{"product_id":"al-qusyris-epistle-on-sufism","title":"Al-Qusyri's Epistle on Sufism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eEpistle on Sufism\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbu ’l-Qasim al-Qushayri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a famous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunni\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e scholar and mystic (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSufi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) from Khurasan in Iran. His Epistle is probably the most popular Sufi manual ever .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in 437\/1045, it has served as a primary textbook for many generations of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSufi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e novices down to the present. In it, Al-Qushayri gives us an illuminating insight into the everyday lives of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSufi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e devotees of the eighth to eleventh centuries C.E. and the moral and ethical dilemmas they were facing in trying to strike a delicate balance between their ascetic and mystical convictions and the exigencies of life in a society governed by rank, wealth, and military power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn al-Qushayri’s narrative, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSufi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efriends of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eawaliya\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’) are depicted as the true, if uncrowned, ‘kings’ of this world, not those worldly rulers who appear to be lording it over the common herd of believers.I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003en the Epistle many Sufi motifs are illustrated by the anecdotes and parables that show al-Qushayri’s fellow \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSufis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in a wide variety of contexts: suffering from hunger and thirst in the desert, while performing pilgrimage to Mecca, participating in ‘spiritual concerts’, reciting the Qur’an, waging war against the ‘infidel’ enemy and their own desires, earning their livelihood, meditating in a retreat, praying, working miracles, interacting with the ‘people of the market-place’, their family members and peers, dreaming, and dying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: Abu I'Qasim Al-Qushayri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding: Softcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698763731042,"sku":"979-8691128585","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1834\/5639\/files\/Al-Qusyri_sEpistleonSufism.png?v=1775677948","url":"https:\/\/bookstore.zaytuna.edu\/products\/al-qusyris-epistle-on-sufism","provider":"Zaytuna College Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}