https://www.bruceleelibrary.jamescbishop.com/lib/files/original/db06cd9ed236b1e9b4aadebfa4977bc7.jpg 45b1e9605d68da8d2753ef282e2d20a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Books Description An account of the resource Books owned or studied by Bruce Lee Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Bishop Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Doug Klinger, Marcos Ocana Book Author A. J. Arberry Publication Year 1970 Publisher Harper & Row Publishers Language English Subject Matter Sufism Description This packed little book provides a ready introduction to<br />[Sufism's] history, its literature and its decline." – <em>The Tablet</em> <br /><br />"A scholarly account of this difficult and intricate subject....A concise but authentic account of various sayings and teachings<br />of Muslim Sufis." – <em>Islamic Review </em><br /><br />Sufism, the mystical movement within Islam, in a thousand years of history has influenced powerfully the life, art and literature of the Muslim peoples. It has supplied the element of personal devotion and direct apprehension of Divine Realities which the more formal and practical character of orthodox ritual tended to overshadow. Thinkers like Ghazali and Ibn 'Arabi, such poets as Ibn al-Farid, Rumi, Hafiz and Jami were greatly inspired by the lives and sayings of the early Sufis. In this volume Professor Arberry has written the first short history of Sufism to appear in any language, illustrating the development of its doctrines with<br />copious quotations from its literature. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sufism: An Account of the Mystics of Islam