SUFISM ITS SAINTS AND SHRINES. An Introduction to the Study of
Suftsm with Special Reference to India BY JOHN A. SUB. MAN, B. A.,
B. D. or THB MKTHOPIST EPISCOPAL CHUVCH LCTU TH HCNHY MAIITTN
SCHOOL or ISLAMICS, LAMOCE or TH QAOABI OBDVR LUCKNOW iHINO IF
AlACfc i, 1 r, tiiJLk - -, M r lr l j Hadrat Bu All Shah Qalandar.
To WILLIAM PATON AND MURRAY TITUS IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE
FACT THAT IT WAS THROUGH THEIR INSTRUMENTALITY THAT I UNDERTOOK THE
SPECIAL WORK IN WHICH I AM NOW ENGAGED. PREFACE At the very outset
I desire to acknowledge with deep gratitude the invaluable
assistance given to me by my revered friend and counsellor, Rev. L.
Bevan Jones, Principal of the Henry Martyn School of Islam ics,
Lahore, in the composition of this book in proper English. He has
helped unstintingly by going over the whole manuscript, sentence by
sentence, correcting and improving its language and thus making its
publi cation possible. Without his help and encouragement this book
would, probably never have seen the light. I am also deeply
indebted to my friend and colleague, Rev. J. W. Sweetman, for
kindly re-writing Ch. II, and translating into English the original
passages quoted in this book, and also for his generous help in
Proofs reading. I also desire to express my great indebtedness to
Dr. L. E. Browne, my former colleague and to my friend and
benefactor Dr. M. T. Titus for thir most valu able criticism and
helpful suggestions most of which have found their way into this
book. I am conscious that the subject here dealt with has not
received adequate treatment. But in view of the fact that the
resources for our knowledge of such parts of it as, the history of
the Religious Orders and detailsof the Saints, are so obscure and
at times so unacces sible, readers who are in a position to see the
books ii PREFACE shortcomings will kindly forgive the deficiencies
and favour me with their criticisms. The book claims no originality
and no great re search. It is an effort to place before English
readers in systematic form, the varied and extensive, though often
hidden, material on the subject of Mysticism and Saint worship in
Islam, available in Urdu and Persian literature. A word must be
added on the system of translitera tion adopted in this book. While
it has not been poss ible to give an exact idea of the
pronunciation of Arabic and Persian words, the following method has
been adopted. The elision of alif is indicated by an apostrophe, e.
g., Allul-Hujwiri. The cases where apostrophe is used for hamza or
for the elision of alif can easily be determined by persons
acquainted with Arabic and Persian. The Arabic ayn is represented
by an inverted apostrophe O e. g. Shara The long vowels are
represented by a short hori zontal overline, a, I, u, and have
approximately the sound of the vowels in the following words
father, seen, loot., Diacritical points or lines appear under h, s,
z, t, o, th, kh, gh, to represent certain Arabic values. Some few
words, however, such as current proper names, are spelled according
to usage, e. g., Muhammad, Quran, Islam. In footnotes and headings
Arabic or Sanskrit words are spelled in Roman without any
diacritical points. PREFACE iii Lastly, I offer my thanks to my
wife for the sym pathy, encouragement and wise counsel that I have
received from her in writing of this book, which other wise because
of the peculiar nature of its subject and being myfirst effort to
write for English readers would not have been an easy task. Lahore,
India. J. A. S. March, 1938. CONTENTS PAGE Chapter-Introduction ...
... 1 I. The early History of ufism ... 6 The derivation of the
word ufl The beginning of ufism The earliest form of ufism. II.
Later Development of ufism ... 17 Speculative elements in ufism
ufism wins recognition in Islam The classic period of ufism
Farldud-Dln, 4 Attar Jalalud-Dm Ruml Sadl Later ufl peots
Shabistari Hafig Jami. III. The ufl Gnostic System .....
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