دانلود کتاب Mystics and Saints of Islam (Classic Reprint)

IT is a custom in some quarters to represent Mohammadan mysticism as merely a late importation into Islam,' and an altogether alien element in it. But however much later Islamic mysticism may have de-:· rived from Christian, Neo-platonic, and Buddhist sources, there is little doubt that the roota of mystiCism are to be found m the Koran itself. The following verse is an instance: "God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. His light is like a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp encased in glass-the glass as it were a glistening star. From a blessed tree is it lighted, the olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would well nigh shine out even though fire touched it not! . It is light upon light! " (Koran Sura 24). Indeed it seems strange to accord the title of "a practical mystic" to Cromwell and to deny it to Mohammad, whose proclivity for religious meditation was so strong that the Arabs-- used to say " Muhammad is in love with his MakeTable of Contents I PATHEISTIC SUFISM I; II HASAN BASRI ?? 18; III RABIA, THE WOMAN SUFI 28; IV IBRAHIM BEN ADHAM 36; V FUDHA YL BEN AYAZ 46; VI BAY AZID BASTAMI 52; VII ZU'N NUN OF EGYPT 60; VIII MANSUR HALLAJ 68; IX HABIB AJ AMI ?? 79; x; AVICENNA (IBN SINA) 86; XI AL GHAZZALI ?? 106; XII FARIDUDDIN ATTAR 123; XIII SUHRAWARDY I41; XIV JALALUDDIN RUMI 148; xv SHARANI, THE EGYPTIAN 164; XVI~ MULLAH· SHAH 174; APPENDIX t MOHAMMEDAN CONVERSIONS 192; " II EXPOSITION OF SUFISM 196; , III CHRISTIAN ELEMENTS IN MOHAMMBDAN; UTERATURE 202; " IV CHRIST IN MOHAMMEDAN TRADITION zoPAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been ma