Windows on the house of Islam : Muslim sources on spirituality and religious life /
edited by John Renard.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, �1998.
- 1 online resource (xx, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-408) and index.
Surat ar-Rahman, the Merciful -- Writing sacred text -- Surat Yusuf -- Hadith : prophetic and sacred -- Sacred text and architecture -- Three commentaries on Surat al-Fatiha, the Opening -- Treatise on the principles of tafsir / Sacred text and the mihrab -- The canons of ta�wil / Etiquette in recitation / On the necessity of proper intention / Worship as an institution of faith / Hadith on the five daily ritual prayers / Ritual and creed in Moses' conversation with God -- Qur�an commentary on pilgrimage ritual / Prayers of holy women -- Marthiya : Imam Husayn's conversation with God -- Madih : three contemporary poems honoring Imam Riza -- Na�t : poem in praise of Muhammad -- Ginan : Isma�ili petition of a yearning soul -- A radio Mawlid sermon -- Acrostic poem in praise of Muhammad -- Na�t in praise of Muhammad -- Interpreting Muhammad's life in modern times / Asiya, an exemplary woman in Tha�labi's Stories of the Prophets -- Munawi's life of Rabi�a al-�Adawiya -- Three women of Iberia -- Holy women of Morocco and Egypt -- The life of Sufi Badhni -- Jabarti's account of �Ali al-Bayyumi -- The Qur�anic paradigm of wisdom : Surat Luqman -- Aphorisms of �Ali -- Sayings attribute to Mu�in ad-Din Chishti -- Telling tales : a miracle of Mulla Hadda -- Edifying anecdotes : Ziya� ad-Din Nakshabi -- A poet's intentions / Commentary on Shabistar's Garden of Mystery / Allegory of beauty and love / Two teaching parables / Gayo didactic religious poetry / Ruba�iyat, Ghazal, Qasida / Munawi's literary hagiography of Ibn al-Farid -- Ghazal / Ghazal / Na�t's / Ghazal / Shaykh Luqman : a contemporary life in a traditional context -- Historical epigraphy of Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq -- Two Waqf documents : Sultan Barquq and Khwaja Ahrar -- Mamluk Sultan Barquq's Waqf -- A Central Asian Waqf of Naqshbandi Sufi Master Khwaja Ahrar -- Treatises on chivalry / Sitt ash-Sham of Damascus -- Works of Timurid and Ottoman women -- Architectural past, present, and future in America -- Sultan Abu 'l-Hasan �Ali's architectural patronage / The rediscovery and refurbishment of �Ali's Tomb / Apologia / Teaching Islam in medieval Iran : Ahmad Sam�ani's Refreshment of Spirits -- Islam in China : Wang Daiyu's Real Commentary on the True Teaching -- From Arabic into Javanese : The Gift Addressed to the Spirit of the Prophet -- Women as scholars and teachers -- Teaching with pictures : three paintings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen -- Muhammad Husayni Gesu Daraz on love -- A letter on the true names of God / Treatise on journeying / The seven invocations and the seven journeys / Lexicon of mystical terms / The diary of Ahmad Wahib -- Muhammad's night journey and ascension / Rabi�a's dream -- Amir Khusraw of Delhi's poetic vision -- Gesu Daraz's vision of Jesus -- Visionary experiences of �Ali. Ibn Taymiya -- Al-Ghazali -- Nawawi -- Sharaf ad-Din Maneri -- Nurcholish Madjid -- Tabari -- Hamka -- Taha Hussein -- Mir �Ali-Shir Nawa�i -- Shams ad-Din Lahiji -- Yahya Suhrawardi Maqtul -- Sana�i of Ghazna -- Mude Kala -- Ibn al-Farid -- Jalal al-Din Rumi -- Muhammad Shirin Maghribi -- Nuri and Shad -- Bibi Hayati -- Shihab ad-Din �Umar Suhrawardi -- Ibn Marzuq -- Khwandamir -- Sultan-Husayn Mirza -- Shaykh Husayn -- Majd ad-Din Baghdadi -- Vahidi -- Sayyid Ja�far Sajjadi -- Tabari --