Webmystical dimensions of islam. University of north carolina press, 1975. The most complete and comprehensive survey of sufi history, doctrines,. Webin order to reconstruct the history and development of early sufi islam in the period between the third/ninth and seventh/thirteenth centuries, a huge body of sufi. In his introduction to early islamic mysticism, sells divides early sufi phenomena into four. Webas situated within the purview of world philosophies, sufism refers to the islamic mystical tradition as a whole: A historical phenomenon composed of a diverse complex of. Websufism, the mystical expression of the islamic tradition, has been for centuries a major cultural, social, political, and, of course, religious influence in diverse muslim cultures. Websufi poetry emerged as a form of mystical islamic devotional literature that expresses themes such as divine love and the mystical union between man and god, often through.
