Al-Qushayri's Epistle on Sufism : Al-Risala al-qushayriyya fi 'ilm al-tasawwuf / Abu 'l-Qasim al-Qushayri ; translated by Alexander D. Knysh ; reviewed by Muhammad Eissa.

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"The author of the Epistle on Sufism, Abu 'l-Qasim al-Qushayri (376/986-465/1074), was a famous Sunni scholar and mystic (Sufi) from Khurasan in Iran. His Epistle is probably the most popular Sufi manual ever." "Written in 437/1045, it has served as a primary textbook for many generations of Sufi no...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Risālah al-Qushayrīyah. English Great books of Islamic civilisation.
Main Author:	Qushayrī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin, 986-1072
Corporate Author:	Centre for Muslim Contribution to Civilization
Other Authors:	Knysh, Alexander D. Eissa, Muhammad S.
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	Arabic
Published:	Reading, UK : Garnet Pub., [2007], ©2007.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Great books of Islamic civilisation.
Subjects:	Sufism > Early works to 1800.
Genre:	Early works to 1800.
Physical Description:	xxvii, 460 pages ; 25 cm.
Variant Title:	Epistle on Sufism.
Format:	Book

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