Seyed Salman Safavi

LONDON ACADEMY OF IRANIAN STUDIES

"The Practice of Sufism and The Safavi Order"

Published by London Academy of Iranian Studies Press, London, 2018.

This book consists of two chapters. The Practice Sufism and The Safavid order. The first chapter discusses The Practice of Sufism (Mysticism) in Islam: This chapter introduces the theoretical aspects of the practice of mysticism in Islam. It examines the nature of mysticism, the mystic and his states, the goal of the mystic and the ethics of spiritual wayfaring. The author addresses major themes that are central concerns of mystical authors and describes their meaning. He describes and analyses mystical states drawing on the maj…

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