Book

Principles of Sufism

An English translation of al-Qushayri's classical Arabic Risala, a foundational manual of Sufi terminology, stations, and biographies of early mystics.

Author: al-Qushayrī
Type: Book
Written: c. 1045 (al-Qushayri's Arabic Risala; author d. 1072)
Edition: 1990
Publisher: Mizan Press (Berkeley, California)
Language: English
Tradition: Sufism
Identifiers: ISBN9780933782204

Where to find it

Review in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (W. Madelung, 1994), DOI 10.1017/S1356186300005666
Review in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (von Schlegell tr., Principles of Sufism by al-Qushayri)