| Description |
1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Series |
Treasury in Islamic Thought and Civilization |
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Treasury in Islamic Thought and Civilization
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| Contents |
Intro -- A Treasury of Rumi -- Treasury_series -- Title -- Copyright -- Content -- Transliteration Table -- Introduction -- Who are We? The Nature and Origin of Mankind -- 1 Back to our Origins -- 2 Three Categories of Creatures -- 3 The Human Microcosm -- 4 The Believer's Heart -- 5 The Human Spirit -- 6 The Real 'You' -- 7 Don't Sell Yourself Short: The Value of the Human Being -- Facing Facts: Death, Suffering, Change -- 1 Death: This World is not our Home -- 2 Why Must We Die? -- 3 God's Decree: People Are Answerable for their Actions -- 4 Illusion and the Causator of Causes |
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5 Everyone Has their Qibla -- 6 No Gain Without Pain -- 7 Why Trials Come our Way -- 8 The Proof of True Love -- 9 Commitment: A Matter of Love and Death -- Foes and the Battle: Enemies of God and Man -- 1 The World of Opposites -- 2 The Animal Soul -- 3 Subduing the Self -- 4 Inward Impurity -- 5 Heedlessness: Forgetting our Homeland -- 6 This Deceptive World -- 7 The Envious Enemy -- Guides and Helpers: Prophets, Shaykhs, and Saints -- 1 The Light of God Protects and Helps -- 2 Dhikr Allah, Remembrance of God -- 3 Physicians of the Spirit -- 4 The Unlettered Prophet |
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5 No Spiritual Travel without a True Shaykh -- 6 The Saint's Self-Knowledge -- Wings to Fly with: Fear, Hope, and Love -- 1 'Read your Record While Still in this World' -- 2 Self-Reproach: The World is a Mirror -- 3 Do not Give Up Hope -- 4 A Taste for Spiritual Company -- 5 Guidance by Light and Revelation -- 6 Time for Prayer -- 7 The Voice of Longing: a Letter in Verse -- Bitter and Sweet: Self-Discipline and Spiritual Progress -- 1 Daily Devotions and Spiritual Stations -- 2 Contrition -- 3 Self-observation (Muraqaba) and Concealing Others' Faults -- 4 Leave your Mind Behind |
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5 Paradise is built of Goodly Intentions -- 6 The Alchemy of Unity -- 7 The Sweetness of Self-Sacrifice -- 8 The Fruits of Gratitude -- 9 Be Tolerant of Others -- 10 The Way of Poverty -- Faith and Wisdom: The Din of Islam from Within -- 1 The Law, The Way, and Ultimate Truth -- 2 Hell Proceeds from Evil Deeds -- 3 Night Worship -- 4 Zakat (Alms) and Salat (Ritual Prayer) -- 5 Pilgrimage -- 6 Outward Acts of Worship Attest to Inner Light -- Beyond Duality: Dilemmas Resolved -- 1 Relative Points of View -- 2 Good and Evil Are Inseparable -- 3 Mankind Has Freedom of Choice |
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4 Divine Will is Different from Divine Contentment -- 5 All Worship the Creator, Willingly or Otherwise -- 6 A Remedy for the Restless Soul -- 7 Invocation or Contemplation? -- Lord and Cherisher: The Relationship with God -- 1 Where is God? -- 2 How God Provides -- 3 Bring your Heart to My Door -- 4 Divine Generosity -- 5 God Seeks out His Beloved Ones -- 6 What Can we Give the One Who Has Everything? -- 7 The Divine Transformer -- Aspects of Unity: Wisdom, Knowledge, Serenity -- 1 Existence is One -- 2 What You Do is What You Get -- 3 Remembrance of God (Dhikr Allah) Brings Everlasting Benefits |
| Summary |
The version of Rumi that has become known as #x91;the best-selling poet in North America' is not a true one |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4 Unitive Vision |
| Subject |
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Poetry
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rumi, Jalal al-Din
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| ISBN |
9781847741059 |
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1847741053 |
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