Repose of the Spirits - A Sufi Commentary on the Divine Names

Major new translation of a unique and important Persian treatise on divine names in the Islamic tradition.

About the author

William C. Chittick is Professor of Comparative Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He has published numerous books, among them, Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity; Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi; and A Shi'ite Anthology, all published by SUNY Press.William C. Chittick is Professor of Comparative Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He has published numerous books, among them, Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity; Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi; and A Shi'ite Anthology, all published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Ahmad Sam'¿n¿, Ahmad Sam'ani, Ahmad/ Chittick Sam'ani, Ahmad Sam''ani
• Assisted by: William C. Chittick (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781438473345
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-7334-5
• No. of pages: 708
• Series: SUNY series in Islam; Suny Islam
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous