Readings from the Mystics of Islām
Author | : Margaret Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1972 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105037162554 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Readings from the Mystics of Islām written by Margaret Smith and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, containing a short account of the history and development of Islamic mysticism, followed by translations fo the sayings and writings of nearly fifty of the mystics of Islam, both Arab and Persian, may be a means of increasing the reader's knowledge of Islamic mysticism and interest in it. The passages chosen cover a period of over a thousand years, from the 8th to the middle of the 19th century AD. They are arranged in chronological order and each is prefixed by a few lines giving biographical details of the mystic concerned, though of a few of them practically nothing is known"--Cover.