Essential Sufism

Clifton Fadiman, Robert Frager

Paperback, 288 pages

9780062514752

 

This definitive compendium of Sufi wisdom, Essential Sufisn draws together more than three hundred fables, poems, and prayers that reveal the luminous spirit of Islamic mysticism.

 

Selected works from the ancient prophets and sages to contemporary Suff poets and teachers - including Ibn al-Arabi, al-Ghazzali, Hafiz, Attar, and, of course, the enduringly

popular Rumi - make up a delectable feast of writings that will be as treasured by Sufis as it will stir the souls of newcomers.