The teachings of Aḥmad al-Ghazālī changed the course of Persian Sufism forever, paving the way for luminaries such as Rūmī, Aṭṭār, and Ḥāfiẓ. Yet he remains a poorly understood thinker, with many treatises incorrectly attributed to him and conflicting accounts in the historiographical literature. This work provides the first examination of Aḥmad al-Ghazālī and his work in We…
The Tijaniyya is the largest Sufi order in West and North Africa. In this unprecedented analysis of the Tijaniyya's origins and development in the late eighteenth century, Zachary Valentine Wright situates the order within the broader intellectual history of Islam in the early modern period. Introducing the group's founder, Ahmad al-Tijani (1737 - 1815), Wright focuses on the wider network in w…
Bayangkan jiwa sebagai taman misterius yang dipenuhi tangga menuju kebenaran hakiki. Dalam Psikologi Sufi, Imam al-Ghazali membimbing kita menapak setiap anak tangga spiritual—dari fondasi batin hingga puncak pencerahan. Melalui pemurnian diri dan pembebasan hati, beliau membuka rahasia tentang hakikat jiwa manusia dan potensi transendentalnya dalam mengenali Ilahi. Buku ini menyelaraskan aka…
This book explores the lives of Sufi masters who functioned as embodiments of Islamic sainthood and left a lasting mark on the land. These figures lived in the ancient cities of Syria and their surrounding towns and villages during a formative period in the social history of Syrian Sufism and the spiritual tradition of Islam.