Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood 9780520940956

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Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood
 9780520940956

Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
PART I. Stages in the Lives of God’s Friends
PART II. Friends of God in Context
PART III. Friends in Theory
Notes
Index

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Friends of God

frontispiece. This plan of the Prophet’s mosque in Medina, al-Haram an-Nabawım, shows (with green domes) the burial places of Muhammad and Famtima (top left); Muhammad’s wife Zaynab (in courtyard); in the cemetery at bottom: Muhammad’s uncle