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	Bruce Lawrence, The Qur'an: Books That changed the World, Grove Press, 2008.		Roy Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran, One World Publication, 2nd edition, 2008.
	Nadje Sadig Al-Ali, Iraqi Women: Untold Stories From 1948 to the Present, Zed Books, 2007.		Fatemeh Keshavarz, Jasmine and Stars: Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks), University of North Carolina ress, 2007.
	Michael Sells, Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations, White Cloud Press, 2nd ed., 2007.		Edward E. Curtis (Ed.), The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States, Columbia University Press, 2007.
	Cemil Aydin, The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia: Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought (Columbia Studies in International and Global History), New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.		Omid Safi, The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam: Negotiating Ideology and Religious Inquiry, Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2006.
	Charles Kurzman, The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran, Harvard University Press, 2005.		Juliane Hammer, Palestinians Born in Exile: Diaspora and the Search for a Homeland, University of Texas Press, 2005.
	Ebrahim Moosa, Ghazali and Poetics of Imagination, Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2005.		Carl W. Ernst, Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks), Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2003.
	Juan Cole, Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam, London: I. B. Tauris, 2002.		Omid Safi, Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism, Oneworld Publications, 2003.

Sources on Sufism (Compiled by the members of ISLAMAAR listserv)

Cadavid, Leslie, Two Who Attained: Twentieth-Century Sufi Saints: Fatima al-Yashrutiyya & Shaykh Ahmad al-'Alawi. (Fons Vitae, 2005)

Chishti, Amatullah Armstrong. The lamp of love: journeying with the Sabri brothers

Chittick, William C. Sufism: A Beginner's Guide. Oneworld Publications, 2007

Ernst, Carl, Teachings of Sufism (Shambhala, 1999).
http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-57062-349-3.cfm

Faridi, Shahidullah. Inner Aspects of Faith. (Mehfil-e-Zauqia, 1986).

Karamustafa, Ahmet T. Sufism: The Formative Period. (University of California Press, 2007)

Karchmar, Irving. Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel. (BookSurge Publishing, 2004).

Michael Sells, Early Islamic Mysticism. (Paulist Press, 2004)

(Translations of) Qushayri's Risala (for instance, Principles of Sufism)

Renard, Jack. Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism: Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology. (Paulist Press, 2004)

Sherwani, Masihullah Khan. The Path to Perfection. (White Thread Press, 2005).
http://www.whitethreadpress.com/publications/path_perfection.htm

Schimmel, Annemarie. Mystical Dimensions of Islam (The University of North Carolina Press, 1978)

Uthmani, Imam Zafar Ahmad. Sufism and Good Character. (White Thread Press, 2004).
http://www.whitethreadpress.com/publications/sufism.htm

Tazkiyat al-Nafs and Akhlaq:

Birgîvî, Mehmet Efendi. The Path of Muhammad: A Book on Islamic Morals and Ethics. Interpreted by Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti (b. 1344/1926).
Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, Inc., 2005. xv + 351 pp.

(Warning: this is not really a translation of Birgivi, as Tosun Bayrak has really greatly rehandled that material. But then, he is a Sufi shaykh too.)

Farid, Ahmad, compiler. The Purification of the Soul: Tazkiyat an-Nufus wa Tarbiyyatuha kama Yuqarriruhu 'Ulama as-Salaf. Tr. by Ashraf. Revised by Al-Arabi Ben Razzuq and Ahmad Thomson. London: Al-Firdous, Ltd. 181 pp.
(The original of this work was published in Arabic as Tazkiyyat al-nufûs wa-tarbiyyatuhâ kamâ yuqarriruhâ 'ulamâ’ al-salaf (Beirut: Dâr al-Qalam) and is said to have been gathered from works by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalî, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, and Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî.)

al-Ghazâlî, Abû Hâmid Muhammad b. Muhammad. Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum-id-Din, or The Revival of Religious Learnings. Translated by Fazlul Karim. Dacca: F. K. Islam Mission Trust, 1971-1972. 4 vols. bound in 5 (Vol. 4 is in 2 vols.). Reprinted as Imam Ghazzali’s Ihya Ulum-id-Din (The Book of Religious Learnings). Reprint: Lahore: Islamic Book Foundation, 1983. 4 vols. in 2. New Delhi: Islamic Book Service, 1992. Revised edition, 2005. 4 vols. 1318 pp. Vol. 1, 288 pp. Vol. 2, 244 pp. Vol. 3, 319 pp. Vol. 4, 467 pp.

al-Ghazali, Muhammad. Muslim Character: An American-English Translation of Muhammad al-Ghazali’s Khuluq al-Muslim. Tr. by Mufti A. H. Usmani. Chicago: Kazi Publications, 2004. 178 pp.

al-Haddâd, ‘Abd Allâh ibn ‘Alawî. Two Treatises: Mutual Reminding and Good Manners. Tr. by Mostafa al-Badawi. Chicago: Starlatch Press, 2002. xiii + 81 pp.

Islâhî, Amîn Ahsan How to Attain True Piety and Righteousness in Islam. Tr. by Sharif Ahmed Khan. Safat, Kuwait: Islamic Book Publishers, 1982. 2nd ed., 1987. [xii] + 242 pp.

al-Mâwardî, Abû al-Hasan ‘Alî ibn Muhammad ibn Habîb al-Basrî. The Discipline of Religious and Worldly Matters. Translated by Thoreya Mahdi Allam. Revised by Magdi Wahba and Abderrafi Benhallam. Morocco: The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), 1995. 368 pp.

al-Râghib al-Isfahânî. The Path to Virtue: The Ethical Philosophy of al-Râghib al-Isfahânî: An Annotated Translation, with Critical Introduction, of Kitâb al-Dharî‘ah ilâ Makârim al-Sharî‘ah. Tr. by Yasein Mohamed. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) & International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), 2006. xix + 589 pp.

*al-Razi, Fakhr al-Dîn Muhammad b. ‘Umar (544-606/1149-1209). Imam Razi’s Ilm al-Akhlaq: English Translation of His Kitâb al-Nafs wa’l-Rûh wa Sharh Quwâhumâ. Translated by M. Saghir Hasan Masumi. Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute, 1969. xi + 334 pp. Reprint New Delhi: Kitab Bhavan, 1978.

Thanvi, Mohammad Ashraf Ali (1280-1362/1863-1943). Hayaat-ul-Muslimeen. Karachi: Siddiqi Trust, no date. [iv +] 220 pp.

Sufism with an Emphasis on Tazkiyat al-Nafs:

al-Ghazzâlî, Abû Hâmid Muhammad Tûsî Alchemy of Happiness: Kîmiyâ al-sa‘adat (Great Books of the Islamic World). Translated by Jay R. Crook. Chicago: Kazi Publications, 2005. 2 vols. 1113 pp. Another, abridged translation of the same work is Abû Hâmid Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Ghazâlî. The Alchemy of Happiness. Translated by Claud Field. London: J. Murray, 1910. 115 pp. Reprint Lahore: Shaikh Muhammad Ashraf, 1954, 1964, 1971. 136 pp. Also reprinted 1997 with different pagination. xvi + 85 pp. Revised and annotated by Elton L. Daniel. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1991. 136 pp.

al-Haddâd, ‘Abd Allâh ibn ‘Alawî. The Book of Assistance. Tr. by Mostafa al-Badawi. UK: Quilliam Press. 142 pp.

Ibn ‘Abbâd of Ronda. Letters on the Sûfî Path. Translated by John Renard (b. 1363/1944). New York: Paulist Press, 1986. xviii + 238 pp.

al-Jîlânî, ‘Abd al-Qâdir. The Removal of Cares (Jalâ’ al-Khawâtir): A Collection of Forty-five Discourses. Translated by Muhtar Holland (b. 1354/1935). Houston, TX: Al-Baz Publishing, Inc. 312 pp.

Another, different translation of this same work appears to be ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Gaylani. Jila’ al-Khatir: Purification of the Mind. Edited by Muhammad al-Casnazani al-Husseini. Translated by Shetha al-Dargazelli and Louay Fatoohi. Adam Publishers (India). 245 pp.

al-Jîlânî, ‘Abd al-Qâdir. Revelations of the Unseen (Futûh al-Ghaib): A Collection of Seventy-eight Discourses. Translated by Muhtar Holland (b. 1354/1935). Houston, TX: Al-Baz Publishing, Inc., 1992. xx + 192 pp. 2nd ed. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Al-Baz Publishing, Inc., 1999. xix + 191 pp.
(Reprinted also in India without place, publisher, or date. The older translation of the same work is Muhyuddin Abdul Qadir Gilani. Futuh al-Ghaib [The Revelations of the Unseen]. Translated by M. Aftab-ud-Din Ahmad. Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1949. 2nd edition, 1958. Later reprints with no date. xxii + 213 pp. Revised ed., revised by Mohammad Sayeed, 1986. Also reprinted New Delhi: Kitab Bhavan, 1979, 1981, 3rd revised ed., 1986. xx + 154 pp.)

al-Jîlânî, ‘Abd al-Qâdir The Sublime Revelation (Al-Fath ar-Rabbânî): A Collection of Sixty-two Discourses. Translated by Muhtar Holland (b. 1354/1935). Houston, TX: Al-Baz Publishing, Inc., 1992. 496 pp.

al-Jîlânî, ‘Abd al-Qâdir. Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth (Al-Ghunya li-Tâlibî Tarîq al-Haqq). Translated by Muhtar Holland (b. 1354/1935). Houston, TX: Al-Baz Publishing, Inc., 1997. 5 vols. 1719 pp.

al-Jîlânî, ‘Abd al-Qâdir. Utterances of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qâdir al-Jîlânî (Malfûzât). Translated by Muhtar Holland (b. 1354/1935). Houston, TX: Al-Baz Publishing, Inc. 144 pp.

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