Mysticism is such a vital element in Islam that without some understanding of its ideas and of the particular forms which they assume it is hard to penetrate below the surface of Muslim religious life. In this book, which was first published in 1921, Professor Nicholson examines the life, work and teaching of three of the most important of the early Sufis - the Persians Abu Sa'id (937 1049) and Al-Jili (1365 1406), and the Cairene Arab Ibnu l-Farid (1182 1235). These great mystics were almost legendary figures; possessors of occult and mysterious powers, whose tombs became holy shrines. They...
Mysticism is such a vital element in Islam that without some understanding of its ideas and of the particular forms which they assume it is hard to pe...
For sixty years, the best account in English of Arab literature has been, by universal consent, this book; its supremacy will long remain unchallenged.
For sixty years, the best account in English of Arab literature has been, by universal consent, this book; its supremacy will long remain unchallenged...
