Islamic groups: Sufis Books

Thinkers of the East is a collection of anecdotes and ‘parables in action’ illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern Dervish teachers.Distilled from the teachings of more than one hundred sages in three...

In Idries Shah’s Wisdom of the Idiots, the ‘idiots’ are Sufis, called this because their wisdom penetrates to a depth which renders it inaccessible to the merely intelligent or academically-knowledgeable. The exercise-stories of...

Nasrudin is the greatest of all Arab folk heroes, and is found across the Islamic World, from Morocco to Pakistan, and beyond. He is said to have been the wisest fool who ever lived – that is if he ever did live at all.Stories of Nasrudin’s...

Condemned as a terrorist. Transformed by words. A diary of one man's journey through 17 years of imprisonment...The Boy and His Sandcastle is the inspiring true story of Zakaria Amara, a young man sentenced to life for his role in a foiled terrorist plot...

A prominent mystic and renowned anti-colonial warrior from Indonesia, Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar (1626-1699), was exiled to South Africa where he played a pioneering role in laying the foundations of Islam. Offering a rich translation of Shaykh Yusuf's...

Described by one reader as 'sort of like Rumi meets Dylan', this collection of lyric verse brings a new voice to the long tradition of English poetry. Written from the unique perspective of a western convert to Islam in the 70's, Songs In...

Until recently, academic studies of Sufism have largely ignored the multiple ways in which Islamic mystical ideas and practices have developed in the modern period. For many specialists, Sufism was "on the way out" and not compatible with modernity. The...

Do you sense something is sorely missing in your life? One need not be a current traveler on the Sufi Path to benefit from the lessons in this book, which are designed to help you acquire your unique 'code' to unlock spiritual knowledge, learn energizing...

The primal design of human beings is based on an intrinsic knowledge of perfection and its yearning and journeying towards it. Life's experience is based on polarities and opposites, all of which is founded on a zone of constancy that does not change...

In this book, we incorporate wisdom from Zoroastrianism on the angels of transformation and the Archangel of the Earth; from Ibn 'Arabi on the barzakh (the interface between manifestation and subtle reality), creative imagination, and the human-divine...

In Israel there are Jews and Muslims who practice Sufism together. The Sufi' activities that they take part in together create pathways of engagement between two faith traditions in a geographical area beset by conflict.Sufism and Jewish Muslim Relations...

SECOND EDITION: In 1976, few people had heard of Jelaluddin Rumi. Suddenly, the 13th-century Islamic theologian skyrocketed into public awareness to became America’s best-selling poet.The story focuses on the people and events behind Rumi's...

Originally published in 1969.This volume was composed by an eminent Sufi mystic whilst in prison in Baghdad, awaiting execution, in a vain attempt to overthrow his sentence; he was put to death in AD 1311 at the age of 33. This apologia is a document of...

THE HIERARCHY OF SAINTS is an intermediate level work of Sufi beliefs about the status of saints and specific their roles and duties. Based on evidence in the Quran and Holy Traditions of Prophet Muhammad, and the ancient teachings of masters of the...

A close study of one of the most prolific commentary writers in Islamic history.

Examines the relationship between Mughal political culture and the two dominant strains of Islam's Sufi traditions in South Asia: one centered around orthodoxy, the other focusing on a more accommodating and mystical spirituality.

René Guénon (1886-1951) is undoubtedly one of the luminaries of the twentieth century, whose critique of the modern world has stood fast against the shifting sands of recent philosophies. His oeuvre of 26 volumes is providential for the modern seeker:...

Infamies of the Soul (ʿUyūb al-nafs) is one of Islam’s earliest comprehensive theories for the purification of the soul. In this short guide, the hadith narrator, Shāfiʿī legist, and historian of the early sufis, Imam Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī,...

200 verses of Qur'an and over 250 texts from the Prophet's biography (sira), his Attributes (shama'il) and unique aspects (khasa'is), the spiritual poetry of the Companions and Awliya, and commentary of the Qur'an and Hadith on the Light of the Prophet...

Rūmī, in full Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, also called by the honorific Mawlānā, (born c. September 30, 1207, Balkh [now in Afghanistan]-died December 17, 1273, Konya [now in Turkey]) was the greatest Sufi mystic and poet in she Persian language, famous for his...

A Culture of Sufism opens a window to a new understanding of one of the most prolific and enduring of all the Sufi brotherhoods, the Naqshbandiyya, as it spread from its birthplace in central Asia to Iran, Anatolia, Arabia, and the Balkans between the...

The Dialogue of the Gulshan-I-Raz, or Mystical Garden of Roses of Mahmoud Shabistari, is a book written by Mahmud Ibn Abd Al-Karim Shabistari in 1887. The book contains a collection of mystical poems and teachings on Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism...

In 1582 C.E, when Mughal Emperor Akbar declared his new religion - Din-i ilahi or the 'Religion of God', combining elements of Islam and Hinduism as well as other religions -among the notable Muslim scholars who stood up to preserve the faith of the...

Practical Mysticism in Islam and Christianity offers a comparative study of the works of the Sufi-poet Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) and the practical teachings of the German Dominican, Meister Eckhart (c1260-1327/8). Rumi has remained an influential...

MALFUZAT: WORDS OF WISDOM SERIESThe Malfuzat series is a unique genre of books that records the utterances emanating from the lips of the sage through the pen of the devoted disciple. These words of wisdom are not only a source of guidance for the...

Inside A Lover's Heart There's Another World, And Yet Another Rumi's masterpieces have inspired countless people throughout the centuries, and Coleman Barks's exquisite renderings of the thirteenth-century Persian mystic are widely considered the...

In a darkened room a group of men once sought to examine an elephant.Taking hold of a different part – an ear, a leg, the tail – each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness, each of the men became convinced that the...

""Letters From A Sufi Teacher"" is a collection of letters written by the renowned Sufi teacher, Shaikh Sharfuddin Maneri, in the year 1867. The book is a compilation of his teachings, advice, and guidance to his disciples and followers, who sought his...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Wisdom of the East: The Persian Mystics, Jami is a book written by the renowned Persian poet and mystic, Jami. Originally published in 1908, the book is a collection of Jami's most profound and insightful writings on spirituality, mysticism, and the...

Around 1720 in Fez Aḥmad b. al-Mubārak al-Lamaṭī, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dabbāgh. Al-Dabbāgh shied away from official religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the...

Unveil the captivating life and teachings of the eminent Muslim mystic in "Ibn e Arabi: The Great Muslim Thinker of Mysticism," authored by Moulvi S.A.Q Husaini.Driven by an intriguing question from an Arabic master in 1928, Husaini embarked on a journey...

According to the Sufis, human faculties, although perceptive, are limited: like a radio set, which can receive only certain electromagnetic waves and not other parts of this band. The inability to transcend the barrier of limited senses explains human...

Evenings with Idries Shah collected by R. Easterling and Kamil Hafiz.The Sufis have been using carefully constructed stories for teaching purposes for thousands of years. Though on the surface these often appear to be little more than entertaining...

The book explains Sadrā's theory of the nature of afterlife. It presents Sadrā's philosophical premises concerning the nature of human beings and their physical and psychological developments through which Sadrā shows how the afterlife is intimately...

This insightful guide to Sufism offers a rich introduction to the mystical dimension of Islam. It explores the teachings, practices, and experiences of the Sufi tradition, inviting readers on a journey of spiritual discovery and transformation.This work...

This book is a comprehensive guide to the teaching and practice of Sufism, a mystical Islamic tradition. It explores the philosophy, practices, and values of Sufism and provides practical advice for those seeking to deepen their spiritual practice.This...

The book, besides giving the reader a correct idea of Ghazali's approach to various religious questions, will also arouse the interest of the reader to study Ghazali's works more intimately and at first hand. His approach is always the lifting of the...

Rumi (1207-1273) was a Persian jurist and theologian best known widely translated and remains especially popular in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. Though written from a Sufi perspective, Rumi's poems on spiritual growth - here collected and edited by...

The Nasiri Du'aThis supplication has been tried, tested and proven to relieve distress and to avert difficult situations, especially when they are societal and concern the affairs of all the Muslims. The people of Fez call it "The Sword of Ibn Nasir"...

Do you command it?Or does it command you?The commanding self is the bundle of conditioned responses that we need to survive – but which holds most of us prisoner. Psychology and personal development are only just beginning to catch up with...

This is the first exhaustive work of one of Islams most influential figures. He is the leader and founder of the most populace Sufi Tariqas in the Islamic world. He is the Hidden Pole, Seal of Muhammadan Sainthood...Shaykh Ahmad Tijani (RA).

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Many of Gurdjieff adepts would like to know where and how Gurdjieff discovered the wisdom of the East that he joined to the energy of the West. Jon Tapsell has displayed and elaborated in his book the Central Asian sources that informed Gurdjieff's ideas...