The Persian Sufis (RLE Iran C)

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 Sufi movement, the mystical states, fundamentals of Persian mysticism and Sufi practices.

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Inhalt

1. Introductory 2. The Sufi Movement 3. The Way and its Goal 4. The Seven Stages 5. The Mystical States 6. Homesickness (Firáq) 7. Lost in God (Faná) 8. The Vision of God 9. Two Sufi Practices