, Simurgh, live s -to understand tha t the y have reache d onl y wha t wa s already i n themselves. He ma y dwell i n th e rose gardens o f Persian mystica l poetry or try to reach th e ic y peaks of theosophi c speculations he ma y dwell i n th e lowland s of popular sain t worshi p o r driv e hi s came l throug h th e endles s desert s of theoretica l discourse s about th e natur e o f Sufism, o f God, an d of th e world o r he may be conten t t o have an all-aroun d glimps e of th e landscape, enjoying th e beaut y o f some of the highes t peaks bathed i n th e sunligh t o f early morning, o r colore d b y th e viole t haze o f a coo l evening. At th e firs t step, a wide mountai n rang e ap pears before the eye-and the longer th e seeker pursues the path, the more difficult i t seems to reach any goal at all. To writ e abou t Sufism, o r Islami c mysticism, is an al most impossibl e task. Sirat-i Ib n al-Hafif ashShirdzL Translate d b y Junayd-i Shirazi. Hadiqat al-haqiqat w a shar i a t at-tariqat. Gott, Welt un d Mensch i n den Geschichten Fariduddin Attars. La passion d'al-Hosayn ib n Mansour Al-Hallaj, martyr mystique d e I'Islam execute a Bagdad le 26 Mars 922. The "Kashf al-Mahjub," the Oldest Persian Treatise on Sufism by al-Hujwiri. L'Homme d e lumièr e dans l e soufisme iranien. "Abhar al-ashiqin, " L e jasmine de s fidèles d'amour. "Sharh-i shathiyat," Le s paradoxes des soufis. The followin g frequently cite d work s ar e abbreviate d in the text: A Ab u Nuay m al-Isfahani. , 1960–) th e relevan t article s hav e no t bee n mentione d i n th e footnotes. Th e reade r wil l fin d much additional informatio n about personalities, terminology, an d historical fact s i n th e Encyclopedia o f Islam (1913-36 2 d ed. Since thi s boo k i s intende d primaril y fo r th e genera l reader, w e have-thoug h reluctantly-refraine d fro m havin g to o many footnote s or to o larg e a bibliography. Rembrandt's Cop y of a Mogu l Miniatur e / Sanan Tending the Swine / 26 9 Saint with Tame Lions / The Martyrdo m of al-Hallaj / 6 3 Woman in Trance / The Classical Period / 34 4 The "Naqshbandl Reaction" / 36 3 Khwaja Mi r Dard, a "Sincere Muhammadan" / Mystical Poetry in the Regional Languages- Sindhi, Panjabi, Pashto / 38 3 9. I N D E X OF P R O P H E T I C T R A D I T I O N S The Feminine Element i n Sufism I BIBLIOGRAPHYĪ D D E N D U M TO THE B I B L I O G R A P H Y Immortal Rose / 28 7 The Pilgrimage of the Birds: Sanai an d Attar / 30 1 Maulana Jalaluddi n Rumi / 30 9 Turkish Popular Mysticism / 32 8 THE ROS E AN D TH E N I G H T I N G A L E PERSIAN AN D TURKIS H MYSTICAL POETR Y/ Suhrawardi Maqtul, the Master o f Illumination / 25 9 Ibn cArabi, the Great Master / 263 Ibn al-Farid, Mystical Poet / 274 The Development of Ibn 'Arabi' s Mysticism o f Unity / 27 7. S U F I O R D E R S AN D F R A T E R N I T I E S /Ĭommunity Life / 228 Abu Said ibn Abil-Khayr / 241 The First Orders / 24 4 Some Notes o n Sufi Psychology / 18 7 Good an d Evil: Th e Role o f Satan / 19 3 Saints an d Miracles / 19 9 The Veneration of the Prophet / 213ĥ. The Foundations of the Path I 9 8 Stations and Stages / 10 9 Love and Annihilation / 13 0 Forms of Worship / 148 * Some Mystical Leaders of the Late Ninth Century / 4 2 Al-Hallaj, Martyr o f Mystical Love / The Period of Consolidation: From Shibli to Ghazzali / 7 7 3. ILLUSTRATIONS / xi ABBREVIATIONS / xiii F O R E W O R D Library of Congress Catalogin g in Publication Data Schimmel, Annemarie. © /97 5 The University ofNorth Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 09 0 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 2 The Universit y o f North Carolina Press Chapel Hil l
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