'Spiritual Exercises for Suhrawardi Sufi's,'

*[A5] Paperback - 234 pages,

by Qamar al-Huda,

Published by Routledge Sufi Series.

Description :

This book examines the theological, philosophical and Islamic mystical dimensions of the Suhrawardî sufi order from the 13th to 15th centuries. The Suhrawardîs were a legally grounded and intellectually vibrant sufi order whose mystical path was based on exchanges and debates on the Qur'an and on the Prophet's, ﷺ, customs.


The book analyses their interpretation of sacred texts: the Qur'an, hadiths, sunna, and malfuzat. This created a unique self-understanding, which developed specific sufi spiritual exercises. The book discusses new important ways of thinking about the sufi hermeneutics of the Qur'an and its contribution to Islamic intellectual and spiritual life.

Qamar-ul Huda is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Theology at Boston College and writes about medieval Islamic texts and mystical sufi treatises. He earned his doctorate from UCLA in the field of Islamic intellectual history and currently is working on sufi commentaries of the Qur'an and is translating a number of sufi treatises dealing with the Suhrawardi sufi path.

Table of Contents :

---List of Plates,

---Acknowledgments,

---Transliteration Notes.

---Introduction,

----Striving for Divine Union; Spiritual Exercises for Suhrawardi Sufi's,

------Suhrawardi Studies,
------Why study the Suhrawardi Sufi's?
------The goal of this book?

 

---[1]. The Life of Shaykh Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Suhrawardî,
------Islamic education ; a Hanbali scholar and sufi,
------Shaykh al-Islam & political statement undel Caliph al-Nasir,

------Caliph al-Nasir's involvement with  futuwwa groups,

------Political and diplomatic trips,

------Shaykh al-Suhrawardi's relationship with the Nizari Isma'ilis,

---[2]. Awârif al-Ma'ârif : The Sufi Manual of Shaykh 'Abû Hafs al-Suhrawardi,

------The Sufi background of Shaykh Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Suhrawardi,

------Shaykh Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Suhrawardi & the Awarif al-Ma'arif,

------The tasawwuf of Shaykh al-Suhrawardi,

------Shaykh al-Suhrawardi on Prayers,

------Explanations on spirituality (ruhaniyyat),

------Knowledge of the spirit and soul,

------On proper etiquette (adab),

------Practicing the art of patience (sabr),

------Poverty and asceticism (faqr wa zuhd).

---[3]. Sacred Identities in the Suhrawardîyya Order,

------Religious identities and rituals,

------Characteristics of Suhrawardi sacred identities,

------Historical panegyric poetry,

------The sacred identity and sacred place of hadiths with sufi poetry,

------Nat'iyya poetry as a source of imagery,

------The Prophet, ﷺ, as the intercessor in sufi Nat'iyya poetry,

------Suhrawardiyya dhikr rituals.

---[4]. The Suhrawardîyya Silsilâ in Multan and Ucch,

------Suhrawardi sources,

------Suhrawardi shaikhs in Multan in the 13th-14th centuries,

------State poitics and Suhrawardi sufi's,

------The Suhrawardîyya Silsilâ under Sultan Iltutmish,

------The clash of Shaikh Rukn al-Din and Aiba Kishlu's rebellion,

------The Suhrawardîyya Silsilâ expansion into Ucch.

---[5]. Multani Suhrawardi Tasawwuf : Spiritual Exercises,

------Suhrawardi tasawwuf,

------The practices of spiritual exercises - dhikr,

------Salutations for Shaykh al-Suhrawardi's death commeration; 'Urs,

------Salutations to Shaykh as-Sufiyya wa Shaykh al-Islam; Shaykh 'Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Suhrawardi,
------Katam Sharif Khawjagan Silsila Suhrawardiyya,

Appendices;

---Appendix A : Praise for God; Remembrance of Prayers

---Prayer for Enlightenment; Prayer for Shab e Barat.

------Notes,

------Bibliography,

------Index.

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*Dimensions : 21.5 x 13.9cm.