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A sufi saint of the twentieth century : Shaikh Aḣmad al-ʻAlawī: his spiritual heritage and legacy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lings, Martin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1971.
Edition:Second edition, revised and enlarged.
Subjects:
ʻAlawī, Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá, > 1869-1934.
Sufis > Algeria > Biography.
Sufis > Africa, North > Biography.
Sufis > Biography.
Sufism.
Soufis > Algérie > Biographies.
Soufis > Afrique du Nord > Biographies.
Soufis > Biographies.
Soufisme.
Sufis.
North Africa.
Algeria.
Biography.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: The Path and the Order. 1. Seen from Outside
  • - 2. The Origins of Sufism
  • - 3. Seen from Within
  • - 4. The Spiritual Master
  • -- Part Two: The Doctrine. 5. Oneness of being
  • - 6. The Three Worlds
  • - 7. The Symbolism of the Letters of the Alphabet
  • - 8. The Great Peace
  • - 9. Gnosis
  • - 10. The Ritual Purification
  • - 11. The Ritual Prayer
  • -- Part Three: Further Dimensions. 12. Selections from his Aphorisms
  • - 13. Selections from his Aphorisms
  • - 14. Selections from his Poetry
  • -- Appendix 1: List of his Writings
  • - Appendix 2: The Spiritual Chain.