Faith and Practice of Islam
Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 1992
322 pages
978-0-7914-9894-1 (ISBN)
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William C. Chittick is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. His other books include A Shi'ite Anthrology; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; and The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, all published by SUNY Press.
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William C. Chittick is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. His other books include A Shi'ite Anthrology; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; and The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, all published by SUNY Press.
Content
A Note on Dates and Koranic References
Introduction
Part One
Islam in Three Dimensions
Works, Faith, and Perfection
Faith and Knowledge
Ihsan, Ikhlas, and Taqwa
Felicity
Priorities
The Sciences of Unveiling and Practice
Notes
Part Two
Faith
Style and Content
The Three Principles
The Cosmology of Tawhid
Notes
The Rising Places of Faith
Opening
I. Faith in God
1. The Essence
2. The Attributes
3. The Acts
II. Faith in Prophecy
1. The Wonders of Prophecy
2. The Prophet Muhammad
III. Faith In The Last Day
1. Human Subsistence
2. The Barzakh and the Other Stages of the Next World
Conclusion
Clarifications for Beginners and Reminders for the Advanced
Introduction
I. The Creator
1. The Essence
2. The Attributes
3. The Acts
II. Friendship And Prophecy
1. Friendship
Supplement
2. Prophecy
III. This World And The Next World
1. Benefits And Dangers Of This World
2. The Next World And Its Stages
Conclusion
Part Three
Practice
Notes
The Easy Roads of Sayf Al-Din
Introduction: Perfecting Character
A Preliminary Remark
I. The Science Of Faith
1. The Essence
2. The Attributes
3. The Acts
4. Prophecy
5. The Next World
II. Ablutions And Purity
1. The Excellence Of Purity
2. Relieving Oneself
3. The Minor Ablution
An Allusion
4. The Major Ablution
5. The Tayammum
III. The Ritual Prayer
1. Its Excellence
2. The Number Of Cycles
3. How To Perform The Prayer
A Hint
4. The Inward Dimensions
IV. Fasting
1. Its Excellence
2. Its Secret And Its Degrees
3. Its Obligations
V. Remembrance And Supplication
1. Imparting Remembrance
2. Transmitted Supplications
3. Supplications For Every Situation
Conclusion: The Journey
Part Four
Sufism And Islam
Orthodox Islam
Mysticism And Discipline
Toward A Narrower Definition Of Sufism
Notes
Annotations
The Rising Places Of Faith
Clarifications For Beginners
The Easy Roads Of Sayf Al-Din
Appendixes
1. The Author
2. Corrections To The Printed Texts
Bibliography
Index of Koranic Verses
Index of Hadiths and Sayings
Index of Names and Terms
