Contents
 Sufi
Symbolism of Religious Terminiology |
The 3rd volume is devoted to Sufi terms concerning
various types of devotion, religious experience, spiritual practices
and theological dogmas as understood by the Sufis. The author reveals
the inner meaning of many of the fundamental--but most often misunderstood-concepts
of Islam, ranging from fasting to pilgrimage, from prophecy to infidelity,
and from Hell to Paradise. Sufis' humanistic yet gnostic interpretations
of these concepts split open the dry husks of ordinary religious language
to reveal rich kernels of extraordinary truth. This source book demonstrates
the profundity and sublimity of the Islamic spiritual tradition.
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