Sufi

Sufi poetry, doctrine, devotional practice, saints, orders, ecstatic utterance, and Islamic mystical literature across languages.

Folders

  • Attar (10)
  • General Texts (15)
  • HallajWorks by and attributed to Mansur al-Hallaj: Arabic mystical poetry, prose treatises, divine unity, annihilation, paradox, prophecy, Iblis, and unknowability. (5)
  • Hamadani (1)
  • Junaid (6)
  • Khaqani (1)
  • Makki (2)
  • Muhasibi (2)
  • Rumi (1)
  • SanaiGood Works translations of Books II-VI of Hakim Sanai's Hadiqa al-Haqiqa, with the public boundary stated plainly. (5)
  • Sulami (1)
  • Turkish Sufi LiteratureTurkish Sufi, Alevi-Bektashi, Anatolian, poetic, devotional, and vernacular Islamic literature. (3)

Pages

  • GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Sufi shelf.
  • Introduction to SufismA high-register doorway to the Sufi shelf: Islamic heart-discipline, Baghdad sobriety and ecstasy, Persian poetry, orders, sainthood, translation problems, and the public reading path through the archive.
  • Reader's Guide to SufiA source-conscious reading map through the Sufi shelf: Islamic discipline, early Arabic manuals, Persian and Turkish poetry, contested utterance, translation, and reception.