Windows on the house of Islam : Muslim sources on spirituality and religious life / edited by John Renard.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-408) and index.

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Surat ar-Rahman, the Merciful -- Writing sacred text -- Surat Yusuf -- Hadith : prophetic and sacred -- Sacred text and architecture -- Three commentaries on Surat al-Fatiha, the Opening -- Treatise on the principles of tafsir / Ibn Taymiya -- Sacred text and the mihrab -- The canons of taʼwil / Al-Ghazali -- Etiquette in recitation / Nawawi -- On the necessity of proper intention / Sharaf ad-Din Maneri -- Worship as an institution of faith / Nurcholish Madjid -- Hadith on the five daily ritual prayers / Tabari -- Ritual and creed in Moses' conversation with God -- Qurʼan commentary on pilgrimage ritual / Hamka -- Prayers of holy women -- Marthiya : Imam Husayn's conversation with God -- Madih : three contemporary poems honoring Imam Riza -- Naʻt : poem in praise of Muhammad -- Ginan : Ismaʻili petition of a yearning soul -- A radio Mawlid sermon -- Acrostic poem in praise of Muhammad -- Naʻt in praise of Muhammad -- Interpreting Muhammad's life in modern times / Taha Hussein -- Asiya, an exemplary woman in Thaʻlabi's Stories of the Prophets -- Munawi's life of Rabiʻa al-ʻAdawiya -- Three women of Iberia -- Holy women of Morocco and Egypt -- The life of Sufi Badhni -- Jabarti's account of ʻAli al-Bayyumi -- The Qurʼanic paradigm of wisdom : Surat Luqman -- Aphorisms of ʻAli -- Sayings attribute to Muʻin ad-Din Chishti -- Telling tales : a miracle of Mulla Hadda -- Edifying anecdotes : Ziyaʼ ad-Din Nakshabi -- A poet's intentions / Mir ʻAli-Shir Nawaʼi -- Commentary on Shabistar's Garden of Mystery / Shams ad-Din Lahiji -- Allegory of beauty and love / Yahya Suhrawardi Maqtul -- Two teaching parables / Sanaʼi of Ghazna -- Gayo didactic religious poetry / Mude Kala -- Rubaʻiyat, Ghazal, Qasida / Ibn al-Farid -- Munawi's literary hagiography of Ibn al-Farid -- Ghazal / Jalal al-Din Rumi -- Ghazal / Muhammad Shirin Maghribi -- Naʻt's / Nuri and Shad -- Ghazal / Bibi Hayati -- Shaykh Luqman : a contemporary life in a traditional context -- Historical epigraphy of Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq -- Two Waqf documents : Sultan Barquq and Khwaja Ahrar -- Mamluk Sultan Barquq's Waqf -- A Central Asian Waqf of Naqshbandi Sufi Master Khwaja Ahrar -- Treatises on chivalry / Shihab ad-Din ʻUmar Suhrawardi -- Sitt ash-Sham of Damascus -- Works of Timurid and Ottoman women -- Architectural past, present, and future in America -- Sultan Abu 'l-Hasan ʻAli's architectural patronage / Ibn Marzuq -- The rediscovery and refurbishment of ʻAli's Tomb / Khwandamir -- Apologia / Sultan-Husayn Mirza -- Teaching Islam in medieval Iran : Ahmad Samʻani's Refreshment of Spirits -- Islam in China : Wang Daiyu's Real Commentary on the True Teaching -- From Arabic into Javanese : The Gift Addressed to the Spirit of the Prophet -- Women as scholars and teachers -- Teaching with pictures : three paintings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen -- Muhammad Husayni Gesu Daraz on love -- A letter on the true names of God / Shaykh Husayn -- Treatise on journeying / Majd ad-Din Baghdadi -- The seven invocations and the seven journeys / Vahidi -- Lexicon of mystical terms / Sayyid Jaʻfar Sajjadi -- The diary of Ahmad Wahib -- Muhammad's night journey and ascension / Tabari -- Rabiʻa's dream -- Amir Khusraw of Delhi's poetic vision -- Gesu Daraz's vision of Jesus -- Visionary experiences of ʻAli.

English.

Over the centuries and across the globe, Muslim authors and artists have given moving testimony to their experience of being members of the Islamic community. Their many vantage points come together in this collection, one that represents major Islamic groups from the past through the present and covers a range of themes essential to understanding Islamic spirituality and religious life. More than thirty leading Islam scholars present translations originating from a dozen languages, including Arabic, Persian, Chinese, and Indonesian. Texts include samples of virtually every major literary form of significance to the Muslim faith: the Qur'an, hadith, scriptural commentary, letters, treatises, lyric and didactic poetry, hagiography, historical chronicle, aphorism, endowment deeds, and personal diary entries. In addition, over five dozen illustrations thematically document a full range of artistic forms and historical periods, from ritual objects and architecture to manuscripts of religious texts. This volume and its companion, John Renard's 1996 book, Seven Doors to Islam, are the only books available that integrate such a wide range of Islamic literary and visual forms. Together they offer a superb introduction to the primary religious sources as well as a general understanding of Islamic spirituality and culture.

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