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Sufism -- Sufis -- Sufi
Orders
Sufi Qur'an Commentary: A Survey of
the Genre Written
by Dr. Godlas in its original form for publication in the Encyclopaedia
Iranica, this comprehensive multi-page article discusses the major
works of Sufi
Qur'an commentary. Note that this is under construction, but the link is
now functional. (The instructions for downloading the necessary font--for
users of Windows using either MS Explorer or Netscape and a
formatting error that prevented Netscape users from viewing proper
font--have been fixed as of March 1, 2001.) In response to reader requests (on
account of difficultly with the original font, I have
reformatted the article "Sufi Qur'an
Commentary" in Unicode. If you do not have a full
unicode font already installed on your computer, instructions for downloading are
included on the first page of the reformatted article.
"Guide us on the straight path" (Qur'an
1:6) in the Sufi Qur'an commentary 'Ara'is al-bayan (The Brides of
Explanation) by Ruzbihan al-Baqli (d. 606/1209) (See below.)
"Faith" in the Tafsir of
Kashifi,
a 9th/15th century Naqshbandi. He weaves together material from Khwajah
Baha' al-Din Naqshband, Junayd al-Baghdadi, and Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi.
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