Research Catalog

Title

Divine love : Islamic literature and the path to god / William C. Chittick, foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Author

Chittick, William C.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein

Description

xxix, 490 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"The very heart of the Islamic tradition is love; no other word adequately captures the quest for transformation that lies at this tradition's center. So argues esteemed professor of medieval Islam William C. Chittick in this survey of the extensive Arabic and Persian literature on topics ranging from the Qur'an up through the twelfth century. Bringing to light extensive foundational Persian sources never before presented, Chittick draws on more than a thousand pages of newly translated material to depict the rich prose literature at the center of Islamic thought." -- Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

• Islamic literature and the path to god
• Islamic Literature and the Path to God

Subject

• Sufism
• Sufi literature > History and criticism
• Islamic literature > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The origin of love: The theological context -- The story of love -- Spiritual psychology -- The life of love: The search -- The path -- The states of the travelers -- The goal of love: The reality of love -- The suffering of love -- The realization of tawḥīd.

ISBN

• 9780300185959 (alk. paper)
• 0300185952 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012044733

OCLC

• 813392850
• SCSB-10994501

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library