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Title: Essays on Islamic Piety and Mysticism (Islamic History and Civilization, Vol 30) by Fritz Meier, John O'Kane ISBN: 9004108653 Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers Pub. Date: 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $185.00

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Summary: Exceptional insight into the history and mysticism of Sufism
Comment: No one with a serious interest in the history of Sufism can now afford to avoid ESSAYS ON ISLAMIC PIETY & MYSTICISM, a magnificent collection of essays upon the history and nature of Sufism. Meier's studies are on par with the legendary work of Massignon with a fantastic grasp of detail and a sympathetic insight into the nature of mystical praxis.

The Swiss Scholar Fritz Meier (1912-1998) was one of the principal Islamicists of the twentieth century. His publications have been mostly in German and until this publication have suffered the fate of not being accessible to scholars unfamiliar with the language. Meier's entire oeuvre combines expert philological method and precision of thought, a deep-felt and penetrating textual interpretation, and a extensive acquaintance with primary sources that is unusual and even astounding. Among the numerous fields in which he has initiated original research, Persian poetry and Islamic mysticism (Sufism) in the widest sense stand out in particular. His work on Sufism covers the whole of the Islamic world and Islamic history from its beginnings up to the twentieth century. Also available in English is his study of the warrior Abu Sa Id-I Abu L-Hayr. Because his works have been written in German, whole debates on subjects concerning Sufism that have taken place in Anglo-American academic circles, which to their own loss have not taken account of Meier's often pioneering points of view. The translation s presented here are offered to remedy this situation. The translator provides for the first time a translation of fifteen of Fritz Meier's seminal articles. The selected articles deal with the history of Sufism; Sufi morals and practices such as dhikr and sama; the historical development of the master disciple relationship; Ibn Taymiyya's attitude toward Sufism; pious devotional practices such as making use of the tasliya; essential sources for the history of Sufism in the Maghreb and the Almoravids. Extensive indices will facilitate the use of this epoch making work. The translations were reviewed by the author before his death and bibliographies have in many cases have been updated. Anyone with an interest in the golden age of Sufism will find this work a treasure throve of mystical practice and historical rigor, mixed with astute psychological insight. Meier's usual working method is to present a showcase of evidence from primary sources and to accompany this with extensive comparisons and nuanced elucidation. And although each essay focuses on a exact subject or traces a particular development, Meier frequently adds remarks and judgments which go additionally afield, particularly on matters to do with general themes within Sufism. This propensity makes it difficult to paraphrase his work without betraying its individual distinguishing qualities.