The Mystics of Islam,
[A5] Paperback - 178 pages,
Dr. Reynold. A. Nicholson.


Description :

In this classic work Dr. Nicholson provides the general reader with an easy approach to the study of Islamic mysticism. He gives a broad outline of Sufism and the religious philosophy of Islam, and describes some of the principles, methods, and characteristic features of the inner life as it has been lived by Muslims of every class and condition from the eighth century onwards.


Many quotations are given, mainly in the authors own fine versions from the original Arabic and Persian.


About the Author : "Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (or R.A. Nicholson; born in Keighley, Yorkshire, England in 1868; died in Chester, Cheshire, England in 1945) was an eminent orientalist widely regarded as the greatest Rumi scholar in the English language.


Nicholson was a lecturer in Persian language and Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University and a leading scholar in Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism who exercised a lasting influence on Islamic studies. He was able to study and translate major Sufi texts in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish to English."

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