Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century Shaikh Ahmad Al-Alawi

Name: Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century Shaikh Ahmad Al-Alawi
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ISBN: 9780946621507

ISBN-10: 0946621500

ISBN-13: 9780946621507

Edition: 3rd 1993

Authors: Martin Lings

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'Almost a prerequisite for any serious study of Sufism in European languages': this was the verdict of Seyyed Hossein Nasr in his review of the first edition of the book. According to the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, it is 'one of the most thorough and intimately engaging books on Sufism to be produced by a Western scholar'. Certainly there is nothing second-hand about it. The author lets Sufis speak for themselves and, in a series of unusual and absorbing texts mainly translated from Arabic, he gives a vivid picture of life in a North African Sufi order. Against this background stands the unforgettable figure of the Algerian Shaikh who was head of the order from 1909 until his death in…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Islamic Texts Society
Publication date: 12/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 242
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




The Path and the Order



Seen from Outside



The Origins of Sufism



Seen from Within



The Spiritual Master



The Doctrine



Oneness of being



The Three Worlds



The Symbolism of the Letters of the Alphabet



The Great Peace



Gnosis



The Ritual Purification



The Ritual Prayer



Further Dimensions



Selections from his Aphorisms



Selections from his Poetry



List of his Writings



The Spiritual Chain