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The garden of truth : the vision and promise of Sufism, Islam's mystical tradition / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

by Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.

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HarperOne, 2007.

Sufism -- Doctrines.

Sufism -- Customs and practices.

xvi, 256 pages ; 22 cm.

Table of contents also available via World Wide Web.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I -- What it Means to be Human-Who are We and What are We Doing Here? -- Part II -- Truth-The Knowledge that Illuminates and Delivers from the Bondage of Ignorance -- Love and Beauty-The Fire that Attracts and Consumes, the Peace that Calms and Liberates -- Goodness and Human Action-To Do His Will and to Conform to the Divine Norm -- How Do We Reach the Garden of Truth?- The Path to the One -- Part III -- Access to the Center-Sufism Here and Now -- Part IV -- Appendix I The Sufi Tradition and the Sufi Orders-Reflections on the Manifestation of Sufism in Time and Space -- Appendix II The Tradition of Gnosis and Doctrinal Sufism -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index

An introduction to the Sufism branch of Islam profiles the faith as a mystical and poetic system that is one of the world's fastest-growing religions, discussing how Sufism prioritizes the love of God over heavenly rewards.

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