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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Life | |
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| The Works | |
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| The Teachings | |
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| Three Dimensions of Sufism | |
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| The Plan of the Book | |
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| The Translations | |
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| Theory | |
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| Seeing Things As They Are | |
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| Form and Meaning | |
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| Existence and Nonexistence | |
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| The Illusion of Dichotomy | |
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| "The Science of Religions" | |
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| Spirit, Heart, and Intellect | |
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| The Spirit | |
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| The Levels of the Spirit | |
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| The Ego and the Intellect | |
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| The Universal Intellect and the Partial Intellect | |
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| The Heart | |
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| Interrelationships | |
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| God and the World | |
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| The Essence, Attributes, and Acts | |
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| Gentleness and Severity | |
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| The Reason for Creation | |
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| Opposites | |
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| Good and Evil | |
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| Heedlessness and the Existence of the World | |
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| Man | |
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| The Trust | |
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| The Goal of Creation and the Intellect | |
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| The Covenant of Alast | |
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| The Descent and Reascent of the Spirit | |
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| Adam and Iblis | |
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| Man's Place among the Creatures | |
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| Angel vs. Satan: Intellect vs. Ego | |
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| The Return to God | |
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| Congeneity | |
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| The Touchstones | |
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| Death and Resurrection | |
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| Practice | |
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| Doubters and Deniers | |
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| The Blindness of the Deniers | |
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| Fatalism and Free Choice | |
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| The Prophets and Saints | |
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| The Need for a Guide | |
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| Imitative Knowledge and Realized Knowledge | |
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| The Role of the Saints | |
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| The Shaykh | |
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| The Mirror of God | |
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| Rejecting the Prophets and Saints | |
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| Fales Masters | |
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| The Discipline of the Way | |
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| Spiritual Warfare | |
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| Remembrance of God | |
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| Man's Effort and God's Grace | |
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| Men and Women | |
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| Attainment To God | |
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| Naughting the Self | |
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| Selfhood and Selflessness | |
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| Existence and Nonexistence | |
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| Annihilation and Subsistence | |
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| Affirmation and Negation: The Shahadah | |
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| Death and Rebirth | |
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| Poverty, Sufism, and Dervishhood | |
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| I am God" | |
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| Love | |
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| God As Love and Beyond Love | |
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| The World As Created by Love | |
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| The World As Maintained by Love | |
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| Love and Beauty: True and Derivative | |
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| Need and Aspiration | |
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| The Religion of Love | |
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| Love and the Intellect | |
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| Bewilderment and Madness | |
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| Separation and Union | |
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| Separation and Suffering | |
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| Union and Joy | |
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| Imagination and Thought | |
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| Imagination and the Created Order | |
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| Escaping Imagination | |
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| The Image Is All | |
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| Beyond the Image | |
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| Poesy and Imagery | |
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| Creation and Speech | |
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| The Worth of Poetry | |
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| Understanding Poetry and Speech | |
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| Interpretation of Imagery | |
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| The Garden of Spring | |
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| The Heart-Ravishing Beloved | |
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| The Witness | |
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| Vision of the Face | |
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| Vision | |
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| The Face | |
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| The Tresses | |
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| The Kiss | |
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| Jealousy | |
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| Smashing Idols | |
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| Maintaining Veils | |
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| Winedrinking and Revelry | |
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| Wine | |
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| The Cup | |
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| The Saki | |
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| The Ruins | |
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| The Drinking Companions | |
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| The Dregs | |
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| Intoxication and Sobriety | |
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| Winesickness | |
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| The Sama' | |
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| The Revelry of the Spirit | |
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| The Beloved's Beloved | |
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| Love's Call | |
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| Love's Messenger | |
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| Notes | |
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| Notes on the Translations | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index of Sources | |
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| General Index | |
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| Index of Koranic Quotations and Prophetic Sayings | |