Jihad in Premodern Sufi Writings
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Jihad in Premodern Sufi Writings

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This book is the only comprehensive study in a European language that analyzes how Sufi treatises, Qur'anic commentary, letters, hagiography, and poetry define and depict jihad. Harry S. Neale analyzes Sufi jihad discourse in Arabic and Persian texts composed between the eleventh and seventeenth centuries, providing access to many writings that have hitherto been unavailable in English. Despite the diversity of practice within Sufism that existed throughout the premodern period, Sufi writings consistently promulgated a complementary understanding of jihad as both a spiritual and military endeavor. Neale discusses the disparity between contemporary academic Sufi jihad discourse in European languages, which generally presents Sufis as peaceful mystics, and contemporary academic writing in Arabic that depicts Sufis as exemplary warriors who combine spiritual discipline with martial zeal. The book concludes that historically, Sufi writings never espoused a purely spiritual interpretation of the doctrine of jihad.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9781137561558
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Islamic Theology

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Contents
  5. Chapter 1: Introduction
  6. Chapter 2: Overview of the History of Sufi Studies
  7. Chapter 3: Islamic Scripture and the Doctrine of Jihad
  8. Chapter 4: The Concept of Spiritual Jihad in Learned Sufi Texts
  9. Chapter 5: The Martial Jihad in Learned Sufi Texts
  10. Chapter 6: Representations of Jihad in Sufi Hagiography and Poetry
  11. Chapter 7: Historical Role of Sufis in Military Endeavors
  12. Conclusion
  13. Appendix A: Anecdotes Regarding Sufis and Warfare from Hagiography
  14. Appendix B: Some Notes on Form-Three Verbal Nouns in Arabic
  15. Notes
  16. Glossary
  17. Bibliography
  18. Primary Sources in Arabic and Persian
  19. Secondary Sources in Arabic and Persian
  20. Secondary Sources in European Languages
  21. Index