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The Repose of the Spirits is a translation of one of the earliest and most comprehensive treatises on Sufism in the Persian language. Written by Aḥmad Sam'ānī, an expert in Islamic law from a famous Central Asian scholarly family in about the year 1135, it is one of the handful of early Sufi texts available in English and is by far the most accessible. It also may well be the longest and the most accurately translated. Ostensibly a commentary on the divine names, it avoids the abstract discourse of theological nitpicking and explains the human significance of the names with a delightful mix of Quranic verses and sayings of the Prophet and various past teachers, interspersed with original interpretations of the received wisdom. Unlike the usual books on the divine names (such as that of al-Ghazali), The Repose of the Spirits reminds the reader of the later poetical tradition, especially the work of Rumi. The prose is richly embroidered with imagery and interspersed with a great variety of Arabic and Persian poetry. What is especially remarkable is the manner in which the author speaks to his readers about their own personal situations, explaining why they are driven by a love affair with God, a God who is full of compassion and good humor, whether they know it or not. William C. Chittick's masterful new translation brings this work to an English-language audience for the first time.

Sufism --- God (Islam) --- Allah --- Monotheism (Islam) --- Islam --- Name

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Engaging with the age old question of who is the God of Islam, Bruce B. Lawrence stakes out the historical nuance of Allah throughout the past 1500 years, from the earliest mention of his name to his appropriate by cyberspace.

297.12 --- Islam: theologie; doctrine --- 297.12 Islam: theologie; doctrine --- God (Islam) --- Dieu (Islam) --- Allah --- Monotheism (Islam) --- Islam

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God (Islam) --- Islamic cosmology. --- Philosophy, Islamic. --- Islamic cosmology --- Philosophy, Islamic --- Arabic philosophy --- Muslim philosophy --- Philosophy, Arab --- Cosmology, Islamic --- Muslim cosmology --- Cosmology --- Allah --- Monotheism (Islam) --- Islam --- Islamic philosophy

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God (Islam) --- God --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Monotheism --- Religion --- Theism --- Allah --- Monotheism (Islam) --- Islam --- Early works to 1800 --- Proof&delete& --- Simplicity&delete& --- Proof --- Simplicity

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Early Christian-Muslim Debate on the Unity of God examines the writings of three of the earliest known Christian theologians to write comprehensive theological works in Arabic. Theodore Abū Qurra, Abū Rā’iṭa and ‘Ammār al-Baṣrī provide valuable insight into early Christian-Muslim debate shortly after the rise of the Islamic empire. Through close examination of their writings on the doctrine of the Trinity, Sara Husseini demonstrates the creativity of these theologians, who make use of language, style and argumentation characteristic of Islamic theological thought (kalām), in order to help articulate their long-established religious truths. Husseini offers close analysis of the authors individually and comparatively, exploring their engagement with Islamic theology and their role in this fascinating period.

God --- God (Islam) --- Christianity and other religions --- Islam --- Allah --- Monotheism (Islam) --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Theism --- Simplicity --- History of doctrines. --- Islam. --- Relations --- Christianity.