Sufism

SUMM 001 A History of Sufism in India by Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi.

Vol. I (Early Sufism and its History in India to AD 1600)

HB 467 pp. $24.00

 

Vol. II (From Sixteenth Century to Modern Century)

HB 535 pp. $24.00

 

SUIF 002 Sufism and Shari'ah by Abul Haq Ansari.

Study of the religious thought of an outstanding Sufi and great renovator of Islam, Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1034/1624).

PB 368 pp. $16.50

 

SUIA 003 Studies in Islamic Mysticism by Reynold A. Nicholson.

HB 282 pp. $4.00

 

SUKB 004 The Kalimat Al-Sadiqin by Muhammad Sadiq Dihlwi Kashmiri Hamdani tr. Muhammad Saleem Akhtar.

Study in the history of medieval Indian Sufism.

HB 186 pp. $12.00

 

SUIA 005 The Bahmani Sufis by Muhammad Suleman Siddiqi.

This book deals with the role of the Sufis of Deccan, India particularly during the Bahmani period (749-949 A.H./1347-1538 C.E.).

HB 276 pp. $12.00

 

SUMM 006 Sufi Thought by S.R. Sharda.

This volume contains an intensive and elaborate study of Muslim mysticism, its development in Punjab and its impact on Punjabi literature from Baba Farid to 1850 C.E.

HB 288 pp. $14.00

 

SUMA 007 Studies in Tasawwuf by Khaja Khan.

Author illuminates various points in esoteric Islam, popularly known as Tasawwuf or theosophy.

HB 260 pp. $5.00

 

SUMA 008 The Doctrine of the Sufis by Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi tr. A.J. Arberry.

Discusses the meaning and the derivation of the term Sufi and enumerates the names of the great Sufis. States the tenets of Islam and proves that Sufism as a system lies within and not without the bounds of orthodoxy.

HB 188 pp. $4.00

 

SUMA 009 An Introduction to Sufi Doctrine by Titus Burckhardt tr. D.M. Matheson.

PB 166 pp. $4.00

 

SUMA 010 Tadhkiratul-Auliya (Memoirs of Saints) by Dr. Bankey Behari.

HB 213 pp. $6.00

 

SUMA 011 The Idea of Personality in Sufism by R.A. Nicholson.

HB 105 pp. $4.00

 

SUMA 012 The Persian Mystics -- Jami by F. Hadland Davis.

Author reviews the life of Jami and then translates selections from some of his writings.

PB 103 pp. $3.00

 

SUMA 013 The Persian Mystics -- Rumi by F. Hadland Davis.

Review of the life of Rumi and a translation of some of his works.

PB 107 pp. $3.00

 

SUIA 014 Islamic Sufism by Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.

HB 299 pp. $6.00

 

SUMA 015 The Awarif-ul-Maarif by Shaikh Shahab-ud-Din Umar b. Muhammad Suhrawardi.

Famous work on mysticism written during the tenuous political situation in Persia at the time of the Mongol invasions in the 7th/13th century.

HB 298 pp. $6.00

 

SUKB 016 Futuh Al-Ghaib (Revelation of the Unseen) by Hazart Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani tr. M. Aftab-ud-Din Ahmad.

The book contains, besides a life-sketch, eight of his very illuminating discourses.

HB 174 pp. $6.00

 

SUMA 017 The Secret of Ana'l-Haqq by K.S. Khaja Khan.

Mansur uttered Ana'l-Haqq' -I am the Truth- and was condemned to death for it. Here in this book is a philosophical exposition of this doctrine - how God is manifest in man.

HB 167 pp. $4.00

 

SUMA 018 The Mystical Philosophy of Muhid Din Ibnul Arabi by A.E. Affifi.

A study of the whole of Ibnul Arabi's (1164-1240 C.E.) mystical philosophy.

HB 213 pp. $5.00

 

SUMA 019 The Mujaddid's Conception of Tawhid by Burhan Admad Faruqi.

The book is an attempt to work out the conception of Tawhid in the thought of that great Islamic Sufi, Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, who is generally called the Mujaddid-i-Alf-i-Thani.

HB 132 pp. $4.00

 

SUMA 020 Philosophy of Faqirs by Sir Amin Jung Bahadur.

This book discusses the two schools of Tasawwuf, which the author refers to as the "Monistics" and the "Positivists."

PB 56 pp. $3.00

 

SUKZ 021 Mystic Thought in Islam by Muhammad Ashraf.

PB 48 pp. $ 3.00

 

SUKZ 022 Virtues of Zikr by Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya.

PB 263 pp. $ 4.00

 

SUMZ 520 Principles of Sufism by al-Qushayri tr. B.R. von Schlegell.

The book includes all sections of the Risala concerning the fundamental principles of Sufism.

HB 366 pp. $25.95

PB 366 pp. $14.95

 

SUKB 521 An English Translation of Sata'at by Shah Waliyullah tr. G.N. Jalbani.

Sata'at is one of the famous works of Shah Waliyullah on mystical philosophy. It mostly deals with the life after death and the system of Divine manifestations working in the universe.

PB 60 pp. $3.00

 

SUKB 522 Mathnavi of Jalauddin Rumi tr. R.A. Nicholson.

Five volumes $88.00

 

SUIA 523 On Sufism by Sayyid Muhammad al Husayni.

HB 231 pp. $7.50

 

SUIA 524 Chishti Nizami Sufi Order of Bengal by Ghulam Rasool.

The author studies the life, thought and activities of sufi saints in general and Chishti and in the Chishti-Nizami sufis of Bengal.

HB 192 pp. $14.00

 

SUIA 525 Sufi Movements in Eastern India by M. Yahya Tamizi.

HB 199 pp. $14.00

 

SUOM 526 As Through A Veil: Mystical Poetry in Islam by Annemarie Schimmel.

PB $16.00

 

SUOM 527 Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi by Henry Corbin tr. Ralph Manheim.

PB $18.95

 

SUOM 528 The Elements of Sufism by Fadhalla Haeri.

Introductory work that begins to explain the fundamentals of Sufism.

PB $8.95

 

SUOM 529 Glossary of Technical Sufi Terms compiled by Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani tr. Nabil Safwat ed. David Pendlebury.

HB $40.00

 

SUOM 530 An Introduction to Sufism: The Mystical Dimension of Islam by Titus Burckhardt tr. D.M. Matheson.

PB $9.95

 

SUOM 532 Rumi and Sufism by Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch tr. Simone Fattal.

An introduction to both Rumi and Islamic mysticism.

PB $12.95

 

SUOM 533 The Sacred Knowledge by Shah Waliullah of Delhi tr. G. Jalbani ed. David Pendlebury.

HB $22.00

 

SUNY 534 Sufi Essays by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

This book answers ideally the present need for a lucid, succinct presentation of the principal aspects of Sufism coupled with a bold statement of its relevance for such modern problems as comparative religious studies, ecology and the apparent lack of spirituality in the world today.

PB 210 pp. $16.95

 

SUOM 535 The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of the Imagination by William Chittick.

PB $24.50

 

SUOM 536 The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi by William Chittick.

An excellent summation of Rumi's teachings.

PB $14.95

 

SUOM 537 What the Seeker Needs: Essays and Glossary by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi tr. Tosun Bayrak and Rabia Terri Harris.

PB $10.00

 

SUOM 538 I Am Wind, You Are Fire: The Life and Work of Rumi by Annemarie Schimmel.

PB $16.00

 

SUOM 539 The Life and Work of Muhammad Jalaluddin Rumi by Afzal Iqbal forward by A.J. Arberry.

A scholarly study.

HB $30.00

 

SUOM 540 Nizam ad-Din Awliya: Morals for the Heart tr. and annotated Bruce Lawrence.

PB $18.95

 

SUNY 541 Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History, and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center by Carl W. Ernst forward by Annemarie Schimmel.

Research, based on rare Persian manuscripts, which reveals the mystical teachings and practices of the Chrishti Sufi order as taught by Shaykh Burhan al-Din Gharib (d.1337) and his disciples.

PB 384 pp. $19.95

 

SUCH 542 Mystical Poems of Rumi, Vol. 2 tr. A.J. Arberry.

PB $10.95

 

SUMA 802 Mystic Tendencies in Islam by M.M. Zuhur-ud-Din Ahmad.

This book aims to explain the origin and development of mysticism. The learned author has attempted to analyze the chief elements of Islamic mysticism and has shown in what way its basic principles are related to the fundamental tenets of Islam.

HB 224 pp. $5.00

 

SUAB 803 The Sublime Revelation (Al-Fath ar-Rabbani) tr. Muhtar Holland.

A collection of sixty-two discourses delivered by Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.

PB 496 pp. $30.00

 

SUAB 804 Utterances (Malfuzat) of Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani tr. Muhtar Holland.

It is a loosely organized compendium of talks and sayings by the Shaikh.

PB 144 pp. $18.00

 

SUAB 805 Revelations of the Unseen (Futuh al-Ghaib) tr. Muhtar Holland.

A new English translation of Futuh al-Ghaib, a collection of seventy-eight discourses by the Muslim saint.

PB 192 pp. $20.00

 

SUAT 806 The Book of Certainty by Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din (Martin Lings).

The Sufi doctrine of faith, vision and Gnosis.

PB 90 pp. $9.95

 

SUAT 807 Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi.

These rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern teaching stories reveal new and very human properties in the great poet's vision.

PB 146 pp. $7.50

 

SUAT 808 Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion: Poetry and Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi by Jelaluddin Rumi tr. Coleman Bark.

PB 104 pp. $7.50

 

SUAT 809 One-Handed Basket Weaving; Poems on the Theme of Work by Jelaluddin Rumi tr. Coleman Bark.

Sufis refer to themselves as lovers and workers, interchangeably, and the business to be done always involves a companionship with the spiritual world. These poems celebrate that friendship.

PB 135 pp. $9.00

 

SUOX 810 Sufi Mystics of the Niger Desert by H.T. Norris.

This book examines existing evidence in the Niger Republic and adjacent areas of Saharan and non-Saharan Africa about the life and teachings of the sixteenth-century Islamic Saint and religious teacher Sidi Mahmud.

HB 216 pp. $59.00

 

SUII 811 Kashf Al-Mahjub (The Oldest Persian Treatise on Sufism) by Ali B. Usman Al Jullabi Hujwiri tr. by Renold A. Nicholson.

HB 440 pp. $7.00

 

SUTJ 812 Sufism by William Stoddart.

The mystical doctrines and methods of Islam.

HB 90 pp. $5.00

 

SUTJ 813 The Tawasin by Hussain Bin Mansur Al-Hallaj.

The great sufi text on the unity of reality.

PB 81 pp. $3.00

 

SUMA 814 The Secret Rose Garden of Sad Ud Din Mahmud Shabistari tr. Florence Lederer.

HB 74 pp. $3.00

 

SUNO 816 Inner Aspects of Faith by Shahidullah Faridi.

PB 127 pp. $4.00

 

SUUB 817 Persian Mysticism by R. P. Masani.

An abridged version of Farid-ud-Din Attar's Mantiq-ut-Tayr.

HB 125 pp. $10.00

 

SUAD 818 Islamic Poetry and Mysticism by R. A. Nicholson

The book is treasure of the poems on the topics of life and death, human society and culture, philosophy, religion and asciticism.

HB 300 pp. $18.00

SUIT 819 A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century ( Shaikh Ahmad al-Alawi) by Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din (Martin Lings)

In this remarkable study of the Algerian mystic who led his North African Sufi order from 1909 until his death in 1934, he resists the temptation to intrude on his material, allowing the Sufis to speak for themselves.

PB 242 pp. $19.95

 

SUIT 820 The Seal of the Saints (Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn-Arabi) by Michael Chodkiewicz.

This study examines the nature and function of sainthood, and specifies a topology of saints based on the concept of prophetic inheritance.

PB 200 pp $20.95

 

SUIT 822 Secrets of Secrets by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

The book reveals in a brief compass the very essence of Sufism, showing how outward practices such as prayer, fasting and almsgiving contain a wealth of inner dimensions which must be discovered and enjoyed if external actions are to be performed in a manner pleasing to God.

PB 122 pp. $15.95

 

SUQU 823 Gifts For The Seeker Imam Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad.

This book answers many of the questions often asked by seekers of inward illumination. What are the real implications of the doctrines of divine unity? How can proper concentration be achieved during spiritual exercises? When should one avoid participating in Sufi gatherings? What is the relationship between the tongue, the mind, and the heart? How is one to understand visions received in sleep?

HB 75 pp. $16.00

 

SUQU 824 The Book of Assistance Imam Abdallah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad.

There are many books in English which present Sufi doctrine, but few which can be used as practical travel guides along the Path.This manual of devotions, prayers and practical ethics will be invaluable to all who love the Prophet and the Sufi Way.

PB 142 pp. $12.00

 

SUQU 825 Key To The Garden Habib Ahmad Mashhur Al-Haddad

The Muslim Testimony of Faith, that there is no deity save God, is at once the essence and the highest principle of Islam. This book is a demonstration, by one of the greatest living recipients of the the Prophet's heritage of knowledge, of how the whole spectrum of Islamic thought and worship unfolds naturally from these few words.

PB 153 pp. $10.00

 

SUIT 826 On Disciplining The Soul by Al-Ghazali tr. by T. J. Winter.

The spiritual life of Islam begins with riyadat al-nafs, the inner warfare against Ego. Distracted and polluted by worldliness., the lower self has a tendency to drag human beings down into arrogance and vice. Only by a powerful act of will can the seeker attain that purity of soul which allows him or he to mover nearer unto God. Disciplines The Soul details the sophisticated spiritual techniques adopted by Islam.

PB 360 pp. $25.95

 

SUIT 827 Quest for the Red Sulphur, the life of Ibn Arabi by Claude Addas.

Until the publication of this book, anyone who wanted to learn about the life of Ibn Arabi has had little choice of materials to work from. This major study by Claude Abbas is based on a detailed analysis of the whole range of Ibn Arabi's own writings as well as a vast amount of secondary literature in both Arabis and Persian.

PB $23.95

 

SUTH 828 Feeling The Shoulder Of The Lion Versions by Coleman Barks.

Poetry and teaching stories from the Mathnawi. These selections from the poetry of Rumi express the courage and intensity needed to overcome our ego-imprisonment.

PB 104 pp. $10.00

 

SUIT 829 What is Sufism? by Matin Lings

What do the Sufis believe? What do they aim at? What do they do? Unlike other writers on the subject, Martin Lings treats all three questions with equal justice.

PB 113 pp. $9.95

 

SUII 830 Islamic Sufism by Capt. Wahid Bakhsh Rabbani.

PB 414 pp. $10.00

 

SUIT 831 The Way of Abu Madyan: The Works of Abu Madyan Shu'ayb tr. Vincent J. Cornell.

This book presents several firsts: it is the first English translation of works attributed to Abu Madyan, a seminal figure of Sufism in Muslim Spain and North Africa. The Introduction to this work contains a biography of Abu Madyan based on his own words, as well as a critical and historical discussion of the way, tariqa, of this important spiritual master in the context of western Maghribi Sufism.

PB 190 pp. $31.95

 

SUIT 832 Ibn Ata Allah Al-Iskandari, The Key to Salvation: A Sufi Manual of Invocation tr. Mary Ann Koury Danner.

This is the first English translation of Miftah al-falah, a thirteenth century Sufi text, written by Ibn Ata Allah, the noted jurist of the Maliki school of law, and the third of the great masters of the Shadhili Sufi Order.

PB 169 pp. $26.95

 

SUIP 833 Sufism I: Principles and Practice by Dr. Hamid Algar

PB $3.95

HB $14.95

 

SUIP 834 Sufism II: Historical Development by Dr. Hamid Algar

PB $5.00

 

SUIT 835 The Degree of The Soul by Shaykh Abd Al-Khaliq Al-Shabrawi

This book unlocks the secrets of the seven degrees through which the soul progresses as it travels the Sufi Path to its Lord. 

PB 76 pp. $10.00

 

SUBA 836 The Removal of Cares (Jala al-Khawatir) by Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-Filani tr by Muhar Holland

A collection of forty-five discourses delivered by Shakh Jilani in 1152 CE before his lectures in The Sublime Revelation.

PB 308 pp. $25.00

 

SUBZ 837 Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth by Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-Filani tr. By Muthar Holland.

In this monumental 5 volume work, the Shaykh provides a comprehensive expodition of both the outer and inner aspects of Islam. His words shed light on the workings of the spiritual core of the human beings, as well as on the traditional nomes of external conduct. "The proper attitude to going on a journey," he tells the Seeker of the Path of Truth, "is best described in the language of spiritual experience."

PB 5 Volumes 1737 pp. $110.00