Studies in Tasawwuf

Author: Khaja Khan
Publisher: Kitab Bhavan
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 221
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171513336

Description

These pages throw a great deal of illuminating light on various points in esoteric Islam, popularly known under the name of Tasawwuf Theosophy.

Chapter II to V deal with the descent of manTanazzulat-I-Sitta (the six devolutions); and Chapter VI to XI relate to his ascent ; Chapter XII treats the history of the subject, and chapter XIII is a comparative study of the same. A life of the makers of Tasawwuf, or at least of those eminent men mentioned in the book was also a desideratum.

Contents

Foreword
Preface

Esoteric Narratives
Philosophic Schools of Islamic Thought
Dhat and Sifat
The One in the Many (Wahat-dar-Kathrat)
The Theory of Emnation
Insan-ul-Kamil
Fana and Baqa
The Future State of Man
The Five Pillars of Islam
The Sufi's Ascent
Predestination
Tasawwuf in the Making
Tasawwuf and Theosophy

APPENDIX

Sufi Orders in the Deccan
Ghazzali 'On the Soul'
Technical Terms in Tasawwuf

Index