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Sufism

Malik, Hinnells: Sufism in the West. Paperback

Sufism in the West. Paperback
Edited by John R. Hinnells and Jamal Malik. 224 pages, illustrations. 2006. No volume has so far been written which discusses this aspect of Islam in terms of how it is practised in Western societies.

Sufi-Tradition im Westen. Broschur
Sayed Omar Ali-Shah. Übersetzer: Kathleen Göpel
234 Seiten. 1999. Sufismus als praktikable Philosophie, als ein Lebensweg in der westlichen Welt. Die Botschaft wird dem Leser in einer erfrischend lebendigen Sprache übermittelt, voll Humor und mit sanfter Geduld.

Sufism. An Account of the Mystics of Islam. Paperback
A.J. Arberry. 141 pages, index. reprint 1950 edition. The first concise history of Sufism to appear in any language, this work remains among the best.

Persian Sufi Poetry: An Introduction to the Mystical Use of Classical Persian Poems
J. T. P. de Bruijn. 228 pages. 1997. Focusing on the poems themselves rather than on their authors, this very readable introduction surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and literature and then with the four main genres of the tradition: the epigram, the homiletic poem, love poetry, and symbolic narrative.

Sufi Book Of Life: 99 Pathways Of The Heart For The Modern Dervish. Paperback
by Neil Douglas-Klotz. xxix, 304 pages. 2005

Spiritual Wayfarers, Leaders in Piety: Sufis and the Dissemination of Islam in Medieval Palestine. Paperback
by Daphna Ephrat. 223 pages, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 table. 2008. This book represents the first continuous history of Sufism in Palestine. Covering the period between the rise of Islam and the spread of Ottoman rule and drawing on vast biographical material and complementary evidence, the book describes the social trajectory that Sufism followed.

God's Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups in the Islamic Later Middle Period, 1200-1550. Paperback
by Ahmet T. Karamustafa. 159 pages. 2006

As Through a Veil. Mystical Poetry in Islam. 2nd revised edition
Author Annemarie Schimmel
384 pages, with illustrations. 2001
Drawing on a large range of sources, this book covers the development of Islamic mystical poetry in detail, from individual Sufi poets like the legendary Rumi, to such topic as the intricacies of sacred verse and the delightful vagaries of cryptic and nonsense poetry.