Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Manuscript title page in English 1
6. Author's Preface 1
7. I. On the Chapters of the Book 5
8. II. May the Word 'lshq Be Applied to Love for God and from God? 8
9. III. Preliminary Considerations 10
10. IV. On the Word Love, Its Derivation, and Its Meanings 24
11. V. On the Origin and Beginning of Love and Eros 38
12. VI. On the Essence and Quiddity of Love 65
13. VII. On the Diverse Views People Hold about Love 77
14. VIII. On the Description and Character of Eros 84
15. IX. On Praiseworthy Love 88
16. X. On Those Who Disparaged Love for Some Cause 109
17. XI. On the Effects of Love [and Eros] and Their Signs and Symptoms 116
18. XII. On the Signs of Love, Including the Sayings of Unimpeachable Spiritual Authorities among the Mystics and the Righteous 127
19. XIII. On the Classification of Love according to Our Opinion 132
20. XIV. On the Signs of God's Love for Man 135
21. XV. On the Explanation of the Signs of Man's Love for God 142
22. XVI. On the Signs [of the Love] of Those Who Love One Another in God 151
23. XVII. On the Love of the Elite among Believers 157
24. XVIII. On the Love of the Commonality of Muslims 159
25. XIX. On the Love of All Other Animate Beings 160
26. XX. On the Meaning of the Word Shāhid 163
27. XXI. On the Definition of the Perfection of Love 166
28. XXII. On Those Who Died of Natural Love 170
29. XXIII. On Those Who Killed Themselves for Love 181
30. XXIV. On the Death of Divine Lovers 185
31. Bibliography 207
32. Index of Persons, Peoples, and Places 219