Sufi Orders in Islam

Name: Sufi Orders in Islam
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ISBN: 9780195120585

ISBN-10: 0195120582

ISBN-13: 9780195120585

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: J. Spencer Trimingham, John O. Voll

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Sufism, the name given to Islamic mysticism, has been the subject of many studies, but the orders through which the organizational aspect of the Sufi spirit was expressed has been neglected. The Sufi Orders in Islam is one of the earliest modern examinations of the historical development of Sufism and is considered a classic work in numerous sources of Islamic studies today. Here, author J. Spencer Trimingham offers a clear and detailed account of the formation and development of the Sufi schools and orders (tariqahs) from the second century of Islam until modern times. Trimingham focuses on the practical disciplines behind the mystical aspects of Sufism which initially attracted a Western…

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List price: $39.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/16/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Abbreviations



The Formation of Schools of Mysticism



The Chief Tariqa Lines



The Formation of Ta'ifas



Nineteenth-Century Revival Movements



The Mysticism and Theosophy of the Orders



The Organization of the Orders



Ritual and Ceremonial



Role of the Orders in the Life of Islamic Society



The Orders in the Contemporary Islamic World



Relating to Early Silsilas



Sufis, Malamatis, and Qalandaris



Suhrawardi Silsilas



Qadiri Groups



Independent Orders of the Badawiyya and Burhaniyya



Shadhili Groups in the Maghrib deriving from al-Jazuli



Madyani and Shadhili Groups in Egypt and Syria



Rifa'i Ta'ifas in the Arab World


Bibliography


Glossary of Arabic Terms


General Index