Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations XIII
4. Preface XVII
5. PART 1: Foundations Prophetic Revelation
6. Introduction 1
7. TEXTS FROM THE QUR'AN
8. Surat ar-Rahman, The Merciful 2
9. Writing Sacred Text 5
10. Surat Yusuf 6
11. Hadith: Prophetic and Sacred 24
12. Sacred Text and Architecture 26
13. VARIETIES OF QURAN INTERPRETATION
14. Introduction 29
15. Three Commentaries on Surat al-Fatiha, The Opening 29
16. Ibn Taymiya: Treatise on the Principles of Tafsir 35
17. Sacred Text and the Mihrab 43
18. Al-Ghazali: The Canons of Ta'wil 48
19. EXPERIENCING QUR'AN
20. Nawawi: Etiquette in Recitation 55
21. PART II: Devotion: Ritual and Personal Prayer
22. Introduction 59
23. ON THE FIVE PILLARS
24. Sharaf ad-Din Maneri: On the Necessity of Proper Intention 59
25. Nurcholish Madjid: Worship as an Institution of Faith 65
26. Tabari: Hadith on the Five Daily Ritual Prayers 74
27. Ritual and Creed in Moses' Conversation with God 78
28. Hamka: Qur an Commentary on Pilgrimage Ritual 85
29. DEVOTION BEYOND DUTY
30. Prayers of Holy Women 92
31. Rites of Passage and Popular Practice
32. Marthiya: Imam Husayn's Conversation with God 95
33. Madih: Three Contemporary Poems Honoring Imam Riza 98
34. Na't: Poem in Praise of Muhammad 102
35. Ginan: Isma'ili Petition of a Yearning Soul 103
36. Sermon for a Special Occasion
37. A Radio Mawlid Sermon 107
38. PART III: Inspiration: Edification and Ethics
39. EXEMPLARY MODELS
40. The Prophet: From Devotion to Edification
41. Acrostic Poem in Praise of Muhammad 119
42. Na't in Praise of Muhammad 123
43. Taha Hussein: Interpreting Muhammad's Life in Modern Times 124
44. Collections of Holy Lives
45. Asiya, an Exemplary Woman in Tha'labi's Stories of the Prophets 130
46. Munawi's Life of Rabi'a al-cAdawiya 132
47. Three Women of Iberia 135
48. Holy Women of Morocco and Egypt 137
49. The Life of Sufi Badhni 139
50. Jabarti's Account of Adi al-Bayyumi 141
51. WISDOM LITERATURE
52. The Qur'anic Paradigm of Wisdom: Surat Luqman 144
53. Morals for the Masses
54. Aphorisms of Ali 149
55. Sayings Attributed to Mu'in ad-Din Chishti 155
56. ENCOUNTERING THE EXEMPLARY PERSONS
57. Storytelling as Entertainment
58. Telling Tales: A Miracle of Mulla Hadda 159
59. Edifying Anecdotes: Ziya' ad-Din Nakhshabi 162
60. PART IV: Aesthetics: From Allegory to Arabesque
61. LITERATURE AND SPIRITUALITY
62. Interpreting Religious Poetry
63. Mir Ali-Shir Nawa'i: A Poet's Intentions 169
64. Shams ad-Din Lahiji: Commentary on Shabistari's Garden of Mystery 172
65. Allegory
66. Yahya Suhrawardi Maqtul: Allegory of Beauty and Love 180
67. PRINCIPAL POETIC FORMS
68. Introduction 184
69. Didactic Poetry
70. Sana'i of Ghazna: Two Teaching Parables 185
71. Mude Kala: Gayo Didactic Religious Poetry 189
72. Lyric Poetry
73. Ibn al-Farid: Kubaiyat, Ghazal, Qasida 194
74. Munawi's Literary Hagiography of Ibn al-Farid 202
75. Jalal ad-Din Rumi: Ghazal 208
76. Muhammad Shirin Maghribi: Ghazal 209
77. Nuri and Shad: Nacts 212
78. Bibi Hayati: Ghazal 214
79. PART V: Community: Society, Institutions, and Patronage
80. Introduction 217
81. SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
82. Religion, Society, and Culture
83. Shaykh Luqman: A Contemporary Life in a Traditional Context 218
84. INSTITUTIONAL TEXTS
85. Public Support
86. Historical Epigraphy of Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq 223
87. Two Waqf Documents: Sultan Barquq and Khwaja Ahrar
88. Mamluk Sultan Barquq's Waqf 226
89. A Central Asian Waqf of Naqshbandi Sufi Master Khwaja Ahrar 231
90. Private Discipline
91. Shihab ad-Din TJmar Suhrawardi: Treatises on Sufi Chivalry 235
92. PATRONAGE AND THEARTS
93. Women as Patrons of Architecture
94. Sitt ash-Sham of Damascus 244
95. Works of Timurid and Ottoman Women 245
96. Building Community and Community Patronage
97. Architectural Past, Present, and Future in America 249
98. Chronicles of Royal Patronage
99. Ibn Marzuq: Sultan Abu 'l-Hasan 'Ali's Architectural Patronage 250
100. Khwandamir: The Rediscovery and Refurbishment of 'Ali's Tomb 261
101. Sultan-Husayn Mirza: Apologia 265
102. PART VI: Pedagogy: Fanning Spark into Flame
103. ADVANCED INTERPRETATION OF FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES
104. Teaching Islam in Medieval Iran: Ahmad Sam'ani's Refreshment of Spirits 269
105. Teaching across Cultures
106. Islam in China: Wang Daiyu's Real Commentary on the True Teaching 278
107. From Arabic into Javanese: The Gift Addressed to the Spirit of the Prophet 283
108. FROM THE GREAT TEACHERS
109. Between Sermon and Seminar
110. Women as Scholars and Teachers 286
111. Teaching with Pictures: Three Paintings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen 290
112. Borrowed Notes
113. Muhammad Husayni Gesu Daraz on Love 296
114. Keeping in Touch
115. Shaykh Husayn: A Letter on the True Names of God 298
116. REQUIRED READING FOR MYSTICS
117. Advice for Inexperienced Travelers
118. Majd ad-Din Baghdadi: Treatise on Journeying 301
119. Mystical Geography
120. Vahidi: The Seven Invocations and the Seven Journeys 311
121. Languages of the Spirit
122. Sayyid Jafar Sajjadi: Lexicon of Mystical Terms 317
123. PART VII: Experience: Testimony, Paradigm, and Critique
124. HEART SPEAKS TO HEART
125. Soul on Pilgrimage
126. The Diary of Ahmad Wahib 325
127. Muhammad as Mystical Model
128. Tabari: Muhammad's Night Journey and Ascension 336
129. BEYOND STORY TELLING
130. Introduction 345
131. Saying the Unsayable
132. Rabia's Dream 345
133. Amir Khusraw of Delhi's Poetic Vision 347
134. Gesu Daraz's Vision of Jesus 349
135. Visionary Experiences of ‘Ali al-Bayyumi 350
136. Ahmad Wahib's Dream 352
137. Explaining the Unexplainable
138. Tabari: The Correct Interpretation of the Micraj Narrative 353
139. Al-Ghazali: Treatise on the Intimate Knowledge of God 355
140. EVALUATING EXPERIENCE
141. The Science of Hearts
142. Sharaf ad-Din Maneri: A Letter on the Qualities of Spiritual Guides 359
143. Sayyid Ahmad Khan: Treatise on Visualizing the Shaykh 368
144. Traveling Companions
145. Hasan Palasi's Encounter with Shaykh Kujuji 375
146. Appendix 1: Text Distribution
147. Appendix 2: Art Program Distribution 389
148. Notes 393
149. Suggestions for Further Reading 405
150. About the Contributors 409
151. Index of Qur’anic Citations 413
152. General Index 417