Divine love : Islamic literature and the path to god /
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.
