Knowledge God Classical Sufism (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 434pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper over boards, with spine backed in textured blue paper and lettered in white. Price sticker to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This volume, the ninth on Islamic material to be published in the Classics of Western Spirituality series, brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality. Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multi-faceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life. He presents excerpts on knowledge from the works of nine major Muslim teachers, most translated from Arabic, but also including important texts from Persian originals. The Introduction offers a survey of the development of Sufi modes of knowing through the thirteenth century in their broader context, and then focuses on the manuals or compendia of Sufi spirituality treated here. Historical notes provide brief identifications of many of the individual sources and personalities mentioned throughout the treatises.(Publisher). 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 434pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper over boards, with spine backed in textured blue paper and lettered in white. Price sticker to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This volume, the ninth on Islamic material to be published in the Classics of Western Spirituality series, brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality. Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multi-faceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life. He presents excerpts on knowledge from the works of nine major Muslim teachers, most translated from Arabic, but also including important texts from Persian originals. The Introduction offers a survey of the development of Sufi modes of knowing through the thirteenth century in their broader context, and then focuses on the manuals or compendia of Sufi spirituality treated here. Historical notes provide brief identifications of many of the individual sources and personalities mentioned throughout the treatises.(Publisher). …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This volume brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality. Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multi-faceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life. He presents excerpts on knowledge from the works of nine major Muslim teachers, most translated from Arabic, but also including important texts from Persian originals. The Introduction offers a survey of the development of Sufi modes of knowing through the thirteenth century in their broader context, and then focuses on the manuals or compendia of Sufi spirituality treated here. Historical notes provide brief identifications of many of the individual sources and personalities mentioned throughout the treatises.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This volume brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality. Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multi-faceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life. He presents excerpts on knowledge from the works of nine major Muslim teachers, most translated from Arabic, but also including important texts from Persian originals. The Introduction offers a survey of the development of Sufi modes of knowing through the thirteenth century in their broader context, and then focuses on the manuals or compendia of Sufi spirituality treated here. Historical notes provide brief identifications of many of the individual sources and personalities mentioned throughout the treatises.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a slight skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, light wear to the cover edges, a ding with shallow creasing to the spine, a small smudge to the head of the text block, and rubbing to the covers with a previous seller's price sticker to the back. Overall, a Near Very Good copy.…

Paper Back. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 464 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780809140305.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 464 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows some signs of wear but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Near VG, moderate wear, slight creasing to spine, pages lightly yellowed with several creased corners.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis volume brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality. Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals o.

Condition: Cloth bound in fine condition. First edition. Translated and Introduced by John Renard; Preface by Ahmet T. Karamustafa; 434 pages.

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