Islamic groups: Sufis Books

Book SynopsisIn the period c. 1880-1940, organized Sufism spread rapidly in the western Indian Ocean. New communities turned to Islam, and Muslim communities turned to new texts, practices and religious leaders. On the East African coast, the orders were both a vehicle for conversion to Islam and for reform of Islamic practice. The impact of Sufism on local communities is here traced geographically as a ripple reaching beyond the Swahili cultural zone southwards to Mozambique, Madagascar and Cape Town. Through an investigation of the texts, ritual practices and scholarly networks that went alongside Sufi expansion, this book places religious change in the western Indian Ocean within the wider framework of Islamic reform.Trade Review'In fact, the volume is impressive. It impresses through its sheer quantity of facts, be that information concerning persons, or the detailed description of the written and oral sources (interviews) in the appendix. [...] ....a very well-investigated presentation loaded with an abundance of details, which by means of the index can serve as a kind of reference work for experts, but also as informative reading for anyone interested in the history of Islam in Africa.' - Angelika Brodersen, in: Entangled Religions, 2 (2015)Table of ContentsForeword and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Figures Note on Transliteration, Quotes and Dates 1 Introduction The Ripple and the Reef: Perspectives and Objectives 2 The Luminescent Sun and Brilliant Rays of Light: Towards a Geography of Reform Towards a Geography of Reform: A Web of Centres The Ḥaramayn: The Blessed and the Radiant The Ḥaḍramawt: Home of the Luminescent, Encompassing Mid-Day Sun Zanzibar: The Brilliant Star of East Africa Lamu and the Riyadha Mosque The Comoro Islands: Moon Islands in a Sea of Sun Rays of Light and Hierarchies 3 The Branches of the Qādiriyya and the Shādhiliyya in Northern Mozambique: Silsilas to the South The Ṭarīqa Qādiriyya in Zanzibar The Qādiriyya in Mozambique: Multiple Routes South Muḥammad Al-Maʿrūf and the Spread of the Shādhiliyya in Northern Mozambique The Emergence of Sufi Orders in Norhern Mozambique 4 The Shādhiliyya in Northern Madagascar c. 1890–1940: The Planting of a Garden and the Growing of Malagasy Roots Islam in Northern Madagascar Family, Religion and Trade on Madagascar: East African-Comorian Networks and the Shādhiliyya Aḥmad al-Kabīr: The Great Shaykh of the Ṭarīqa Shādhiliyya of Northern Madagascar Reform and the Emergence of a Malagasy Sufi Order 5 The Cape Town Muslim Community and East African Sufi Networks: Beyond the Monsoon Islam in South Africa and Cape Town Muhammad Salih Hendricks: From Periphery to Centre to the Network Other Travellers – More Daʿwa 6 Travelling Texts: Arabic Literate Learning in Coastal East Africa, c. 1860–1930 Textual Transmission and Religious Authority Book Knowledge in the Age of Manuscripts: 1860s into the Twentieth Century From Manuscript to Print: Parallel or Converging Authorities? Manuscripts, Printed Books and Religious Authority 7 Ritual of Reform – Reform of a Ritual: Rātib al-Ḥaddād in the Southwestern Indian Ocean, c. 1880–1940 Rātib Al-Ḥaddād as Sufi Reform Rātib al-Ḥaddād in East and South Africa The Rātib in Writing: Textualization of Charisma The Rātib Performed: Reform of a Ritual? The Rātib al-Ḥaddād: New Reform of a Reformist Ritual? 8 Consolidating the Network: Waqf Distribution and New Organizations in Zanzibar, c. 1900–1930 Scholarly Networks and the Zanzibari “Meccan Waqfs”, c. 1880–1940 Waqf Distribution within Intellectual Networks: Consolidating Reform through Waqf Funds From Networks to Organizations: The Rise of the Jamʿiyya, c. 1900–1930 9 Conclusions On Ripples and Reefs: Agency in a Translocal World Sufi Reform on the Move The Ecumene that wasn’t – yet? Appendix 1 The Zanzibari “Meccan Waqfs” Contained in ZA-HD10 Sources and Bibliography Arabic Textual Material Arabic Manuscript Sources (Listed) Archival Sources Oral Sources/Interviews Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAu Maroc, les mythes fondateurs des cultes et rituels de guérison illustrent de manière probante les processus d’élaboration des significations et des dynamiques du pouvoir dans le passé proche et leurs articulations actuelles, tant à l’échelle locale que nationale. In Morocco, the founding myths of healing cults and rituals illustrate the symbolism and dynamics of power in both local and national contexts.Trade Review'Cette publication contribue significativement à la compréhension des enjeux sociopolitiques et religieux de la société marocaine actuelle, au travers de la confrontation entre les rites des saints et le sultan. Rhani y dépeint avec rigueur la réalité de la plasticité des rites et des mythes, qui sont en constante évolution, et qui pourrait mener à un désir populaire d’un retour du califat. Cet ouvrage captivera les spécialistes de la culture marocaine par sa justesse et le sens du détail qui traverse l’étude du saint Ben Yeffu'. Véronique Leclerc, Département d’anthropologie, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), Canada, dans Anthropologie et Sociétés, vol. 39, 2015Table of ContentsTABLE DES MATIÈRES Liste des illustrations Avant-propos Introduction 1. Herméneutique et archéologie du culte des saints 2. Espaces et lignages saints Une dynamique conflictuelle 3. Histoire, mythe et oralité 4. Quand le saint rencontre le sultan Justice sociale ou noblesse personnelle? 5. Les Maîtres de la possession Justice, belligérance et médiation 6. Le shrīf et la possédée Anti-mythe, contre-rituel et pouvoir 7. Le shaykh et le roi Mystique et politique Conclusion Bibliographie Index

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Book SynopsisIn Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia, Ines Aščerić-Todd explores the involvement of Sufi orders in the formation of Muslim society in the first two centuries of Ottoman rule in Bosnia (15th - 16th centuries C.E.). Using a wide range of primary sources, Aščerić-Todd shows that Sufi traditions and the activities of dervish orders were at the heart of the religious, cultural, socio-economic and political dynamics in Bosnia in the period which witnessed the emergence of Bosnian Muslim society and the most intensive phase of conversions of the Bosnian population to Islam. In the process, she also challenges some of the established views regarding Ottoman guilds and the subject of futuwwa (Sufi code of honour).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations A Note on Names and Transliteration Introduction Aims and Scope Islam in Bosnia – History, Historiography and Political Dimensions Bosnian Muslim Society and Dervish Orders – Parameters, Sources and Methodology A Note on ‘Syncretism’ and ‘Heterodoxy’ PART I – Conquest, Settlement and Town-Formation in Ottoman Bosnia: the Sufi Contribution to the Early Stages of the Development of Bosnian Muslim Society Chapter 1: Dervishes and the Ottoman Conquest of Bosnia Chapter 2: The Earliest Tekkes in Bosnia Chapter 3: Dervishes as Founders of Bosnian Towns PART II – Urban Realities of Ottoman Bosnia: Trade-Guilds, Tekkes and Dervish Traditions at the Heart of City Life Chapter 4: Akhis, Dervish Orders and the Religious Character of Bosnian Guilds Chapter 5: Futuwwa Documents – Fütüvvetnames, Şecerenames and Pirnames Chapter 6: Guild Punishments, Ceremonies and Festivities Chapter 7: The Akhi-Baba Chapter 8: The Guilds and the State Chapter 9: The Guilds and the Islamisation Process PART III – Political Roles of Bosnian Dervishes: the Hamzevis – a Dervish Order or a Socio-Political Movement? Chapter 10: The Heyday and End of the Hamzevi Movement Chapter 11: The Foundations of the Hamzevi Order – Hamza-Dede’s Tekke and Islamisation in the Tuzla Region Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLiving Knowledge in West African Islam examines the actualization of religious identity in the community of Ibrāhīm Niasse (d.1975, Senegal). With millions of followers throughout Africa and the world, the community arguably represents one of the twentieth century’s most successful Islamic revivals. Niasse’s followers, members of the Tijāniyya Sufi order, gave particular attention to the widespread transmission of the experiential knowledge (maʿrifa) of God. They also worked to articulate a global Islamic identity in the crucible of African decolonization. The central argument of this book is that West African Sufism is legible only with an appreciation of centuries of Islamic knowledge specialization in the region. Sufi masters and disciples reenacted and deepened preexisting teacher-student relationships surrounding the learning of core Islamic disciplines, such as the Qurʾān and jurisprudence. Learning Islam meant the transformative inscription of sacred knowledge in the student’s very being, a disposition acquired in the master’s exemplary physical presence. Sufism did not undermine traditional Islamic orthodoxy: the continued transmission of Sufi knowledge has in fact preserved and revived traditional Islamic learning in West Africa.Trade Review'Wright’s close reading of those sources is a particular strength. As an excellent arabist, he offers a fascinating and deep analysis of the doctrines and views of Ibrahim Niasse by looking at his collections of poems, theological treaties, and letters to disciples. Especially Niasse’s poetry is a useful source for the study of this Tijani community as acknowledged by many, however nobody before Wright has undertaken such a deep and systematic reading of Niasse’s poetry'. Ousmane Kane, Harvard University, in Islamic Africa8 (2017), pp. 229-231Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface List of Illustrations Glossary Note on Orthography Introduction Theoretical Considerations Macrohistory Habitus Embodiment and Subjectivity Literature Review Narrative Structure of the Book Chapter 1: Clerical Communities in West African History Enduring Learning Practices Islamic Jurisprudence of the Mālikī School Qurʾān Learning Esoteric Sciences Sufism Muslim Scholars in West African Social History The Jihad of Ma Ba Diakhou The Social Appeal of the New Marabout Communities Chapter 2: A New Senegambian Clerical Community The Niasse: Social and Intellectual Background Ibrāhīm Niasse and the ‟Community of the Flood” Chapter 3: Honored Disciples: The Cissé of the Saloum ʿAbdallāh Niasse and the Cissé of Diossong ʿAlī Cissé and Paradigmatic Discipleship Chapter 4: Knowing God On Spiritual Training Being Filled with God The Prophet Muḥammad, Mirror of God Aḥmad al-Tijānī and Divine Cognizance Chapter 5: Understanding Sufi Discipleship Assuring the Aspirants Conduct of the Disciple Qualities of the Spiritual Guide Disciple Perspectives Chapter 6: The Adaptation of Traditional Learning Practices Maintaining the Sanad Tradition Adopting the Madrasa Maintaining the Learning Circles Strategies of Structural Adaptation Chapter 7: Cognizance and the Revival of the Islamic Sciences Qurʾān Learning and Knowing God Sufism and Mālikī Jurisprudence in Medina-Baye The Esoteric Sciences and Shaykh-Disciple Relations Divine Cognizance and the Sufi Orders in West Africa Chapter 8: Islam and African Decolonization: Community Solidarities and Distinctions Islam and African Liberation Islam and the Postcolonial Nation-State Pan-Africanism A Vision of Global Islamic Solidarity Conclusion Bibliography and Sources Index

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Book SynopsisDas vorliegende Buch widmet sich den Lebensumständen und der Berufsethik der arabischen Ärzte des Mittelalters. Auf der Grundlage zahlreicher biographischer, protreptischer, deontologischer und isagogischer Schriften untersucht Bürgel verschiedenste Aspekte der medizinischen Ausbildung, der Berufsausübung und der Rolle von Ärzten in der islamischen Gesellschaft. The present book investigates conditions of life and professional ethics of the Arab physicians in the Middle Ages. Based on a multitude of biographical, protreptic, deontological, and isagogic texts, Bürgel analyzes diverse aspects of medical education, professional conduct, and the role of doctors in Islamicate societies.Table of ContentsInhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort Inhaltsverzeichnis Einleitung Quellenübersicht Teil I. Orts- und Grenzbestimmungen der Medizi 1. Die Definition der Medizin (ḥadd aṭ-ṭibb) 2. Die Einteilung der Medizin (taqsīm/aqsām aṭ-ṭibb) Die „natürlichen“ und die „notwendigen“ Dinge 3. Die Legitimität der Medizin (ṣiḥḥat aṭ-ṭibb) Das tawakkul-Problem Die rationale Rechtfertigung der Heilkunst, namentlich bei Ibn Hindū Die religiöse Rechtfertigung der Heilkunst Rechtfertigung der Medizin aus dem Hadith Die Rechtfertigung der Medizin aus dem Koran 4. Der Adel der Medizin (šaraf aṭ-ṭibb) Ar-Ruhāwīs Kapitel über den „Adel der Heilkunst“ Ibn Hindūs Kapitel über den „Adel der Heilkunst“ 5. Die medizinischen Schulen (firaq aṭ-ṭibb) Ibn Hindūs Kapitel über die medizinischen Schulen 6. Die Erkenntnismittel der Medizin Bei Ibn Hindū Bei Ibn abī Uṣaibiʿa Bei ar-Ruhāwī Zusammenfassung 7. Das Ideal der „Symmetrie“ (iʿtidāl) Teil II. Die Ausbildung der Ärzte 1. Eignung und Berufswahl 2. Allgemeine Umrisse des Medizinstudiums Qirāʾa und ḫidma – „Lektüre“ und „Dienst“ Zur Rolle des Lehrers Zur Frage der medizinischen Lehrstätten 3. Der Unterricht im maǧlis 4. Der Unterricht am Hospital (bīmāristān) 5. Die praktische Lehrzeit (ḫidma) 6. Der Lehrstoff I: Die propädeutischen Fächer Die Logik 96 – Sonstige Fächer: bei Ṣāʿid Sonstige Fächer: bei Ibn Hindū Sonstige Fächer: bei Ibn Riḍwān und ar-Ruhāwī 7. Der Lehrstoff II: Der Alexandrinische Kanon Gründe für die Entstehung des Kanons laut arabischer Überlieferung Die angeblichen Autoren des Kanons Die Schriften des Kanons Vorzüge und Mängel des Kanons in der Sicht arabischer Ärzte 8. Allgemeine Bildungsbestrebungen 9. Die Spezialisierung 10. Die Prüfung der Ärzte (miḥnat/imtiḥān al-aṭibbāʾ) Ar-Ruhāwīs Prüfungskapitel ar-Rāzīs Prüfungsschrift Ṣāʿids Prüfungskapitel Ibn Buṭlāns „Gastmahl der Ärzte“ as-Sulamīs Prüfungsfragen Die Prüfung der Ärzte in den Ḥisba-Büchern Konkrete Prüfungsfälle: Einzelprüfungen Gruppenprüfungen Zusammenfassung Teil III. Die praktische Berufsausübung des Arztes A Erscheinungsformen des Arztes 1. Lebensführung und Berufsethik Allgemeine Vorstellungen über die rechte Lebensführung des Arztes Äußere Erscheinung, Körperpflege und Kleidung Standesbedingtes Verhalten Der deontologische Aspekt Die Rolle des hippokratischen Eides Über den „Eid“ hinausgehende arztethische Forderungen Ausmaß und Grenzen ärztlicher Barmherzigkeit im Hinblick auf die Art und den Status der Krankheit Ausmaß und Grenzen ärztlicher Barmherzigkeit im Hinblick auf den sozialen Status des Kranken Ausmaß und Grenzen ärztlicher Barmherzigkeit im Hinblick auf die Konfession des Kranken Schlussbemerkung 2. Der Erfolgsarzt Spürsinn (ḥads) und Prognose (taqdimat al-maʿrifa) Der Topos vom Puls der Liebeskranken Der Topos von der Erweckung Scheintoter Die Rolle der Suggestionskraft 3. Der Scharlatan Der Scharlatan bei ar-Ruhāwī Der Scharlatan bei ar-Rāzī Scheinoperationen Zusammenfassung 4. Der Arzt als Hüter der Gesundheit Der Begriff der ḥimya Der Weingenuss und das Hören von Musik Der Geschlechtsgenuss 5. Der Arzt als Heilender I.: Der Arzt im Sprechzimmer, im Krankenzimmer und im Hospital 6. Der Arzt als Heilender II.: Psychotherapeutica Die Lehren über den psychosomatischen Zusammenhang und die daraus resultierende Zuständigkeit des Arztes für seelische Leiden Das suggestive und autosuggestive Moment im Heilungsprozess Schocktherapie Psychopharmaka Zusammenfassung B Zur Stellung des Arztes in der Gesellschaft: Der Arzt und seine Partner 1. Arzt und Laie Die Unwissenheit der Laien als Bedingung ärztlicher Existenz Die Unwissenheit der Laien als Gefährdung ärztlicher Existenz 2. Arzt und Herrscher Bewertung des Hofdienstes seitens der Ärzte Karrieren berühmter Hofärzte Hofkarrieren ehemals unbekannter Ärzte Die üblichen Obliegenheiten des Hofarztes Betrauung mit Hofämtern Ehrungen und Privilegien Arroganz und Koketterie Strafen und Willkürakte 3. Der Arzt und sein Kollege 4. Arzt und Apotheker 5. Verantwortlichkeit und Straffälligkeit Teil IV. Koordinaten und Perspektiven 1. Das griechische Erbe Die orientalistische Diskussion über die Rezeption der Antike im Islam Bemerkungen zur Rezeption der vorgalenischen Antike bei Ibn abī Uṣaibiʿa Das Bild Galens bei Ibn abī Uṣaibiʿas „Orientalisches“ und „Griechisches“ in der Galen-Rezeption bei anderen arabischen Autoren Rezeption und Assimilation 2. Die Islamisierung der Medizin Die Bedeutung der Prophetenmedizin Ärztliche Kritik an der Prophetenmedizin Die Islamisierung des „ärztlichen Lebens“ Die Stellung der jüdischen und christlichen Ärzte Zusammenfassung 3. Der Niedergang der arabischen wissenschaftlichen Medizin Das Verfalls-Klischee Symptome und Ursachen des Verfalls der Heilkunst nach Ansicht arabischer Ärzte Ibn Ǧumaiʿs Kapitel über die Ursachen des Verfalls der Heilkunst Schlusswort English Summaries Abkürzungsverzeichnis Literaturverzeichnis I. Liste der in Beirut, Istanbul und Bursa eingesehenen medizinischen arabischen Handschriften II. Sonstige arabische Quellen III. Griechische Quellen IV. Sekundärliteratur Indices Personen- und Ortsnamen Buchtitel Sachindex Koranstellen

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Book SynopsisIn Power Brokers in Ottoman Egypt, Side Emre documents the biography of Ibrahim-i Gulshani and the history of the Khalwati-Gulshani order of dervishes (c. 1440-1600). Set mainly in Mamluk-Egypt, and in the century following the region’s conquest by the Ottomans, this book analyzes sociopolitical dialogues at the geographic peripheries of an empire through the actions of and official responses to the Gulshaniyya network. Emre argues that the members of this Sufi order exerted social and political leverage and contributed significantly to the political culture of the empire and Egypt. The Gulshanis are uncovered as unexpected figures among the roster of influential players, in contrast with empire-centered historiographies that depict Ottoman ruling and learned elites as the primary shapers and narrators of the fates of conquered provinces and peoples. The Gulshanis’ political and cultural legacy is situated within an analysis of perceptions of Sufism in the early modern Ottoman world.Trade ReviewHonorable Mention award in the 2018 OTSA Köprülü book prize competition “Side Emre’s deeply researched and carefully argued study of one important figure, Ibrāhīm-i Gulshanī (c. 1442–1534), examines the political role of Sufism in the period of transition, and even up to the beginning of the seventeenth century.” Adam Sabra in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, published online 23 Februari 2018. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X18000368Table of ContentsNotes on Transliteration and Dating Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Gülşenī’s Biography in the Hagiographical Imagination (ca. 846–916/1442–1510) Chapter 2: Arrival in a Safe Haven: Gülşenī’s Early Years in Mamluk Egypt (913 or 916–923/1507 or 1510–17) Chapter 3: Gülşenī’s Relationships with the Last Two Mamluk Rulers Chapter 4: After the Ottoman Conquest: A New Life Begins (923–31/1517–25) Chapter 5 :The Establishment of the Gülşeniye Lodge Complex (925–31/1519–25) Chapter 6 :Heresy, Religious Innovation, and Law in Egypt (928–31/1522–25) Chapter 7: Who is an Ideal Sufi? A Reconsideration of the “Heretical” Gülşenīs in the Context of the “Ottoman Way” Chapter 8 :Later Egypt Years (930–31/1524–25) and the conflict between Gülşenī and Aḥmed Pasha Chapter 9: Gülşenī’s Final Years and the Gülşeniye legacy (931–1019/1525–1610) Chapter 10: Gülşenī’s Heirs and the Founder’s Legacy in the Eleventh/Seventeenth Century Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate, Giovanni Maria Martini investigates the personality of a major figure in the socio-political and cultural landscape of Mongol Iran. In pursuing this objective, the author follows parallel paths: Chapter 1 provides the most updated reconstruction of Simnānī’s (d. 736/1336) biography, which, thanks to its unique features, emerges as a cross-section of Iranian society and as a microhistory of the complex relationships between a Sufi master, Persian elites and Mongol rulers during the Ilkhanid period; Chapter 2 contains a study on the phenomenon of Arabic-Persian diglossia in Simnānī’s written work, arguing for its socio-religious function; in Chapters 3 to 6 the critical editions of two important, interrelated treatises by Simnānī are presented; finally, Chapter 7 offers the first full-length annotated translation of a long work by Simnānī ever to appear in a Western language.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction  Simnānī and the Kubrawiyya  The Criticism of Ibn ʿArabī  The Current State of Research  Organization and Objectives of this Book 1 Simnānī’s Biography: A Window into Iranian Society under the Ilkhanids  Background  Youth  Metanoia  The Return to Simnān  The Meeting with Šaraf al-Dīn al-Ḥanawayh  The Departure to Baghdad and Imprisonment at the Court of Arġūn  Back to Simnān. The Trips to Iraq and the Ḥiǧāz  Ṣūfīābād Ḫudādād: Simnānī’s Own Dār al-Hiǧra in the Heart of the Ilkhanate  Mastery, Advanced Years and Death 2 The Relationship between al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid and the Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-muʿtaqid   Introductory Remarks   Background   Section One: Descriptive Analysis of the Differences between al-Wārid and the Zayn   Section Two: The Dynamics of Translation: Audiences, Authorship and Divine Inspiration in the Composition of al-Wārid and the Zayn   Section Three: Observations on the Structure of Some of Simnānī’s Most Relevant Works   Section Four: Observations on the Persian Translation of the ʿUrwa li-ahl al-ḫalwa wa al-ǧalwa 3 The Method Used in the Preparation of the Critical Edition of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid  Foreword   Description of the Manuscripts   Analysis of the Evidence Useful for the Reconstruction of the Stemma Codicum and Related Hypotheses   Stemma Codicum 4 Established Text of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid 5 The Method Used in the Preparation of the Critical Edition of the Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-muʿtaqid  Foreword   A Note on Transcription   Description of the Manuscripts   Analysis of the Evidence Useful for the Reconstruction of the Stemma Codicum and Related Hypotheses   Stemma Codicum 6 Established Text of the Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-muʿtaqid 7 The Inspiration Refuting the Rebel’s Sophistry (Translation of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid)   A Note on the Translation   The Inspiration Refuting The Rebel’s Sophistry Appendix:Supplement to the Catalogue of Simnānī’s Written Works Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSufism in Central Asia: New Perspectives on Sufi Traditions, 15th-21st Centuries brings together ten original studies on historical aspects of Sufism in this region. A central question, of ongoing significance, underlies each contribution: what is the relationship between Sufism as it was manifested in this region prior to the Russian conquest and the Soviet era, on the one hand, and the features of Islamic religious life in the region during the Tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet eras on the other? The authors address multiple aspects of Central Asian religious life rooted in Sufism, examining interpretative strategies, realignments in Sufi communities and sources from the Russian to the post-Soviet period, and social, political and economic perspectives on Sufi communities. Contributors include: Shahzad Bashir, Devin DeWeese, Allen Frank, Jo-Ann Gross, Kawahara Yayoi, Robert McChesney, Ashirbek Muminov, Maria Subtelny, Eren Tasar, and Waleed Ziad.Trade Review"The volume is systematic and cross-referential, and therefore fully deserves its place in Brill’s ‘Handbook of Oriental Studies’ series. Each chapter offers extensive bibliographies that also include the newest titles on regions not directly covered here, as for instance Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang). The volume’s methodological agenda – prioritizing source studies across conventional borders for accentuating the importance of Sufi sources for social history – easily links up with studies on Sufism elsewhere in the world." - Michael Kemper, University of Amsterdam, in: Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 30/2 (2019)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Figures and Maps Contributors Note on Transcription and Style Maps Introduction  Devin DeWeese and Jo-Ann Gross 1 Re-Envisioning the History of Sufi Communities in Central Asia: Continuity and Adaptation in Sources and Social Frameworks, 16th–20th Centuries  Devin DeWeese 2 Naqshband’s Lives: Sufi Hagiography between Manuscripts and Genre  Devin DeWeese 3 The Works of Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī as a Source for the Study of Sufism in Late 15th- and Early 16th-Century Central Asia  Maria E. Subtelny 4 Ḥażrat Jīo Ṣāḥib: How Durrānī Peshawar Helped Revive Bukhara’s Sanctity  Waleed Ziad 5 Valī Khān Tūra: A Makhdūmzāda Leader in Marghīnān during the Collapse of the Khanate of Khoqand  Kawahara Yayoi 6 Reliquary Sufism: Sacred Fiber in Afghanistan  R. D. McChesney 7 Sufism in the Face of Twentieth-Century Reformist Critiques: Three Responses from Sufi Imāms in the Volga-Ural Region  Allen J. Frank 8 Sufism on the Soviet Stage: Holy People and Places in Central Asia’s Socio-Political Landscape after World War II  Eren Tasar 9 Sufi Groups in Contemporary Kazakhstan: Competition and Connections with Kazakh Islamic Society  Ashirbek Muminov 10 The Biographical Tradition of Muḥammad Bashārā: Sanctification and Legitimation in Tajikistan  Jo-Ann Gross Index 333

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Book SynopsisIn Tafsir as Mystical Experience, Todd Lawson shows how the Quran may be engaged with for meaning and understanding, the usual goal of mystical exegesis, and also how it may be engaged with through tafsīr in a quest for spiritual or mystical experience. In this earliest of the Báb’s extended works, written before his public claim to be the return of the hidden Imam, the act of reading is shown to be something akin to holy communion in which the sacred text is both entrance upon and destination of the mystic quest. The Quran here is a door to an “abode of glory” and an abiding spiritual encounter with the divine through the prophet, his daughter Fāṭima and the twelve Imams of Ithna-ʿasharī Shiʿism who inhabit the letters, words, verses and suras of the Book. Cover calligraphy by Burhan Zahrai of Quran 53:11Table of ContentsIntroduction: Entering the House of Glory Chapter One: Walāya: Luminous Love and Intimacy Chapter Two: Tetrads: Architecture of Illumined Intimacy, I Chapter Three: Heptads: Architecture of Illumined Intimacy, II Chapter Four: Tajallī: Divine Glory Manifested Chapter Five: Qāʾim: Glory Embodied Epilogue: A Mysticism of the Covenant Acknowledgements Abbreviations Manuscripts Bibliography of Printed Works Index

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Book SynopsisFor generations, Central Asian Muslims have told legends of medieval rulers who waged war, died in battle, and achieved sainthood. Among the Uyghurs of East Turkistan (present-day Xinjiang, China), some of the most beloved legends tell of the warrior-saint Satuq Bughra Khan and his descendants, the rulers of the Qarakhanid dynasty. To this day, these tales are recited at the saints' shrines and retold on any occasion. Warrior Saints of the Silk Road introduces this rich literary tradition, presenting the first complete English translation of the Qarakhanid narrative cycle along with an accessible commentary. At once mesmerizing, moving, and disturbing, these legends are essential texts in Central Asia's religious heritage as well as fine, enduring works of mystical literature.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction 1 Introduction 2 The Setting 3 Notes on the Manuscript, the Transcription, and the Translation Translation 4 The Translation 5 The Narrative and Its Meanings Bibliography The Manuscript: Transcription The Manuscript: Facsimile

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Book SynopsisJāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān Jāmī’s Works in the Islamicate World is the first attempt to present in a comprehensive manner how ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), a most influential figure in the Persian-speaking world, reshaped the canons of Islamic mysticism, literature and poetry and how, in turn, this new canon prompted the formation of regional traditions. As a result, a renewed geography of intellectual practices emerges as well as questions surrounding authorship and authority in the making of vernacular cultures. Specialists of Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Georgian, Malay, Pashto, Sanskrit, Urdu, Turkish, and Bengali thus provide a unique connected account of the conception and reception of Jāmī’s works throughout the Eurasian continent and maritime Southeast Asia.Trade Review"Man muss die Herausgeber bewundern ob ihrer editorischen […] Das vorliegende Buch zeigt, dass eine solche Kreativität weiter bestanden hat. Das war auch und vor allem an deren Rändern weiter der Fall. Dass darauf hingewiesen wird, ist einer der Vorzüge dieses Buches. Der andere ist, dass hier einem Universalgelehrten islamischer Kultur ein Denkmal gesetzt worden ist, das anderen Forschern Anlass zu weiteren Bemühungen um die Werke dieses bedeutenden Mannes geben wird.“ Peter Heine in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 115/4–5 (2020)Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Thibaut d’Hubert and Alexandre Papas Part 1: The Routes of Books 1 A Case of Literary Success The Spread of Jāmī’s Poetical Works throughout the Near East  Francis Richard 2 Approaching Jāmī through Visual Culture The Popularization of Yūsuf-Zulaykhā in Persianate Societies  Sunil Sharma 3 Jāmī and the Ottomans  Hamid Algar 4 Scholar, Saint, and Poet Jāmī in the Indo-Muslim World  Muzaffar Alam 5 The Arab Reception of Jāmī in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries al-Fawāʾid al-ḍiyāʾiyya and al-Durra al-fākhira  Florian Schwarz 6 Nūr al-dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī in Sufi Writings in Malay  Mohamad Nasrin Nasir Part 2: Translating Islam and Sufism 7 Before the Safavid-Ottoman Conflict Jāmī and Sectarianism in Timurid Iran and Iraq  Sajjad H. Rizvi 8 Trading Pearls for Beads Jāmī’s Qaṣīdas in Praise of Sulṭān Yaʿqūb and their Significance to Āq Quyūnlū History  Chad Lingwood 9 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī and the Ottoman Linguistic Tradition Philosophy of Language and ʿIlm al-Waḍʿ  Ertuğrul Ökten 10 Jāmī’s Statement on the Authorship of the Anīs al-ṭālibīn  Alexey Khismatulin 11 Jāmī’s Sharḥ-i rubāʿiyyāt dar vaḥdat-i vujūd Merging Akbarian Doctrine, Naqshbandī Practice, and Persian Mystical Quatrain  Eve Feuillebois 12 The Recreation of Jāmī’s Lavāʾiḥ by Ḥamza Fanṣūrī  Paul Wormser 13 Individual Sanctity and Islamization in the Ṭabaqāt Books of Jāmī, Navāʾī, Lāmiʿī, and Some Others  Alexandre Papas 14 Jāmī and his Texts in China Proper  Yiming Shen Part 3: Beyond the Seal of the Poets 15 To Round and Rondeau the Canon Jāmī and Fānī’s Reception of the Persian Lyrical Tradition  Franklin Lewis 16 “Utterly Fluent, but Seldom Fresh” Jāmī’s Reception among the Safavids  Paul Losensky 17 Evaluating Jāmī’s Influence on Navā’ī The Case Studies of the Khiradnāma-yi iskandarī and the Sadd-i iskandarī  Marc Toutant 18 Foundational Maḥabbat-nāmas Jāmī’s Yūsuf u Zulaykhā in Bengal (ca. 16th–19th AD)  Thibaut d’Hubert 19 Love’s New Pavilions Śāhā Mohāmmad Chagīr’s Retelling of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā in Early Modern Bengal  Ayesha Irani 20 Śrīvara’s Kathākautuka Cosmology, Translation, and the Life of a Text in Sultanate Kashmir  Luther Obrock 21 A Bounty of Gems Yūsuf u Zulaykhā in Pashto  Ryan Perkins 22 Sweetening the Heavy Georgian Tongue Jāmī in the Georgian-Persianate Ecumene  Rebecca Gould Index of Names and Places Index of Works

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Book SynopsisDie Geheimnisse der oberen und der unteren Welt (The Secrets of the Upper and the Lower World) is a substantial new collection of essays on magic in Islamic cultural history. Both comprehensive and innovative in its approach, this book offers fresh insights into an important yet still understudied area of Islamic intellectual history. The seventeen chapters deal with key aspects of Islamic magic, including its historical developments, geographical variants, and modern-day practices. The general introduction identifies and problematizes numerous sub-topics and key practitioners/theoreticians in the Arabo-Islamic context. This, along with terminological and bibliographical appendices, makes the volume an unparalleled reference work for both specialists and a broader readership. Contributors: Ursula Bsees, Johann Christoph Bürgel, Susanne Enderwitz, Hans Daiber; Sebastian Günther, Mahmoud Haggag, Maher Jarrar, Anke Joisten-Pruschke, Fabian Käs, Ulrich Marzolph, Christian Mauder, Tobias Nünlist, Khanna Omarkhali, Eva Orthmann, Bernd-Christian Otto, Dorothee Pielow, Lutz Richter-Bernburg, Johanna Schott & Johannes Thomann.Trade Review".. the most comprehensive overview of this topic in existence..." - George Archer, in: Reading Religion, August 22, 2017 "The very act of bringing together such a large number of specialists in different areas of Islamic studies is an accomplishment in itself, and it is a timely one... Roads to Paradise maps out a beginning of modern academic research into Muslim eschatology." - Sajjad Rizvi, in: Al-Abhath 64 (2016)Table of ContentsZum Geleit  Johann Christoph Bürgel Danksagung Abkürzungsverzeichnis häufig verwendeter Referenzwerke und Zeitschriften Abbildungsverzeichnis Die Autoren Zur Transkription Zur Einführung 1 Magie im Islam Gegenstand, Geschichte und Diskurs  Sebastian Günther und Dorothee Pielow  1 Forschungsstand zur Magie im Islam  2 Magietheorien im europäischen Forschungsdiskurs  3 Begriffe und Begrifflichkeit der Magie  4 Die Magie im Verständnis muslimischer Gelehrter  5 Forschungsfragen und Themen der Beiträge Abschnitt I Magie im Kanon der Wissenschaften: Begrifflichkeit und Bedeutung 2 Al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Ǧabbār über Magie  Maher Jarrar  1 Magie und Religion  2 Anhang 3 Magie im theologisch-rechtlichen Diskurs der arabisch-islamischen Gelehrsamkeit  Mahmoud Haggag  1 Der Magiebegriff und seine Deutung im Spiegel verschiedener literarischer Genres  2 Magie im zeitgenössischen theologisch-rechtlichen Diskurs  3 Fazit 4 Magie und Kausalität im Islam  Hans Daiber  1 Zwei jemenitische Texte zur Beschwörung des Diebes  2 Die magische Wirkung von „Knoten“ und „Blasen“ – griechische Parallelen  3 Magie und neuplatonische „Sympathie“  4 Eine Philosophie der Magie – Kindī, De radiis  5 Anhang: Drei weitere jemenitische Texte zur Beschwörung des Diebes 5 Magie zwischen galenischer und prophetischer Medizin  Lutz Richter-Bernburg  1 Ibn Hindū (gest. 420/1029)  2 Ibn Ḫaldūn (gest. 808/1406)  3 Ibn Qayyim al-Ǧauziyya (gest. 751/1350)  4 Fazit Abschnitt II Traditionslinien arabisch-magischer Dokumente 6 Dokumentarische Materialien zur Magie aus der Frühzeit des Islams Forschungsfragen und Forschungsansätze  Ursula Bsees  1 Der Forschungsstand zu dokumentarischen Quellen der arabisch-islamischen Magie  2 Mögliche Fragen im Umkreis der Texte  3 Magie in der Praxis: P.Vind.inv. A.P. 10002 7 Arabische magische Dokumente Typen, visuelle Gestaltung und Traditionslinien  Johannes Thomann  1 Informationsmittel  2 Amulette aus Koranpassagen  3 Brillenbuchstaben  4 Zeichnungen von Lebewesen  5 Spiralschrift  6 Magische Quadrate  7 Blockdrucke  8 Horoskopdiagramme  9 Geomantische Figuren Abschnitt III Amulette, Astrologie und magische Formeln 8 Entzauberte Amulettrollen Hinweise zu einer typologischen Gliederung  Tobias Nünlist  1 Der arabische Typ  2 Der persische Typ  3 Der türkisch-osmanische Typ  4 Schlussbemerkungen 9 Astrologische Voraussagen über den Jagderfolg Der Katarchen-Abschnitt des K. al-Qānūn al-wāḍiḥ von Ibn Quštimur  Fabian Käs  1 Zum Autor  2 Zum Werk  3 Zur Handschrift  4 Text und Übersetzung  5 Bezug zur Falknereiliteratur  6 Bezug zur Katarchenliteratur 10 Nur hinter verschlossenen Türen? Das Amt des muḥtasib und die Öffentlichkeit von Astrologie, Wahrsagerei, Zauberei und Amulettgebrauch  Christian Mauder  1 Das Amt des muḥtasib: Geschichte, Funktion und öffentlicher Charakter  2 Wahrsagerei, Astrologie, Zauberei und Amulettgebrauch in der Literatur über den muḥtasib  3 Astrologie und verwandte Praktiken in der theoretischen ḥisba-Literatur  4 Astrologie und verwandte Praktiken in Einstellungsurkunden für muḥtasibs  5 Wahrsagerei, Zauberei, Astrologie und Amulettgebrauch in ḥisba-Handbüchern  6 Fazit Abschnitt IV Buchstaben, Gottesnamen und die Magie der Mystik 11 „Ach, wie gut, dass niemand weiß …“ Die Bedeutung des geheimen Namens in der islamischen Magie  Dorothee Pielow  1 Die metaphysische Bedeutung des Namens  2 ʿIlm as-sīmiyāʾ und die Bedeutung der Gottesnamen  3 Zusammenfassung und Ausblick 12 Die Beschwörung von Geistern und Planeten Al-Ǧawāhir al-ḫams von Muḥammad Ġauṯ Gwāliyārī  Eva Orthmann  1 Die Šaṭṭāriyya  2 Muḥammad Ġauṯ Gwāliyārī und Šaiḫ Phūl  3 Al-Ǧawāhir al-ḫams  4 Daʿwat al-asmāʾ al-ʿiẓām  5 Grundlagen  6 Äußere Rahmenbedingungen  7 Rezitationsweisen  8 Die Anrufungen  9 Die Eigenschaften der Namen  10 Planetenbeschwörung  11 Planeten- und Namensbeschwörungen in anderen Quellen  12 Fazit Abschnitt V Magie in der arabisch-islamischen Literatur 13 Magie in den Erzählungen aus Tausendundeine Nacht  Ulrich Marzolph  1 Antoine Galland und 1001 Nacht  2 Dimensionen des Magischen in 1001 Nacht  3 Magie in den populärsten Texten aus 1001 Nacht  4 Magie in den späteren Fassungen  5 Erzähltechnische Aspekte  6 Fazit 14 Magie in der arabischen Literatur und ein verliebter Dschinn aus Dschidda  Susanne Enderwitz  1 Magie und Mystik  2 Magie und Literatur  3 Magie und Science Fiction  4 Schluss: Der Phantasie das Wort Abschnitt VI Islamische Magie im Kontext von Synkretismus und Projektion 15 Kurdische Magie Jesidische magische Schalen  Khanna Omarkhali und Anke Joisten-Pruschke  1 Zur „Vorgeschichte“ der Zauberschalen  2 Magische Schalen bei den Jesiden  3 Fazit 16 Ökonomie der Angst Nordafrikanische und westafrikanische Magie im Vergleich  Johanna Schott  1 Definitionen  2 Theoretischer Hintergrund  3 Magie in Nordafrika  4 Magie in Westafrika  5 Nordafrikanische und westafrikanische Magie im Vergleich  6 Fazit Schlussbetrachtung 17 Magie im Islam Eine diskursgeschichtliche Perspektive  Bernd-Christian Otto Bibliographischer Appendix: Magie in arabischen Quellen und in der Forschungsliteratur  Sebastian Günther und Dorothee Pielow Terminologischer Appendix: Häufig in Texten zur Magie verwendete Begriffe: Arabisch-Deutsch  Sebastian Günther und Dorothee Pielow Indices Personenregister Geographische Bezeichnungen Bücher Heilige Schriften Hadith Sachregister

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Book SynopsisThis volume discusses the origin and structure of the universe in mystical Islam (Sufism) with special reference to parallel realms of existence and their interaction. Contributors address Sufi ideas about the fate of human beings in this and future life under three rubrics: (1) cosmogony and eschatology (“where do we come from?” and “where do we go?”); (2) conceptualizations of the world of the here-and-now (“where are we now?”); and (3) visualizations of realms of existence, their hierarchy and mutual relationships (“where are we in relation to other times and places?”). Contributors are Christian Lange, Alexander Knysh, Noah Gardiner, Stephen Hirtenstein, Saeko Yazaki, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Leah Kinberg, Sara Sviri, Munjed M. Murad, Simon O’Meara, Pierre Lory, Mathieu Terrier, Michael Ebstein, Binyamin Abrahamov and Frederick Colby.Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: What Is Sufi Cosmology?  Christian Lange and Alexander Knysh Part 1: Sufi Cosmogony and Eschatology 1 Cosmo-Eschatology in Sufi Thought and Practice  Noah Gardiner 2 Cosmogonic Myths in Sufism  Stephen Hirtenstein 3 Classes of Beings in Sufism  Saeko Yazaki 4 Sufi Views on Time and History  Jean-Jacques Thibon 5 Sufi Views of Life in the Grave  Leah Kinberg 6 Paradise in Sufi Thought  Christian Lange 7 Hell in Sufi Thought  Christian Lange Part 2: Sufi Views of the World 8 Zuhd in Islamic Mysticism  Sara Sviri 9 Sufi Views of Nature  Munjed M. Murad 10 Mecca and Other Cosmological Centres in the Sufi Universe  Simon O’Meara 11 Macrocosm and Microcosm in Sufi Thought  Pierre Lory 12 The Cosmo-Eschatology of Saints and Mahdīs  Noah Gardiner Part 3: Levels of Being in Sufi Thought 13 Sufi Hierarchies of the Worlds or Levels of Existence: Mulk, Malakūt, Jabarūt, and Related Concepts  Mathieu Terrier 14 Emanation (Fayḍ) in Classical Islamic Mysticism  Michael Ebstein 15 Levels of Being in Sufi Thought  Richard Todd 16 Imagination in Islamic Mystical Philosophy: The Eschatological and Ontological Case  Binyamin Abrahamov 17 Otherworldly Journeys in Pre-Modern Sufism  Frederick Colby Index

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Book SynopsisSufism in Western Contexts explores both historical trajectories and multiple contemporary manifestations of Islamic mystical movements, ideas, and practices in diverse European, North and South American countries, as well as in Australia – all traditionally non-Muslim regions of the “global West”. From early French and British colonial administrators who admired Persian poetry to nineteenth-century American transcendentalists, followed by South Asian and Middle Eastern immigrant Sufi guides and their movements, expansive and many-faceted expressions of Sufism such as its role in Western esotericism, female whirling dervishes and Rumi cafes, and new articulations in cyberspace, are traced and analyzed by international experts in the field.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Sufism in Western Contexts  Marcia K. Hermansen and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh Part 1: History, Reception, and Modes of Practice 1 Analytic Essay: The Idea of Sufism in the West  Gregory A. Lipton and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh 2 Sufism and Western Esotericism  Patrick D. Bowen 3 Sufism and New Religious Movements  Olav Hammer 4 Western Sufi Institutions and Practices  Merin Shobhana Xavier 5 Cyber Sufism in the Global West  Robert Rozehnal Part 2: Sufism in Regional Contexts 6 Analytic Essay: Sufism in Western Regional Settings  Jamal Malik 7 Sufism in Britain  Ron Geaves, Ayesha Khan and Amina Khatun 8 Sufism in Latin Europe (France, Spain, Italy)  Francesco Piraino and Antonio de Diego González 9 Sufism in German-Speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, German-Speaking Switzerland)  Gritt Klinkhammer and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh 10 Sufism in the Benelux Countries (Netherlands and Belgium)  M. Amer Morgahi 11 Sufism in Scandinavia  Simon Stjernholm 12 Sufism in North America  William Rory Dickson 13 Sufism in Latin America  Mark Sedgwick 14 Sufism in Oceania (Australia and New Zealand)  Milad Milani Index

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Book SynopsisIn Sufism East and West, the contributors investigate the redirection and dynamics of Sufism in the modern era, specifically from the perspective of global cross-cultural exchange. Edited by Jamal Malik and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh, the book explores the role of mystical Islam in the complex interchange and fluidity in the resonance spaces of “East” and “West.” The volume challenges the enduring Orientalist binary coding of East-versus-West and argues instead for a more mutual process of cultural plaiting and shared tradition. By highlighting amendments, adaptations and expansions of Sufi semantics during the last centuries, it also questions the persistent perception of Sufism in its post-classical epoch as a corrupt imitation of the legacy of the great Sufis of the past.Trade Review“Examining texts and movements that transcend the dichotomy of East and West, the twelve essays collected here suggest new ways of studying Sufism as a medium of cross-cultural collusion. These rich case studies reveal how, whether through renewal or reinvention, misapprehension or métissage, Sufism has acquired a range of new meanings through the intercultural contacts of the modern era.” Nile Green, University of California, Los Angeles “This collection of essays by some of the world’s leading scholars of Sufism is one of the most important scholarly contributions to have appeared in recent years for an understanding of how Sufism has been comprehended by Muslims and non-Muslims in the modern period.... As such the book is a fitting tribute to Annemarie Schimmel. Students and researchers of Islam and Sufism will find this work indispensable.” Lloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow “This is a worthy tribute to the memory of Annemarie Schimmel. From the definition and typology of Sufism to its orientalist and modernist constructions, from early encounters in Arabia and India to today’s manifestations in East and West, it contributes new findings and fresh insights to the ever-expanding study of the mystical aspect of Islam.” Itzchak Weismann, University of Haifa “From among the mass of publications devoted to Islamic mysticism, Sufism East and West stands out brilliantly. With twelve essays authored by leading scholars, the book not only refreshes our historical vision of Sufism in modern times but also shakes up our habits of thought about its socio-religious geography.” Alexandre Papas, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris “An engaging study of Sufism’s journey to the West, this book details the complexities involved in the exchange of philosophical ideas across cultures and offers rich insights into Sufi practitioners and their critics. It is a substantial contribution to Sufi studies.” Imtiaz Ahmad, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhiTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Transliteration Notes on Contributors Introduction   Jamal Malik and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh Part 1: Construction and Reorientation of Sufism in the Modern World  1 The Dabistan and Orientalist Views of Sufism   Carl W. Ernst  2 Definitions of Sufism as a Meeting Place of Eastern and Western “Creative Imaginations”   Alexander Knysh  3 Sufi Amnesia in Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Tahdhib al-Akhlaq     Jamal Malik  4 Discussing the Sufism of the Early Modern Period: A New Historiographical Outlook on the Tariqa Muhammadiyya   Rachida Chih Part 2: Interactions between Sufism and Western Culture  5 Sufism and the Gurdjieff Movement: Multiple Itineraries of Interaction   Mark Sedgwick  6 Beyond West Meets East: Space and Simultaneity in Post-Millennial Western Sufi Autobiographical Writings   Marcia Hermansen  7 Sufism in the Modern West: a Taxonomy of Typologies and the Category of “Dynamic Integrejectionism”   Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh Part 3: Sufism and the Representation of Islam  8 Between Two or Three Worlds: Reversion to Islam, Beur Culture and Western Sufism in the Tariqa Budshishiyya   Marta Dominguez Diaz  9 Between Religiosity, Cultural Heritage and Politics: Sufi-Oriented Interests in Contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina   Catharina Raudvere  10 Transmitting and Transforming Traditions: Salman Ahmad and Sufi Rock   Ali S. Asani Afterword   Bruce B. Lawrence Index

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Book SynopsisThus Spake the Dervish explores the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years. It draws on various sources (Persian chronicles and treatises, Turkic literature, Russian and French ethnography, the author’s fieldwork) to examine five successive cases, each of which corresponds to a time period, a specific socially marginal space, and a particular use of mystical language. Including an extensive selection of writings by dervishes, this book demonstrates the diversity and tenacity of Central Asian Sufism over a long period. Here translated into a Western language for the first time, the extracts from primary texts by marginal Sufis allow a rare insight into their world. The original French edition of this book, Ainsi parlait le dervice, was published by Editions du Cerf (Paris, France). Translated by Caroline Kraabel.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction  1 A Manifesto: The Qalandarnāma, by Amīr Ḥusayn Harawī  2 In Search of the Margins 1 In the Streets of Herat  1 A Presentation of the ʿAlī Shīr Nawāʾī’s Maḥbūb al-qulūb  2 Musicians, Singers, Storytellers  3 Ruffians, Bohemians, Paupers  4 Real and False Dervishes  5 Other Sources: Names and Words 2 Outside the Madrasas of Bukhara  1 About the Ādāb al-ṭarīq, by Ḥājjī ʿAbd al-Raḥīm  2 The Head of the Dervish  3 The Trunk and the Arms  4 The Lower Body  5 From Lexis to Relics 3 In the Ruins of Aksu  1 Kharābātī, a People’s Poet  2 To Peasants, Artisans, Doctors and the Powerful  3 The Call to Renunciation  4 On the Paradox of Language 4 In the Depths of the Grottoes of Central Asia  1 Silences in Khotan  2 Whispers in Tashkent and Samarkand  3 Graffiti in Manguistaou  4 Legends in Fergana and Pamir 5 On the Road with Cantors and Itinerants  1 The maddāḥ in Uzbekistan and Xinjiang  2 Abdāl tili, the Language of Outsiders  3 Argot and Mystical Language Conclusion: Dervishes Yesterday and Today Bibliography Index of Names Index of Places

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Book SynopsisAbū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī (1145-1234) is the author of a classic work of Muslim piety, a key figure in the rise of institutional Sufism in the form of “orders” called “ṭarīqas,” and the influential eponym of one of these famous orders. This book presents studies, editions, and English translations of his shorter treatises that were originally penned in Arabic and Persian. Relying on global archival research, the book discovers materials that shed new light on his teachings and networks, as it traces the context, sources, and reception of his works. Carefully identifying the authentic works of ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī, the book presents significant new information on a key moment in the history of Muslim piety and mysticism.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations General Introduction 1 Nisbat al-Ṣuḥba: al-Suhrawardī’s Mentors in Sufism  1 Introduction: Genealogies of al-Suhrawardī  2 Companionship and the Genealogies of al-Suhrawardī  3 Notes on the Edition  4 Arabic Edition and English Translation of Nisbat al-Ṣuḥba  5 Analysis: The Immediate Masters of ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī in the Genealogy  6 Reconstruction of ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī’s Training and Travels  7 Abū al-Najīb al-Suhrawardī’s Genealogy of Companionship  8 Conclusion 2 Irshād al-Murīdīn wa Injād al-Ṭālibīn  1 Introduction  2 Irshād al-Murīdīn: What Is in a Title?  3 Reception  4 Technical Observations and Edition Information  5 Arabic Critical Edition of Irshād al-Murīdīn  6 English Translation of Irshād al-Murīdīn: Chapters on the Attire and Travel 3 Risālat al-Sayr wa-l-Ṭayr  1 Introduction: Majd al-Dīn al-Baghdādī and al-Suhrawardī  2 Reception  3 Sources  4 Notes on the Arabic Edition and the Manuscripts: Risālat al-Sayr wa-l-Ṭayr and Risāla fī-l-Sulūk  5 Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Risālat al-Sayr wa-l-Ṭayr  6 The Persian Text of Risālat al-Sayr wa-l-Ṭayr in MS Fazıl Ahmed Paşa 1589 4 Al-Lawāmiʿ al-Ghaybiyya fī-l-Rūḥ  1 Introduction  2 Debates on the Spirit in Thirteenth Century Central Asian Sufism  3 Gender, Familial and Ontological Hierarchies  4 Notes on the Manuscripts and the Edition  5 Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of al-Lawāmiʿ al-Ghaybiyya  6 Persian Text of al-Lawāmiʿ al-Ghaybiyya 5 Risāla fī-l-Ghināʾ wa-l-Faqr  1 Introduction  2 Poverty and Affluence  3 Reception  4 Notes on the Edition  5 Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Risāla fī-l-Ghināʾ wa-l-Faqr 6 Risāla dar Kār-i Murīd  1 Introduction  2 Persian Text and English Translation of Risāla dar Kār-i Murīd 7 Futūḥāt  1 Introduction  2 Transmission  3 Notes on the Manuscripts and the Edition  4 Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of the Futūḥāt 8 Ṣifat-i Khalvat va Ādāb-i Ān  1 Introduction  2 Notes on the Edition and the Manuscripts of Ṣifat-i Khalvat  3 Persian Critical Edition and English Translation of Ṣifat-i Khalvat va Ādāb-i Ān  4 Turkish Text of Ṣifat-i Khalvat va Ādāb-i Ān in MS Hacı Selim Ağa 9 Risāla ilā Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī  1 Introduction  2 Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Risāla ilā Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī 10 Sharḥ al-Faqr  1 Introduction: Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān al-Abharī and al-Suhrawardī  2 Arabic Critical Edition of Sharḥ al-Faqr 11 Risāla dar Tavba  1 Introduction  2 Persian Text and an English Translation of Risāla dar Tavba 12 Ijāza ilā Zakariyyāʾ al-Multānī  1 Introduction: Multān and the Transmission of the ʿAwārif al-Maʿārif  2 Bahāʾ al-Dīn Zakariyyāʾ al-Multānī  3 Arabic Text and an English Translation of Ijāza ilā Bahāʾ al-Dīn Zakariyyāʾ 13 Manuscript Information  1 Opera Suhrawardiana  2 Other Manuscripts Illustrations Bibliography Index of Qurʾānic Verses Index of Persons General Index

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Book SynopsisThe Horizons of Being explores the teachings of Ibn al-ʿArabī by examining Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī’s (d. 751/1350) Prolegomena to his commentary on the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, popularly known as the Muqaddimat al-Qayṣarī. A masterpiece of Sufism, the Muqaddima is both a distillation of the Fuṣūṣ and a summary of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s entire metaphysical worldview. As such, it is a foundational text that delves into the most important subjects characterizing the philosophical Sufi tradition: Being, God’s attributes, divine knowledge, the universal worlds, unveiling, creation and the microcosm, the perfect human, the origin and return of the spirit, prophethood and sainthood. The present work is a complete translation of the Muqaddima and a commentary that incorporates the ideas of the main exponents of this tradition.Trade Review"Bringing together years of immersion into the Akbarian tradition, Mukhtar Ali’s study and translation of Qayṣarī’s famous Muqaddima is erudite, poetic, and profound. It clearly demonstrates why this text has historically been seen as one of the most important expositions of the Sufi metaphysical vision of reality, and also hints at why it should be taken seriously today. The Horizons of Being is therefore nothing short of a tour de force in modern scholarship, and is essential reading for all serious mystics, theologians, and philosophers." - Mohammed Rustom, author of Inrushes of the Heart: The Mystical Theology of ʿAyn al-QuḍātTable of ContentsContents Introduction Translation and Edition of the Muqaddimat al-Qayṣarī (مقدمة القيصري) Author’s Preface مقدمة الشارح 1 On Being, and that it is the Truth في الوجود وأنه هوالحق 2 The Divine Names and Attributes في أسمائه وصفاته تعالى 3 The Permanent Archetypes and a Comment on the Manifestations of the Names في الأعيان الثابتة والتنبيه على المظاهر الأسمائية 4 Substance and Accident According to God’s folk في الجوهر والعرض على طريقة أهل اللّٰه‏ 5 The Universal Worlds and the Five Divine Presences في بيان العوالم الكلية والحضرات الخمسة الإلهيّة 6 The Imaginal World فيما يتعلق بالعالم المثالي‏ 7 The Degrees of Unveiling and its Main Types في مراتب الكشف وأنواعها إجمالا 8 The World is the Form of the Human Reality في أن العالم هوصورة الحقيقة الإنسانية 9 The Vicegerency of the Muḥammadan Reality and that it is the Ultimate Pole في بيان خلافة الحقيقة المحمدية وأنّها قطب الأقطاب‏ 10 The Supreme Spirit, its Degrees and Names in the Human World في بيان الروح الأعظم ومراتبه وأسمائه في العالم الإنساني‏ 11 The Spirit’s Return to God with its Manifestations upon the Greater Resurrection في عود الروح ومظاهره إليه تعالى عند القيامة الكبرى 12 Prophethood, Messengership and Sainthood في النبوة والرسالة والولاية Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi explores the life and teachings of ʿImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311), a little-known Ḥanbalī Sufi master from the circle of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). The first part of this book follows al-Wāsiṭī’s physical journey in search of spiritual guidance through a critical study of his autobiographical writings. This provides unique insights into the Rifāʿiyya, the Shādhiliyya, and the school of Ibn ʿArabī, several manifestations of Sufism that he encountered as he travelled from Wāsiṭ to Baghdad, Alexandria, and Cairo. Part I closes with his final destination, Damascus, where his membership of Ibn Taymiyya’s circle and his role as a Sufi teacher is closely examined. The second part focuses on al-Wāsiṭī’s spiritual journey through a study of his Sufi writings, which convey the distinct type of traditionalist Sufism that he taught in early eighth/fourteenth-century Damascus. Besides providing an overview of the spiritual path unto God from beginning to end as he formulated it, this reveals an exceptional interplay between Sufi theory and traditionalist theology.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. The Physical Journey (al-Riḥla) Introduction: al-Wāsiṭī’s Biography Chapter 1. Leaving Home, Bastion of the Spectacular Rifāʿīs Chapter 2. Scholastic Sufism of the Alexandrian Shādhiliyya Chapter 3. The Final Steps: From Heretics to the Saved Sect Part II. The Spiritual Journey (al-Sulūk) Introduction: Sulūk as Sufism Chapter 4. Traditionalist Sufism: Outlining the Foundations of the Journey Chapter 5. Progressing Towards the Beloved Through the Degrees of Witnessing Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisArticles collected in Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450-c. 1750 engage with the idea that “Sunnism” itself has a history and trace how particular Islamic genres—ranging from prayer manuals, heresiographies, creeds, hadith and fatwa collections, legal and theological treatises, and historiography to mosques and Sufi convents—developed and were reinterpreted in the Ottoman Empire between c. 1450 and c. 1750. The volume epitomizes the growing scholarly interest in historicizing Islamic discourses and practices of the post-classical era, which has heretofore been styled as a period of decline, reflecting critically on the concepts of ‘tradition’, ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘orthopraxy’ as they were conceived and debated in the context of building and maintaining the longest-lasting Muslim-ruled empire. Contributors: Helen Pfeifer; Nabil al-Tikriti; Derin Terzioğlu; Tijana Krstić; Nir Shafir; Guy Burak; Çiğdem Kafesçioğlu; Grigor Boykov; H. Evren Sünnetçioğlu; Ünver Rüstem; Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer; Vefa Erginbaş; Selim Güngörürler.Trade Review"This collection of transformative essays provides much-needed contextualization and historicization of the concept of Sunnism in early modern Ottoman culture and practice... a fascinating, broad-ranging discussion of orthodoxy and orthopraxy as multiple, interwoven discursive processes that were and are situated in myriad historical moments and widespread geographical locations. Particularly impressive is how the essays each in different ways address the notorious (or celebrated) Ottoman institutionalization of tradition, belief, ritual, and interpretation as itself a nuanced engagement with ongoing local and global discourses, thereby drastically reconfiguring existing analyses of Ottoman bureaucracy writ large. This lively collection is a welcome intervention into one of the more exciting emergent scholarly conversations today... Summing Up: Highly recommended." - R. A. Miller, in: Choice Connect, July 2021 Vol. 58 No. 11Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures Abbreviations Note on Transliteration 1 Historicizing the Study of Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450–c. 1750  Tijana Krstić Part 1 Rethinking Sunni Orthodoxy in Dialogue with the Past and the Present 2 A New Hadith Culture? Arab Scholars and Ottoman Sunnitization in the Sixteenth Century  Helen Pfeifer 3 A Contrarian Voice: Şehzāde Ḳorḳud’s (d. 919/1513) Writings on Kalām and the Early Articulation of Ottoman Sunnism  Nabil al-Tikriti 4 Ibn Taymiyya, al-Siyāsa al-sharʿiyya, and the Early Modern Ottomans  Derin Terzioğlu 5 You Must Know Your Faith in Detail: Redefinition of the Role of Knowledge and Boundaries of Belief in Ottoman Catechisms (ʿilm-i ḥāls)  Tijana Krstić 6 How to Read Heresy in the Ottoman World  Nir Shafir 7 Prayers, Commentaries, and the Edification of the Ottoman Supplicant  Guy Burak Part 2 Building a Pious Community: Spatial Dimensions of Sunnitization 8 Lives and Afterlives of an Urban Institution and Its Spaces: The Early Ottoman ʿİmāret as Mosque  Çiğdem Kafescioğlu 9 Abdāl-affiliated Convents and “Sunnitizing” Halveti Dervishes in Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Rumeli  Grigor Boykov 10 Attendance at the Five Daily Congregational Prayers, Imams and Their Communities in the Jurisprudential Debates during the Ottoman Age of Sunnitization  H. Evren Sünnetçioğlu 11 Piety and Presence in the Postclassical Sultanic Mosque  Ünver Rüstem Part 3 Sunnis, Shi‘is and Kızılbaş: The Context- and Genre-Specific Nature of Confessional Politics 12 Neither Victim Nor Accomplice: The Kızılbaş as Borderland Actors in the Early Modern Ottoman Realm  Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer 13 Reading Ottoman Sunnism through Islamic History: Approaches toward Yazīd b. Muʿāwiya in Ottoman Historical Writing  Vefa Erginbaş 14 Islamic Discourse in Ottoman-Safavid Peacetime Diplomacy after 1049/1639  Selim Güngörürler Index

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Book SynopsisThe Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib is the devotional work written to expound upon the teachings of Aghā-yi Buzurg, a female religious master active in the early 16th century in Bukhara. The work was produced in 16th century Central Asia, when the region underwent major socio-economic and religio-political changes in the aftermath of the downfall of the Timurid dynasty and the establishment of the Shibanid dynasty in Mavarannahr and the Safavid dynasty in Iran. In its portrayal of Aghā-yi Buzurg, the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib represents a tradition that maintained an egalitarian conception of gender in the spiritual equality of women and men, attesting to the presence of multiple voices in Muslim discourse and challenging conventional ways of thinking about gender history in early modern Central Asia.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction  1 History of Composition  2 The Manuscript Copies of the Maẓhar al-ʿAjāʾib  3 The Structure of the Maẓhar al-ʿAjāʾib  4 The Three Fables in the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib  5 Poetry in the Maẓhar al-ʿAjāʾib as a Mirror into the Author’s Worldview  6 Pseudo-ʿAṭṭār’s Maẓhar al-ʿAjāʾib as a Model for Ḥāfiẓ-i Baṣīr’s Maẓhar al-ʿAjāʾib  7 The Question of Genre  8 Conclusion Note Index مظهر العجائب

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Book SynopsisCultural Pearls from the East offers fascinating insights into Muslim-Arab culture and the evolution of its intellectual nature and literary texts from early Islam to modern times. The textual analysis of largely unexplored literary works and chronicles that epitomize this volume highlight the affinity between culture, society, and politics, exploring these issues from both thematic and comparative perspectives. Among the topics examined in depth: Arabic poetry of warfare at the dawn of Islam; medieval poems about venerated sites and saints; Ottoman and Egyptian chronicles portraying the socioreligious landscapes of Egypt and the Fertile Crescent under the Ottoman Empire and in the shadow of growing European encroachment; and Arab-Jewish literature dealing with suppression, exile, and identity. Contributors: Ghaleb Anabseh, Albert Arazi, Meir M. Bar-Asher, Peter Chelkowski, Geula Elimelekh, Sigal Goorj, Jane Hathaway, Meir Hatina, Yair Huri-Horesh, Amir Lerner, Menachem Milson, Gabriel M. Rosenbaum, Joseph Sadan, Yona Sheffer, Norman (Noam) A. Stillman, Ibrahim Taha, Michael Winter, Eman Younis

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Book SynopsisIn Sufi Women of South Asia. Veiled Friends of God, the first biographical compendium of hundred and forty-one women, from the eleventh to the twentieth century, Tahera Aftab fills a serious gap in the existing scholarship regarding the historical presence of women in Islam and brings women to the centre of the expanding literature on Sufism. The book’s translated excerpts from the original Farsi and Urdu sources that were never put together create a much-needed English-language source base on Sufism and Muslim women. The book questions the spurious religious and cultural traditions that patronise gender inequalities in Muslim societies and convincingly proves that these pious women were exemplars of Islamic piety who as true spiritual masters avoided its public display.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Transliterations List of Abbreviations Glossary of Selected Sufi Terms Introduction PART ONE Section A: Setting the Scene Section B: The Sufi Texts: From Imagination to the Inscribed Word Section C: The Sufi Gaze: Perception of Women by the Male Sufis Section D: The Sufi Gaze: The Sufi Perception of Family and Familial Responsibilities Section E: The Sufi Gaze: Interaction with Maid Servants and Women of Ill-repute Section F: Women’s Presence in The Sufi Silsilas Section G: The Sufi Lodges: Fencing the Sacred and The Profane Section H: Sufi Shrines: Manifesting the Deceased Sufi PART TWO Section A. Narratives of Sufi Women According to the Time Period Section B: Biographical Notices of Sufi Women According to Their Specific Status Section C Biographical Notices of Women Sufis Based on Oral Traditions Collected by Visiting their Shrines Section D: Sufi Women Identified by Names Only Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisL’auteur soutient que les confréries soufies, en s’opposant ou en bloquant les ambitions conservatrices de l’État, participent — entre autres instances sociales et institutions politiques de régulation —, à la consolidation et à l’amélioration de la démocratie et de la laïcité sénégalaises. The author argues that Sufi orders participate in the improvement and consolidation of democracy and secularism in Senegal. Often, in opposing or blocking the conservative ambitions of the state holders, several Sufi guides support the citizens and deepen democratic values in the country.Table of ContentsRemerciements Liste des photographies, tableaux et caricatures Abréviations, sigles et acronymes Notes de translittération Introduction générale Partie 1 Approches théorique, méthodologique et historique 1 Recontextualiser la démocratie, la laïcité, la domination, la violence et produire des savoirs sur les confréries sénégalaises  1 Compatibilité ou non de l’islam avec la démocratie : un débat stérile  2 Les laïcités en comparaison  3 De la théorie de la violence et de la domination  4 La production des savoirs sur les confréries sénégalaises : épistémè, auto-analyse et schèmes de construction de la réalité  5 Conclusion 2 Religions et politique dans l’histoire du Sénégal  1 Parti islamiste, animiste et laïque : vers un pluralisme religieux et politique  2 Le parti chrétien avant l’implantation des loges maçonniques  3 La tradition démocratique par l’élection et les partis politiques  4 Cas d’école d’un savant inspirateur de valeurs citoyennes : Sëriñ Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Sy « Al-Maktūm »  5 Sur la nécessité de rompre avec les distinctions binaires  6 D’autres thèmes de recherche  7 Conclusion Partie 2 Marabouts et démocratie des communautés 3 La Tijāniyya et le premier régime d’alternance au Sénégal (2000-2012)  1 Aperçu des rapports entre religion et politique  2 De la violence symbolique légitime  3 Le discours politique d’un mouride devenu Président  4 Conclusion 4 Résistance au pouvoir politique : les marabouts et les jeunes  1 Stabiliser le champ politique par le champ religieux  2 Dispositions de jeunes : Rap, soufisme et engagement politique  3 Conclusion 5 Le deuxième régime d’alternance : continuité ou discontinuité avec la politique de Wade  1 Les intellos sénégalais et la critique politique  2 La religionalisation de l’affaire Khalifa Sall et l’arrivée d’un nouveau khalife  3 L’organisation des élections législatives du 30 juillet 2017 : logistique, violence et résultats  4 Débats de la loi sur le parrainage et le silence des marabouts  5 Idrissa Seck et la polémique Makka/Bakka  6 Conclusion Partie 3 Le rôle des confréries dans la stabilisation politique 6 L’élection présidentielle de 2019 : le PDS et BBY  1 Wade : apôtre de la violence ou tacticien politique  2 BBY, le candidat Sall et la campagne électorale  3 Vers la réélection de Sall : organisation et analyses  4 Conclusion 7 La laïcité à l’épreuve du temps : le PUR et Rewmi  1 La campagne du PUR  2 Le parti Rewmi durant la campagne électorale  3 Conclusion 8 La Coalition Madické 2019 et la Coalition Sonko Président : la question du vote confrérique, ethnique et après ?  1 La Coalition Madické 2019  2 La Coalition Sonko Président  3 Les entorses ethniques et confrériques à la démocratie  4 La société civile islamique et la défense de la démocratie  5 Conclusion Conclusion générale Interviews au Sénégal en 2010 et 2016 Conférences et Gàmmu de Sëriñ Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Sy Presse sénégalaise : par ordre d’entrée dans chaque chapitre Webographie et vidéographie Filmographie Bibliographie Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (category: translation from Arabic into English) This is an unabridged, annotated, translation of the great Damascene savant and saint Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s (d. 751/1350) Madārij al-Sālikīn. Conceived as a critical commentary on an earlier Sufi classic by the great Hanbalite scholar Abū Ismāʿīl of Herat, Madārij aims to rejuvenate Sufism’s Qurʾanic foundations. The original work was a key text for the Sufi initiates, composed in terse, rhyming prose as a master’s instruction to the aspiring seeker on the path to God, in a journey of a hundred stations whose ultimate purpose was to be lost to one’s self (fanāʾ) and subsist (baqāʾ) in God. The translator, Ovamir (ʿUwaymir) Anjum, provides an extensive introduction and annotation to this English-Arabic face-to-face presentation of this masterpiece of Islamic psychology.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2021 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (category: translation from Arabic into English)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Translation Notes Translator’s Introduction  1 Madārij and Its Author  2 The Formation of Sufism  3 Sufism and Antinomianism  4 Sufism and Mysticism  5 Defining Sufism  6 Al-Harawī and Manāzil  7 Madārij’s Reverential Critique of Manāzil  8 The Problem of Ontology: Annihilation (fanāʾ)  9 Causality and Ethics  10 The Problem of Epistemology  11 An Egalitarian and Accessible Path  12 Conclusion Selected Bibliography Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Madārij al-Sālikīn: Text and Translation Prolegomenon  1 Merits of the First Chapter of the Qurʾan, The Opening  2 The Opening Affirms All the Three Types of Divine Unicity  3 The Five Pivotal Names of God Affirm His Attributes  4 Ten Levels of Divine Guidance  5 The Opening Heals Hearts as well as Bodies  6 Refutation of Heresies  7 Exegesis of “You we worship and You we supplicate for help” 1 The Stations of the Journey  1 The Station of Awakening  2 The Station of Insight  3 The Station of Purpose  4 The Station of Resolve  5 Interlude: On the Ordering of the Stations 2 The Station of Reflection  1 Interlude: The Station of Annihilation  2 Three Types of Annihilation  3 The Causes of Experiential Annihilation  4 The Essence of Experiential Annihilation  5 The Dangers on the Path of Annihilation: Antinomianism  6 Volitional Annihilation: The True Goal of the Righteous 3 The Station of Self-Reckoning  1 The First Pillar  2 The Second Pillar  3 The Third Pillar 4 The Station of Repentance  1 Repentance and The Opening  2 The Conditions and Realities of Repentance  3 Legitimate and Illegitimate Excuses for Sins  4 The Inner Realities of Repentance  5 The Finer Points of the Inner Realities of Repentance  8 Interlude: Affirmation of the Ethical Value of Acts and Causality  9 Levels of Repentance: The Commoners  10 Some Rulings Concerning Repentance  11 The Full Meaning of Repentance  12 Sins: The Object of Repentance  13 Twelve Kinds of Sins in the Qurʾan  14 Perspectives on the Nature of Sin and Repentance Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (category: translation from Arabic into English) This is an unabridged, annotated, translation of the great Damascene savant and saint Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s (d. 751/1350) Madārij al-Sālikīn. Conceived as a critical commentary on an earlier Sufi classic by the great Hanbalite scholar Abū Ismāʿīl of Herat, Madārij aims to rejuvenate Sufism’s Qurʾanic foundations. The original work was a key text for the Sufi initiates, composed in terse, rhyming prose as a master’s instruction to the aspiring seeker on the path to God, in a journey of a hundred stations whose ultimate purpose was to be lost to one’s self (fanāʾ) and subsist (baqāʾ) in God. The translator, Ovamir (ʿUwaymir) Anjum, provides an extensive introduction and annotation to this English-Arabic face-to-face presentation of this masterpiece of Islamic psychology.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2021 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (category: translation from Arabic into English)Table of Contents5 The Station of Oft-Returning  1 Reform  2 Fulfillment  3 State 6 The Station of Remembrance  1 Conditions of Benefitting from Admonition  2 Contemplating the Qurʾan  3 Five Things that Corrupt the Heart  4 Endless Desires for Worldly Things  5 Attachment to Things Other Than God  6 Gluttony  7 Sloth 7 The Station of Holding Fast  1 The Meaning of Holding Fast  2 The Holding Fast of the Elite 8 The Station of Fleeing  1 Fleeing from the Ego  2 Fleeing from All Other Than the Truth 9 The Station of Disciplining  1 The Disciplining of the Elite of the Elite] 10 The Station of Listening  1 Against Music  2 The Prohibition of Singing and Music  3 The Arguments of Those Who Permit Singing  4 First Principle: Scripture is the Judge of Mystical Knowledge  5 Second Principle: All Disagreements Are Judged by Scripture  6 Third Principle: The Weighing of Harm and Benefit  7 Spiritual Taste  8 Levels of Audition  9 The Audition of the Elite  10 The Audition of the Elite of the Elite 11 The Station of Grief  1 Levels of Grief 12 The Station of Fear  1 Kinds of Fear  2 Fear of Self-deception  2 Balancing Fear and Hope 13 The Station of Trembling 14 The Station of Humility  1 Putting Out The Fire of Ego  2 Recognizing the Lesions of One’s Soul and Deeds  3 The Third Level  4 Humility and Attentiveness in Prayers 15 The Station of Meekness  1 Being Blind to People’s Opinions 16 The Station of Renunciation  1 Is Renunciation Possible in These Times?  2 Parting from All Longings  3 Renunciation of Renunciation 17 The Station of Scrupulousness  1 Levels of Scrupulousness  2 The Web of Divine Stations 18 The Station of Devotion 19 The Station of Hope  1 The Excellence of Hope  2 Levels of Hope 20 The Station of Desire 21 The Station of Shepherding  1 Levels of Shepherding  2 Shepherding of Time 22 The Station of Watchfulness  1 Ranks of Watchfulness  2 Watchfulness of the Elite of the Elite 23 The Station of Venerating God’s Prohibitions  1 Is God Worshipped for Fear of the Fire and Love for the Garden?  2 Conditions of Displaying One’s Good Deeds  3 Venerating Scripture on Divine Attributes  4 Protecting the Divine Opening 24 The Station of Purification  1 Levels of Purification  2 The Second Level  2 Purification and Truthfulness 25 The Station of Refinement and Correction  1 Second Level  2 Third Level 26 The Station of Standing Firm  1 Exclusivity  2 The Soul of All States  3 Levels of Steadfastness  4 The Second Level  5 The Third Level 27 The Station of Trusting Reliance  1 Meaning of Tawakkul  2 Levels of Reliance  3 The Level of Joyful Contentment  4 Separating Relegation from Inaction and Negligence  5 Relating Reliance in God to the Beautiful Divine Names  6 Limiting Reliance to Unworthy Pursuits  7 Returning to al-Harawī on Trusting Reliance  8 The First Level according to al-Harawī  9 The Blemish of Asking of Creation  10 Third Level 28 The Station of Relegation  1 Second Level  2 Third Level 29 The Station of Trust in God  1 First Level  2 Second Level  3 Third Level 30 The Station of Submission  1 The Defects of Submission  2 Second Level 31 The Station of Patience  1 The Literal Meaning  2 Kinds of Patience  3 Patience according to al-Harawī  4 First Level  5 Third Level  6 Patience and God 32 The Station of Joyful Contentment  1 Contentment versus Patience in Suffering  2 Contentment and Tranquility  3 Three Levels of Contentment  4 The Three Conditions of Contentment  5 Second Level  6 Differentiating Normative and Ontological Commands  7 God’s Wisdom in Creating the Devil  8 Sixty-Two Virtues of Contentment and Indifference to Pleasure and Pain  9 Returning to al-Harawī  10 Third Level Index

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Book SynopsisVisualizing Sufism approaches the question of the presence of graphic materials in Islamic mystical literature from a broad and comprehensive perspective. To this goal, an international group of specialists in the field worked on largely manuscript and unpublished sources with the aim of analyzing the use of visual elements in the works of some key figures of Islamic mysticism—Ibn al-ʿArabī, Aḥmad al-Būnī, Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh, al-Shaʿrānī—, and in intellectual networks—Ḥurūfiyya and Bektashiyya, Shīrīn Maghribī and his connections. The result is the most extensive collection of specimens of Sufi graphic materials ever brought together and discussed in a single volume. By virtue of the object of study investigated in the chapters of this book, in addition to the history of Sufism, questions are raised that touch upon numerous areas in the field of Islamic Studies, including intellectual history, codicology, and art history. Contributors Elizabeth R. Alexandrin, Noah Gardiner, Ali Karjoo-Ravary, Evyn Kropf, Giovanni Maria Martini, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, and Sophie Tyser.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Plates Notes on Contributors Introduction  Giovanni Maria Martini 1 Diagrams and Visionary Experience in al-Būnī’s (d. 622/1225) Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt fī al-ḥurūf al-ʿulwīyat  Noah Gardiner 2 Illustrating the Forms: Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Images in al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya  Ali Karjoo-Ravary 3 Visualizing the Architecture of the Universe: Ibn al-ʿArabī’s (d. 638/1240) Diagrams in Chapter 371 of the Meccan Openings  Sophie Tyser 4 Reading and Reciting the Qurʾan: Calligraphic Spaces in Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh’s (d. 649/1252) Kitāb al-Maḥbūb  Elizabeth Alexandrin 5 Use of Diagrams in the Ḥurūfī and Nuqṭavī Manuscripts, and Possible Links between the Ḥurūfī ‘Verbal’ and the Bektashi Visual Iconographies  Orkhan Mir-Kasimov 6 Shīrīn Maghribī’s (d. 810/1407) Visual Sufism: Diagrams, Intellectual Networks, and the Transmission of Spiritual Knowledge in 14th Century Tabriz and beyond  Giovanni Maria Martini 7 “Sensible Images”: Pictograms in the Manuscript Transmission of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʿrānī’s (d. 973/1565) al-Mīzān al-kubrā  Evyn Kropf Index

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Book Synopsis‘Alī, son of Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad’s son-in-law and cousin, is the only Companion of the Prophet who has remained to this day the object of fervent devotion of hundreds of millions of followers in the lands of Islam, especially in the East. Based on a detailed analysis of several categories of sources, this book demonstrates that Shi‘ism is the religion of the Imam, of the Master of Wisdom, just like Christianity is that of Christ, and that ‘Alī is the first Master and Imam par excellence. Shi‘ism can therefore be defined, in its most specific religious aspects, as the absolute faith in ‘Alī: the divine Man, the most perfect manifestation of God’s attributes, simultaneously spiritual refuge, model and horizon. With contributions by Orkhan Mir-Kasimov & Mathieu Terrier Translated from French by Francisco José Luis & Anthony GledhillTable of ContentsNotice to the Reader XI Transcription SystemII AcknowledgementsII AbbreviationsIV Introduction Part 1: Singularities of ʿ⁠Alī 1 ʿ⁠Alī and the Quran  1 Introduction  2 ʿ⁠Alī the Master of Hermeneutics  3 Quranic Allusions to ʿ⁠Alī  4 The Explicit Mentions of ʿ⁠Alī in the Quran  5 The Double Nature of ʿ⁠Alī and His Holiness  6 Roots, Extensions and Questions on the Origins: ʿ⁠Alī and Christ 2 Muḥammad the Paraclete and ʿ⁠Alī the Messiah  1 The End of the World in the Quran and the Hadith  2 Remarks on the Religious Environment of Muḥammad  3 The Coming of the Saviour  4 Jesus and ʿ⁠Alī  5 Rewriting of History and Fabrication of a New Collective Memory 3 Reflections on the Expression dīn ʿ⁠Alī: The Origins of the Shiʿi Faith  1 Dīn ʿ⁠Alī in the Works of the Historiographers  2 The Uniqueness of ʿ⁠Alī  3 Themes Concerning ʿ⁠Alī and the Alids  4 The Basis of the Religion of ʿ⁠Alī  5 Reactions and Consequences Part 2: Between Divinity and Humanity 4 Some Remarks on the Divinity of the Imam  1 Theophanic Being and Perfect Man  2 First Textual References  3 The Sermons of ʿ⁠Alī 5 The Five Spirits of the Divine Man  1 Shiʿi Traditions  2 “Prehistory”  3 Further Developments and Implications 6 “The Night of Qadr” (Quran, Surah 97) in Early Shiʿism  1 An Enigmatic Text  2 Shiʿi Perceptions  3 The Master of the Order 7 Tactical Dissimulation and Sealing of Prophecy  1 The Keeping of the Secret  2 Prophetic Abilities of the Imam  3 The Seal of Prophets  4 Epilogue Part 3: Spiritual Horizons 8 The Precious Pearl Attributed to Rajab al-Bursī: 500 Quranic Verses about ʿAlī  1 Brief Notes on al-Bursī and His Major Work Mashāriq al-anwār  2 Other Works and the Quranic Commentary “The Precious Pearl” (al-Durr al-thamīn)  3 Annotated Extracts from al-Durr al-thamīn  4 The Message of the ‘Personalized Commentaries’ 9 Icon and Contemplation: ʿAlī as the Face of God and Medium of Meditation  1 Portative Icons  2 “The Vision by the Heart”  3 “What Is Vejhe?”  4 Analysis of a Panel from the Vesel Collection  5 Icon Contemplation: Between Interpretation and Applications Epilogue Appendix 1: Divine Knowledge and Messianic Action: The Figure of ʿAlī in Mystical and Messianic Circles (5th/11th-10th/16th Centuries), by Orkhan Mir-Kasimov Appendix 2: The Presence of ʿAlī in Islamic Philosophy, by Mathieu Terrier Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe distinguished position of the seventeenth-century Ḥijāz attracted Sufis from across the Islamic world, making it the largest Sufi center of that era, with more than forty Sufi orders active during the Ottoman period. Most of the region’s many scholars were associated with Sufism and affiliated to these orders; their lives and Sufi activities more broadly were documented by one of their number, al-ʿUjaymī, in two texts. These texts, critically edited here for the first time, constitute some of the best evidence for the character of spiritual life in the Ḥijāz during the seventeenth and early eighteenth century.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction  1 Al-ʿUjaymī’s Family  2 Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-ʿUjaymī, Abū al-Baqāʾ al-Ṣūfī (d. 1113/1702)  3 The Two Treatises Edited in This Volume  4 Conclusion Description of the Manuscripts  1 Khabāyā al-zawāyā  2 Risāla fī ṭuruq al-ṣūfiyya  3 Isbāl al-sitr al-jamīl ʿalā tarjamat al-ʿAbd al-dhalīl Explanation of Signs and Conventions Used in the Arabic Critical Edition and Apparatus Bibliography Index Arabic Section

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Book SynopsisCet ouvrage offre une analyse approfondie de l’œuvre pionnière consacrée par Louis Massignon (1883-1962) à la mystique musulmane. Il interroge sa vision de la réalité étudiée et en vient à énoncer la question de la subjectivité en sciences des religions. This book offers an in-depth analysis of the pioneering work devoted by Louis Massignon (1883-1962) to Muslim mysticism. It questions his vision of the reality he studied and opens up the question of subjectivity in the study of religion.Table of ContentsRemerciements Liste des figures Transcription des caractères arabes Sigles et abréviations Introduction  1 Le chercheur et l’ineffable  2 Une œuvre pionnière et controversée  3 Déplacer la frontière entre non-savoir et savoir  4 Jalons biographiques  5 Qu’est-ce que la mystique musulmane ?  6 Louis Massignon : orientaliste ou islamologue ?  7 Vers une compréhension plus juste 1 Le chercheur et son contexte  1 La mystique à l’aube du XXe siècle  2 Émergence de nouveaux champs disciplinaires  3 Internationalisation d’une communauté savante  4 Impact de l’expansion coloniale sur les études arabes et islamiques  5 Savant arabisant : une position médiane et délicate  6 Mouvements intellectuels et religieux à l’œuvre au sein du monde musulman 2 Une courbe de vie  1 Linéaments d’une vocation  2 D’une mission archéologique à l’anthropologie de la sainteté  3 Une relation passionnée au champ d’étude  4 Louis Massignon et les lettrés d’Iraq et de Syrie  5 Louis Massignon et l’Égypte  6 Louis Massignon et Ignác Goldziher  7 Louis Massignon et Henry Corbin 3 Terminologie, méthodologie  1 Comment définir la mystique musulmane ?  2 La méthode de Louis Massignon 4 Centralité de la référence coranique  1 La question de l’origine de la mystique musulmane  2 Louis Massignon et la question des origines  3 L’appropriation de l’idiome arabe par les premiers mystiques musulmans 5 Une certaine conception de la sainteté  1 Une posture chrétienne  2 Une lecture hagiographique des sources  3 La sainteté en islām  4 Al-Ḥallāj, un saint ʿīsawī  5 Signification de la mort d’al-Ḥallāj pour Louis Massignon  6 Une œuvre en faveur de la sainteté d’al-Ḥallāj 6 Une certaine conception de l’Union mystique  1 Épeler l’indicible …  2 Waḥdat al-wujūd et waḥdat al-shuhūd selon Louis Massignon  3 La mystique authentique, selon Louis Massignon est une mystique du dépouillement  4 Quête du vrai et quête de la Vérité Conclusion  1 Vers plus de justesse, vers plus de justice Bibliographie Index

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Book SynopsisIslamic art is often misrepresented as an iconophobic tradition. As a result of this assumption, the polyvalence of figural artworks made for South Asian Muslim audiences has remained hidden in plain view. This book situates manuscript illustrations and album paintings within cultures of devotion and ritual shaped by Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Central to this story are the Mughal siblings, Jahanara Begum and Dara Shikoh, and their Sufi guide Mulla Shah. Through detailed art historical analysis supported by new translations, this study contextualizes artworks made for Indo-Muslim patrons by putting them into direct dialogue with written testimonies.Trade ReviewFrom the readers' reports: "This is a well-researched and well-written book that is a pleasure to read. It has the potential to reshape the field of South Asian art by exploring the central, affective role of images in devotional practices in the early modern era, and Islamic art, as well as speak to audiences interested in South Asian and Islamic literature and culture more broadly." Holly Shaffer, Assistant Professor of History of Art & Architecture, Brown University "The virtue of the book lies not just in the originality of its approach, but in the persuasiveness of its arguments and the solidity of its evidence as well. It is a major piece of scholarship that marshals an impressive range of material." Kavita Singh, formerly Professor of Art History, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements IX List of Illustrations XIII Note on Translation and Transliteration XXVI Introduction: The Need for an Ontology of Art  1 What Is Islamic Ontology?  2 Can “Indian Painting” Be Islamic Painting?  3 Ṣūrat and Maʿnī: Islam and Islam  4 Presence  5 Organization of the Book 1 Viewing the Face of a God’s Friend: Conceptual and Literary Premises  1 Sufism  2 Taẕkira Literature  3 Looking at the Face of ʿAli Is Worship 2 Sufi in the Garb of a Yogi: Visual and Literary Articulations of Sanctity  1 The Yogi in Medieval Sufi Romances  2 Yogis in Princely Albums 3 Allegories, Symbols, and the “Marvelous Magic” of Imperial Mughal Painting  1 Akbar: The Saint-King  2 Jahangir: The King of Universal Manifestation  3 Shah Jahan and the Army of Prayer 4 “I Saw My Lord in the Form of a Beardless Youth”  1 In the Company of Dervishes  2 The Princely Youth, Alone  3 Interpreting the Dara Shikoh Album  4 Persianate Antecedents for the Dara Shikoh Album 5 The Face of Shah … the Face of God  1 Jahanara Begum: Sufi Patron and Practitioner 6 Sacred Viewing: Miraculous Gatherings and Iconic Portraits  1 The Majlis Paintings  2 An Iconography of Devotion Conclusion Bibliography Index

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