Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism: Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology (Classics of Western Spirituality

The Classics of Western Spirituality

by John Renard (Translator), Ahmet T. Karamustafa (Preface)

This volume, the ninth on Islamic material to be published in the Classics of Western Spirituality series, brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality. Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multi-faceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life. He presents excerpts on knowledge from the works of nine major Muslim teachers, most translated from Arabic, but also including important texts from Persian originals. The Introduction offers a survey of the development of Sufi modes of knowing through the thirteenth century in their broader context, and then focuses on the manuals or compendia of Sufi spirituality treated here. Historical notes provide brief identifications of many of the individual sources and personalities mentioned throughout the treatises. †

Genres: Islam, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Mysticism

464 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

Reviews

[Patrick Gibson]

awesome!

[Hippo dari Hongkong]

john renard menulis buku ini untuk mengenang sekaligus mendedikasikannya untuk annemarie schimmel seorang penulis buku2 islam yang berpengaruh yang meninggal pada tanggal 2 februari 2003 yang dianggap mentor sekaligus sahabat sang penulis

catatan:
sebenernya yang gw pegang ini edisi terjemahannya, cuman gw gak nemu edisi indonesianya dan juga bukan gudrid librarian jadi pake yuang ini aja covernya. judul terjemahannya ialah Mencari Tuhan: Menyelam Ke Dalam Samudra Makrifat yang diterbitkan oleh Mizan.

[Arif Mulyadi]

This book is very importart for us to know when the concept about the kowledge of God began in the Muslim community. The author tried to explain the teachings from many Sufism master concerning knowledge of God such Abu Talib al-Makki, Khwajah Abdullah Anshari, Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali, and so on.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume combines a number of authors from the early Islamic mystical period. The book serves as an excellent introduction, but I thought that there were too many different authors covered, and it was somewhat hard to follow.

[Umar · Rating 3 out of 5]

good stuff, early sufism was truly a marvel.