ABSTRACT

The Sufi phenomenon is not easy to sum up or define. This book is concerned primarily with the Persian mystics and looks at the history of the Sūfi movement, the mystical states, fundamentals of Persian mysticism and Sūfi practices.

chapter |10 pages

Introductory

chapter |12 pages

The Ṣūfi Movement

chapter |8 pages

The Way and Its Goal

chapter |16 pages

The Seven Stages

chapter |12 pages

The Mystical States

chapter |9 pages

Homesickness (Firáq)

chapter |7 pages

Lost in God (Faná)

chapter |5 pages

The Vision of God

chapter |16 pages

Two Ṣūfi Practices