Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts

SUNY Series in Islam

by William C. Chittick

Translations and analyses of three Persian Sufi texts, offering a perspective on Islam that is rarely met in modern works.

Genres: Religion, Islam

322 pages, Paperback

First published October 22, 1992

About the author

is a philosopher, writer, translator and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts. He is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi, and has written extensively on the school of Ibn 'Arabi, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic cosmology.