About The Book

This book, unlike almost all books on Sufism in English, provides a window on the living Sufism of the Khalidi-naqshbandi sufis of Kurdistan. This text is quite unique, as it contextualizes the practice of Sufism both historically and within the Islamic religious milieu, clarifying many types of questions non-Sufis typically ask.

The author discusses the full spectrum of stations that Sufis experience, from repentance to servanthood, before outlining fifteen common altered states of consciousness (sing. hal). This is followed by a detailed discussion of sufi technical terms and praiseworthy and blameworthy attributes.