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Sufi studies

Sufi studies is a particular branch of comparative studies that uses the technical lexicon of the Islamic mystics, the Sufis, to exemplify the nature of its ideas; hence the frequent reference to Sufi Orders. It may be divided into two main branches, the orientalist/academic and the spiritual.

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Early Sufi studies in France

Early translations

Early sociological studies

Aguéli to Guénon

Abd Al-Qadir and al-Tijani

Massignon to Nasr

Idries Shah

Margaret Smith

Later academics

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Sufi studies

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related to References · 93
Sufi studies → Abu-Maneh, According, Al-Qadir, Albany New York, Allan, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Aperçus, Aspects, Avis, Bakhtiar, Bannerth, Caire, California Press, Chicago Press, Christianity, Comparative Study, Crucible/The Aquarian Press, Die Welt, Din Rumi, Doubleday New York
related to Aguéli to Guénon · 34
Sufi studies → Abdel Wahid Yahia, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Bernard, Buddhism, Cairo, East, Egypt, Frithjof Schuon, Gershom Scholem, Hinduism, Islam, It, Ivan Aguéli, Judaism, Kabbalah, La Gnose, Les Nabis, Marco Pallis, Martin Lings, One
related to Idries Shah · 21
Sufi studies → Albert Hourani, Arberry, Cambridge University Press, English, European Thought, Islam, London Ethnological Institute, Marshall Hodgson, Naqshbandi, Nevertheless, Nicholson, Oriental Magic, Oxford/Cambridge, Pr, Professor Reza Arasteh, Sayyid Idries Shah, Sufi, They, Thomas Merton, Venture
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Sufi studies → particular branch of comparative studies that uses the technical lexicon of the Islamic mystics

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