By Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes

Originally published in 1967, this Companion is designed to help readers of the Qur’an by giving them necessary background information. An account is given of...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

And other essays

By Humayun Kabir

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

By Seyyed Hossein Nasr

This collection of essays by one of the best known contemporary Muslim scholars writing in English covers many facets of Islamic life and thought. The...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

Its Genesis and Historical Development

By A J. Wensinck

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

By A. Reza Arasteh

Originally published in 1965.

This volume presents a systematic study of Rumi’s rebirth into a total being. By studying the elements of Persian culture, as well...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya' (Memorial of the Saints)

By Farid al-Din Attar

This is a major work of Islamic mysticism by the great thirteenth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar. Translated by A J Arberry, Attar’s work and...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

An Account of the Mystics of Islam

By A.J. Arberry

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...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

The Apologia of 'Ain al-Qudat al-Hamadhani

By A.J. Arberry

Originally published in 1969.

This volume was composed by an eminent Sufi mystic whilst in prison in Baghdad, awaiting execution, in a vain attempt to overthrow...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

The Ruh al-Quds and Al-Durat Fakhirah

By M. Ibn 'Arabi

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

Or Oriental Spiritualism

By John P. Brown

The Darvishes is an invaluable contribution to the study of the Belief and spiritual principles of the Darvish Orders and is one of the most...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.