Windows on the house of Islam : Muslim sources on spirituality and religious life /

Windows on the house of Islam : Muslim sources on spirituality and religious life / [print] edited by John Renard. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1998. - xx, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.



Surat ar-Rahman, the Merciful -- Writing sacred text -- Surat Yusuf -- Hadith : prophetic and sacred -- Sacred text and architecture -- Three commentaries on Surat al-Fatiha, the Opening -- Treatise on the principles of tafsir Sacred text and the mihrab -- The canons of tawil Etiquette in recitation On the necessity of proper intention Worship as an institution of faith Hadith on the five daily ritual prayers Ritual and creed in Moses' conversation with God -- Quran commentary on pilgrimage ritual Prayers of holy women -- Marthiya : Imam Husayn's conversation with God -- Madih : three contemporary poems honoring Imam Riza -- Nat : poem in praise of Muhammad -- Ginan : Ismaili petition of a yearning soul -- A radio Mawlid sermon -- Acrostic poem in praise of Muhammad -- Nat in praise of Muhammad -- Interpreting Muhammad's life in modern times Asiya, an exemplary woman in Thalabi's Stories of the Prophets -- Munawi's life of Rabia al-Adawiya -- Three women of Iberia -- Holy women of Morocco and Egypt -- The life of Sufi Badhni -- Jabarti's account of Ali al-Bayyumi -- The Quranic paradigm of wisdom : Surat Luqman -- Aphorisms of Ali -- Sayings attribute to Muin ad-Din Chishti -- Telling tales : a miracle of Mulla Hadda -- Edifying anecdotes : Ziya ad-Din Nakshabi -- A poet's intentions Commentary on Shabistar's Garden of Mystery Allegory of beauty and love Two teaching parables Gayo didactic religious poetry Rubaiyat, Ghazal, Qasida Munawi's literary hagiography of Ibn al-Farid -- Ghazal Ghazal Nat's Ghazal Shaykh Luqman : a Ibn Taymiya -- Al-Ghazali -- Nawawi -- Sharaf ad-Din Maneri -- Nurcholish Madjid -- Tabari -- Hamka -- Taha Hussein -- Mir Ali-Shir Nawai -- Shams ad-Din Lahiji -- Yahya Suhrawardi Maqtul -- Sanai of Ghazna -- Mude Kala -- Ibn al-Farid -- Jalal al-Din Rumi -- Muhammad Shirin Maghribi -- Nuri and Shad -- Bibi Hayati -- contemporary life in a traditional context -- Historical epigraphy of Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq -- Two Waqf documents : Sultan Barquq and Khwaja Ahrar -- Mamluk Sultan Barquq's Waqf -- A Central Asian Waqf of Naqshbandi Sufi Master Khwaja Ahrar -- Treatises on chivalry Sitt ash-Sham of Damascus -- Works of Timurid and Ottoman women -- Architectural past, present, and future in America -- Sultan Abu 'l-Hasan Ali's architectural patronage The rediscovery and refurbishment of Ali's Tomb Apologia Teaching Islam in medieval Iran : Ahmad Samani's Refreshment of Spirits -- Islam in China : Wang Daiyu's Real Commentary on the True Teaching -- From Arabic into Javanese : The Gift Addressed to the Spirit of the Prophet -- Women as scholars and teachers -- Teaching with pictures : three paintings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen -- Muhammad Husayni Gesu Daraz on love -- A letter on the true names of God Treatise on journeying The seven invocations and the seven journeys Lexicon of mystical terms The diary of Ahmad Wahib -- Muhammad's night journey and ascension Rabia's dream -- Amir Khusraw of Delhi's poetic vision -- Gesu Daraz's vision of Jesus -- Visionary experiences of Ali. Shihab ad-Din Umar Suhrawardi -- Ibn Marzuq -- Khwandamir -- Sultan-Husayn Mirza -- Shaykh Husayn -- Majd ad-Din Baghdadi -- Vahidi -- Sayyid Jafar Sajjadi -- Tabari --



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