The mystical literature of this period exhibits a richness, diversity and fluidity that has been blurred or ironed out in later Sufi compilations and hagiographies. This work offers a new perspective and revealing insights into the cultural horizon of pre-Sufi mystical Islam which, especially in the Eastern regions of the Islamic Caliphate, still retained traces of pre-Islamic esoteric traditions.
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Middle East Studies and Islamic Studies
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978-0-415-30307-1 (9780415303071)
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An Introductory Overview 1. Asceticism and Mysticism: Anti-Zuhdi Trends in Early Sufism 2. The Self and its Transformation 3. Words of Power and the Power of Words 4. Does Allah Have a Feminine Side? 5. Ahwal wa-maqamat Sufi Vocabulary in the Making 6. Binaric Models in the Works of Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi 7. 'Coincidence of Opposites' in Islamic Mysticism 8. Al-Haqq - A Divine Name in the Making 9. 'Does God Pray?' 10. The Myrtle and the Holy Man 11. Malamatiyya, Sufiyya and other Mystics 12. The Formation of the Mystical Schools in Khurasan and the Emergence of the Sufi Compilations. Appendix 1: Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi (9th Century) and Ibn al-'Arabi (d.1240). Appendix 2: Translation of Sections from Risalat Al-Malamatiyya and from the Tirmidhi Corpus
