Islamic Spirituality: Foundations

Cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 6
Contents......Page 12
PREFACE TO THE SERIES......Page 17
INTRODUCTION......Page 21
LIST OF TRANSLITERATIONS......Page 46
Part One: The Roots of the Islamic Tradition and Spirituality......Page 51
1 The Quran as the Foundation of Islamic Spirituality......Page 53
2 The Spiritual Significance of the Quran......Page 67
3 Traditional Esoteric Commentaries on the Quran......Page 87
4 The Spiritual Significance of the Substance of the Prophet......Page 130
5 The Life, Traditions, and Sayings of the Prophet......Page 157
I. The Life of the Prophet......Page 160
II. Sunnah and Hadith......Page 211
6 The Inner Meaning of the Islamic Rites: Prayer, Pilgrimage, Fasting, Jihad......Page 235
7 The Spiritual Dimension of Prayer......Page 267
Part Two: Aspects of the Islamic Tradition......Page 287
8 Sunnism......Page 289
9 Twelve Imam Shi’ism......Page 309
10 Isma’illism......Page 339
11 Female Spirituality in Islam......Page 374
Part Three: Sufism: The Inner Dimension of Islam......Page 409
12 The Nature and Origin of Sufism......Page 411
13 The Early Development of Sufism......Page 438
14 The Spiritual Practices of Sufism......Page 481
15 Sufi Science of the Soul......Page 531
Part Four: Knowledge of Reality......Page 555
16 God......Page 557
17 The Angels......Page 579
18 The Cosmos and the Natural Order......Page 614
19 Man......Page 637
20 Eschatology......Page 670
GLOSSARY......Page 723
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 760
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 787
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS......Page 793
INDEXES......Page 797