The Essential Martin Lings
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This collection of the essential writings of Martin Lings brings together some of the most outstanding chapters from his wide range of works. In addition to selections dealing with the perennial philosophy, such as "Do the Religions Contradict One Another?", the anthology includes sections from his extensive writings on Islam and Sufism, and on the spiritual dimensions to be found in Shakespeare's mature plays.
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Editor's Preface vii
Metaphysics
Oneness of Being 3
The Symbolism of the Letters of the Alphabet 13
Hermeneutics
The Truth of Certainty 27
The Fall 35
The Symbol 41
The Seal of Solomon 43
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil 53
What is Symbolism? 56
The Decisive Boundary 65
The Symbolism of the Pairs 70
Tradition and Modernity
The Past in the Light of the Present 81
The Spirit of the Times 94
Do the Religions Contradict One Another? 121
Traditional Psychology
The Secret of Shakespeare 133
Why "With All Thy Mind"? 141
Islam
The Spiritual Master 159
The Originality of Sufism 183
The Universality of Sufism 188
The Heart 194
Introduction to Splendours of Qur'¿n Calligraphy
and Illumination 209
The Qur'¿nic Art of Calligraphy 212
The Qur'¿nic Art of Illumination 218
Selections from Muhammad: His Life Based on the
Earliest Sources
I The House of God 230
VIII The Desert 234
X Bä¿rà the Monk 239
XIII The Household 242
XV The First Revelations 248
XXXVII The Hijrah 252
LXVII "A Clear Victory" 259
LXXV The Conquest of Mecca 265
LXXXI The Degrees 274
LXXXIV The Choice 279
Art and Poetry
Hamlet 289
The Meeting Place 327
Translations from the Arabic
Al-Ghaz¿l¿, Deathbed Poem 329
¿Umar Ibn al-F¿ri¿, The Wine-Song
(Al-Khamriyya) 330
A¿mad al-¿Alaw¿, The Path 334
A¿mad al-¿Alaw¿, The Wine 335
A¿mad al-¿Alaw¿, Layl¿ 336
List of Sources 337
Bibliography 339
Biographical Notes 341
Index 342