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Also available by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh: . In the Tavern of Ruin: Seven Essays on Sufism . In the Paradise of the Sufis . What the Sufis Say . Masters of the Path . Divani Nurbakhsh: Sufi Poetry . Sufism (I): Meaning, Knowledge and Unity . Traditions of the Prophet, Vol. I . Sufism (II): Fear and Hope, Contraction and OANNPWN Expansion, Gathering and Dispersion, Intoxication and Sobriety, Annihilation and Subsistence 9. The Truths of Love: Sufi Poetry 10.Sufi Women 11.Traditions of the Prophet, Vol. II 12.Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis 13.Spiritual Poverty in Sufism 14.Sufism II: Submission, Contentment, Absence, Presence, Intimacy, Awe, Tranquillity, Serenity, Fluctuation, Stability 15.Sufi Symbolism I: Parts of the Beloved's Body, Wine, Music, Sama and Convivial Gatherings 16.The Great Satan, 'Eblis’

17.Sufi Symbolism II: Love, Lover, Beloved, 18.Sufism IV: Repentance, Abstinence, Renunciation, Wariness,

Humility,

Humbleness,

Constancy, Courtesy 19.Sufi Symbolism III: Religious Terminology 20.Dogs from the Sufi Point of View 21.Sufi Symbolism IV: The Natural World

Sincerity,

SUFI WOMEN Revised Second Edition

Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

KHANIQAHI-NIMATULLAHI PUBLICATIONS LONDON NEW YORK

Translated by Leonard Lewisohn Edited by William Chittick Designed by Jane Lewisohn

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JAVAD NURBAKHSH"

First published 1983 Second revised edition 1990

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Nurbakhsh, Javad, 1927 Sufi Women, —Rev. Ed. 1.Sufism — Biographies — Collections I. Title 297.40922 ISBNO-933546-42-4

Published by Khanigahi-Nimatullahi Publications 41 Chepstow Place London W2 4TS England Telephone: 071-229-0769

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