Mysticism is such a vital element in Islam that without some
understanding of its ideas and of the particular forms which they
assume it is hard to penetrate below the surface of Muslim
religious life. In this book, which was first published in 1921,
Professor Nicholson examines the life, work and teaching of three
of the most important of the early Sufis - the Persians Abu Sa'id
(937-1049) and Al-Jili (1365-1406), and the Cairene Arab Ibnu
l-Farid (1182-1235). These great mystics were almost legendary
figures; possessors of occult and mysterious powers, whose tombs
became holy shrines. They were regarded in effect as saints, but
saints canonised by the people while still living, not posthumously
by the church. Sufism, as Professor Nicholson suggests, lies at the
heart both of the religious philosophy and the popular religion of
Islam.
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