Introduction to Sufi Doctrine
Introduction to Sufi Doctrine

Author: Titus Burckhardt

Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1933316500

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Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Introduction to Sufi Doctrine, explores the essence of Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, presenting its central doctrines and methods to a Western audience in a highly intelligible form.

The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi
The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi

Author: William C. Chittick

Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9780941532884

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There are almost no authoratative books readily available for the general reader that provide, in clear and accessible language, an introduction to the spiritual perspective illuminating Rumi's magical poetry. In this beautifully illustrated work, William C. Chittick, a leading scholar of Sufism and Rumi, opens doors that give us access to the inner sanctum of Rummi's thought.

An Introduction to Sufism
An Introduction to Sufism

Author: Titus Burckhardt

Publisher: Thorsons Pub

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9781855384583

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This introduction to the study of the doctrines of Sufism provides seekers with a clear understanding of the mystical tradition of Islam. The work defines the nature of Sufism, discusses it in relation to Christian mysticism and Hinduism, examines its foundations and ends with the elements of operative Sufism. Drawing on his scholarship, Burckhardt provides a comprehensive and clearly organized overview to Sufism.

Sufism
Sufism

Author: William Stoddart

Publisher: International Religious Foundation, Incorporated

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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A concise, lucid and widely acclaimed introduction to the fundamental doctrines and practices of Sufism, the inward or mystical dimension of Islam. -- From publisher's description.

Mystical Islam
Mystical Islam

Author: Julian Baldick

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0814711391

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"Covers the origins of Sufism and early influences, particularly from Christianity; the rise of the great Sufi organizations; the thought of Sufism's main theorist and systemizer, Ibn Arabi; Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes; relations with Shi'ism in Iran; Sufism in the heyday of the great empires in Iran, India, and Turkey; and relations with Turkey and Egypt during the nineteenth century as well as Sufi practices in the twentieth century."--Page 4 of cover.

Sufism
Sufism

Author: A.J. Arberry

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1135029989

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Originally published in 1950.Thinkers such as Ghazali and Ibn `Arabi, poets such as Ibn al-Farid, Rumi, Hafiz and Jami were greatly inspired by the lives and sayings of the early Sufis. This book was the first short history of Sufism to be published in any language, illustrating the development of its doctrines with numerous quotations from literature.