Essays on islamic piety and mysticism
by Meier, Fritz
fromIslamic history and civilization
Essays on Islamic piety and mysticism
by Meier, Fritz
fromIslamic history and civilization
"Fritz Meier (1912-1998) is one of the most outstanding Orientalists of this century. Meier's entire oeuvre is written in German and until now has suffered the fate of not being accessible outside the German-speaking realm. As a result, whole debates on subjects concerning Sufis…
"This is an unabridged, annotated, translation of the great Damascene savant and saint Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's (d. 751/1350) Madārij al-Salikīn. Conceived as a critical commentary on an earlier Sufi classic by the great Hanbalite scholar Abū Ismāʻīl of Herat, Madārij aims to re…
"This is a chronological history of the Sufi tradition, divided in to three sections, early, middle and modern periods. The book comprises 35 independent chapters with easily identifiable themes and/or geographical threads, all written by recognised experts in the field. The vol…