Rumi: Poet and Mystic

Nicholson, Reynold A.

Literature & Fiction

Unwin Hyman

Explores the Islamic mystic tradition, examining the meaning of mystical knowledge and illumination and the path to ultimate union with God

The Mystics of Islam

Religion & Spirituality

Islam

Penguin??Books

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mystics Islam:Orientalism V 8 (Orientalism, Vol 7)

Reference

Routledge

Mystics Islam:Orientalism V 8 (Orientalism: Early Sources, 8)

Literary

The Arabs during a thousand years or more produced one of the richest and most extensive literatures of the world, embracing fine poetry (of the fierce desert life equally with the sophistication of royal courts), belles lettres (learned essays, satires, de arte amoris), religious, mystical and philosophical writings, and huge compendia of history, biography and geography. For sixty years, the best account in English of this vast output has been, by universal consent, R. A. Nicholson's Literary History of the Arabs; its supremacy will long remain unchallenged. That it is a book full of erudition and high critical judgement goes without saying; its author is also a poet-translator of rare excellence.

A Literary History of the Arabs

History & Criticism

Cambridge University Press

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 Súfís - the Persians Abú Sa'íd (937-1049) and Al-Jílí (1365-1406), and the Cairene Arab Ibnu l-Fárid (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. Súfism, as Professor Nicholson suggests, lies at the heart both of the religious philosophy and the popular religion of Islam.

Studies in Islamic Mysticism

History

Middle East

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

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