The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two Works by Al-Ḥakīm Al-Tirmidhī ; an Annotated Translation with Introduction

Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Hakim al- Tirmidi, al-Hakim Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Tirmidhi, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAlī al- Ḥakīm at-Tirmiḏī, Bernd Radtke, John O'Kane

Psychology Press, 1996 - Social Science - 282 pages

This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God).

Contents

• THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE THEOSOPHIST: 15
• THE LIFE OF THE FRIENDS: 38
• APPENDIX: 213
• INDICES: 241
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 276

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two Works by Al-Ḥakīm Al-Tirmidhī ; an Annotated Translation with Introduction; Curzon Sufi series; Routledge Sufi Series; The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two Works by Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi, al-Hakim Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Tirmidhi
• Authors: Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Hakim al- Tirmidi, al-Hakim Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Tirmidhi, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAlī al- Ḥakīm at-Tirmiḏī, Bernd Radtke, John O'Kane
• Editors: Bernd Radtke, John O'Kane
• Translated by: Bernd Radtke, John O'Kane
• Contributors: Bernd Radtke, John O'Kane
• Edition: annotated
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 1996
• ISBN: 0700704523, 9780700704521
• Length: 282 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General