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And Muhammad is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety |
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£ 19.99Annemarie Schimmel "In order to understand Muslim piety it is necessary to take into account the long history of the veneration of Muhammad. Schimmel discusses aspects of his life, birth, marriage, miracles, and heavenly journey, all of which became subjects for religious devotions. By using poetic texts and artistic expressions and by examining daily Muslim religious practices, Schimmel shows us the gentler side of Islamic religious culture, providing a much-needed understanding of religion as it is experienced and practiced in the Islamic world. This is the fi rst book in English to deal with all aspects of the veneration of the Prophet Muhammad. It is an expanded version of Schimmel?s Und Muhammad Ist Sein Prophet, originally published in German in 1981." |
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The Autobiography of a Moroccan Soufi: Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba |
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£ 16.99JEAN-LOUIS MICHON Ibn Ajiba, an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawi Sufi lineage, wrote his fahrasa or autobiography not for the pleasure of talking about himself but to celebrate God's kindness by informing others of the graces bestowed on him. This account details Ibn Ajiba's travels in search of both secular and spiritual knowledge; his entrance on a Sufi path strongly based within the Islamic tradition; and the social, intellectual, and spiritual struggles that such a search entailed. He spent time in prison, and time in ecstasy. He tells his tale with humility and a sense of humor, and the story manages to be at the same time practical (details of how much he paid to workmen to build a house or advice to his followers on how to consummate their marriages) and spiritual (explaining the subtleties of mystical experience and how the esoteric way is superior to the exoteric). His zeal for both intellectual learning and the devotional path are apparent on every page. Long unavailable to Western readers, this new English translation by David Streight is based on the contemporary French version by Jean-Louis Michon, a longtime scholar of Islamic culture and traditional ideas in the North African country where Ibn Aijba lived and taught.
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Izz Al-Din Al-Sulami (His Life & Works) |
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£ 9.99Sayyid Rizwan Ali |
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