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Something is lost when Western thinkers approach Islam. They seem
to see the religion in historical and cultural terms, obscuring
Islam's own internal logic and its true beauty and spirituality.
This clearly written introduction to Islam changes that, vividly
explaining the Islamic perspectives that have rung true for Muslims
for nearly 1400 years. The book covers the four dimensions of Islam
as outlined in the Hadith of Gabriel: practice, faith,
spirituality, and the Islamic view of history. Drawing on the
Koran, the sayings of the Prophet and the great authorities of the
tradition, the text introduces the essentials of each dimension and
then shows how it has been embodied in Islamic institutions
throughout history.
Sadr al-Din Muhammad Shirazi (1572-1640), more commonly called
Mulla Sadra, was one of the grand scholars of later-period Islamic
philosophy and has grown to become one of the best-known Muslim
philosophers. "Iksir al-'arifin," or "Elixir of the Gnostics," is
unique among Sadra's writings in that it reworks and amplifies an
earlier Persian work, the "Jawidan-nama" ("Book of the
Everlasting") by Afdal al-Din Kashani, or Baba Afdal.
The underlying theme of Sadra's amplification is emblematic of
Muslim philosophy: the importance of self-knowledge in an
individual's journey of "Origin and Return," the soul's origins
with God and its eventual return to Him. Everything, Sadra says, is
on such a path, gradually disengaging from the material world and
returning to a transcendent essence--all leading to a final
fruition in which everything in the universe returns to God and
finds permanent happiness. Philosophy, Sadra argues, is the most
direct means to self-knowledge--and thus the best tool for
navigating this journey.
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A Shi'ite Anthology (Paperback)
'Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Tabataba'i; Translated by William Chittick; Introduction by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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Divine Flashes (Paperback)
Fakhruddin 'Iraqi; Translated by William Chittick; Edited by Peter Lamborn Wilson, William Chittick
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"An ambitious and much welcomed series....The books will be
welcomed not only by those who are interested in deepening their
knowledge of the Western spiritual tradition but also by those who
are looking for more than the usual gruel served up by many of our
contemporary 'spiritual' writers." The New Review of Books and
Religion Fakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes translated and introduced
by William C. Chittick and Peter Lamborn Wilson prefaced by Seyyed
Hossein Nasr Before this there was one heart but a thousand
thoughts. Now all is reduced to There is no god but God. Fakhruddin
'Iraqi (1213-1289) Fakhruddin 'Iraqi was one of the foremost
expositors of Sufi teachings and one of the greatest of Persian
poets. Born in 1213 (618) in the city of Hamadan in west Persia, he
lived during the revival of Islamic spirituality that was shaped by
the writings of Jalaluddin Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi'. 'Iraqi's
masterpiece "Divine Flashes" became a popular and influential text
in Persian speaking Islamic lands. The work's beautiful
descriptions of "the mysteries of Union" in the language of love
are classic expressions of Sufi love mysticism. In this volume,
William Chittick and Peter Wilson present the first English edition
of " Divine Flashes" with a sensitivity that conveys both the
metaphysical richness and the poetic subtleties of the work.
Writing in the preface to this book, Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr
says of Iraqi: "If he sang the love of God in verses of great
beauty, it is because his soul had itself become a song of God, a
melody in harmony with, and a strain of, the music issuing from the
abode of the Beloved".
This is the most accessible work in English on the greatest
mystical poet of Islam.
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