Margaret Smith

Rabi a the Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Authoritative 1928 account of the extraordinary life, work and teaching of Rabi'a, a freed slave and revered female Sufi saint.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781108015912
• ISBN-10: 1108015913
• Artikelnr.: 32313419

Inhaltsangabe

Survey of sources; Part 1: 1. The place of women among the S
fis; 2. Offers of marriage; 3. Asceticism of R
bi'a; 4. The miracles of Muslim saints; 5. R
bi'a's declining years; Part 2: 6. Estimate of R
bi'a's teaching by the S
fi writers; 7. Repentance; 8. Hope and fear; 9. Poverty; 10. Love, including satisfaction, longing and intimacy; Part 3: 11. The position of woman in Muslim lands in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times; 12. The position of the woman saint; 13. Celibacy in Isl
m; 14. The communion of saints in Isl
m; 15. The cult of the saints in modern Isl
m; List of authors quoted; Index.