Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts

A Note on Dates and Koranic References Introduction Part One Islam in Three Dimensions Works, Faith, and Perfection Faith and Knowledge Ihsan, Ikhlas, and Taqwa Felicity Priorities The Sciences of Unveiling and Practice Notes Part Two Faith Style and Content The Three Principles The Cosmology of Tawhid Notes The Rising Places of Faith Opening I. Faith in God 1. The Essence 2. The Attributes 3. The Acts II. Faith in Prophecy 1. The Wonders of Prophecy 2. The Prophet Muhammad III. Faith In The Last Day 1. Human Subsistence 2. The Barzakh and the Other Stages of the Next World Conclusion Clarifications for Beginners and Reminders for the Advanced Introduction I. The Creator 1. The Essence 2. The Attributes 3. The Acts II. Friendship And Prophecy 1. Friendship Supplement 2. Prophecy III. This World And The Next World 1. Benefits And Dangers Of This World 2. The Next World And Its Stages Conclusion Part Three Practice Notes The Easy Roads of Sayf Al-Din Introduction: Perfecting Character A Preliminary Remark I. The Science Of Faith 1. The Essence 2. The Attributes 3. The Acts 4. Prophecy 5. The Next World II. Ablutions And Purity 1. The Excellence Of Purity 2. Relieving Oneself 3. The Minor Ablution An Allusion 4. The Major Ablution 5. The Tayammum III. The Ritual Prayer 1. Its Excellence 2. The Number Of Cycles 3. How To Perform The Prayer A Hint 4. The Inward Dimensions IV. Fasting 1. Its Excellence 2. Its Secret And Its Degrees 3. Its Obligations V. Remembrance And Supplication 1. Imparting Remembrance 2. Transmitted Supplications 3. Supplications For Every Situation Conclusion: The Journey Part Four Sufism And Islam Orthodox Islam Mysticism And Discipline Toward A Narrower Definition Of Sufism Notes Annotations The Rising Places Of Faith Clarifications For Beginners The Easy Roads Of Sayf Al-Din Appendixes 1. The Author 2. Corrections To The Printed Texts Bibliography Index of Koranic Verses Index of Hadiths and Sayings Index of Names and Terms

• | Author: William C. Chittick
• | Publisher: State University of New York Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 05, 1992
• | Number of Pages: 322 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0791413683
• | ISBN-13: 9780791413685