Sufism: A Wayfarer's Guide to the Naqshbandi Way - Paperback

by Shaikh Amin 'Ala Ad-Din An-Naqshbandi (Author), Muhammad Sharif Ahmad (Translator), Muhtar Holland (Translator)

Unlike most English-language books on Sufism - which tend to reflect on the sociolcutural orientations of the modern West - this account provides a window into the living Sufism of the Khalidi-Naqshbandi of Kurdistan.

Author Biography

Shaikh Amin 'Ala ad-Din an-Naqshbandi was the paramount Naqshbandi shaykh in Kurdistan and great-grandson of Mawlana Khalid, the founder-figure of the Khalidi-Naqshbandi Sufi lineage. Dr. Muhammad Sharif Ahmad was a professor at Baghdad University, a member of Iraq's scientific committee, and a deputy minister. Muhtar Holland was a well-known translator of Sufi books, including "Rashahat-i ayn al-hayat."