Garden of Truth The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition

Name: Garden of Truth The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition
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ISBN: 9780060797225

ISBN-10: 0060797223

ISBN-13: 9780060797225

Edition: 2007

Authors: Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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We've all read about the laws and politics of Islam, but Sufism is the poetry and romance of the world's fastest growing religion. This ascetic and mystical movement within Islam dates from the early 9th century. It has a long and respected tradition of rejecting worship motivated by the desire for heavenly reward or the fear of punishment, insisting rather on the love of God as the sole valid form of adoration. Nasr is the preeminent Sufi scholar in the U.S., and in the tradition of Martin Buber's I and Thou, here provides the beliefs and vision of the mystical heart of Islam. Sufism has made significant contributions to the spread of Islam and the development of various aspects of…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/18/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




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Truth: The Knowledge that Illuminates and Delivers from the Bondage of Ignorance



Love and Beauty: The Fire That Attracts and Consumes, the Peace That Calms and Liberates



Goodness and Human Action: To Do His Will, to Conform to the Divine Norm



How Do We Reach the Garden of Truth? The Path to the One



Access to the Center: Sufism Here and Now



The Sufi Tradition and the Sufi Orders: Reflections on the Manifestation of Sufism in Time and Space



The Tradition of Theoretical Sufism and Gnosis