Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition

This stunning collection showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition in accurate and poetic original translations

At a time when the association of Islam with violence dominates headlines, this beautiful collection offers us a chance to see a radically different face of the Islamic tradition. It traces a soaring, poetic, popular tradition that celebrates love for both humanity and the Divine as the ultimate path leading humanity back to God.

Safi brings together for the first time the passages of the Qur’an sought by the Muslim sages, the mystical sayings of the Prophet, and the teachings of the path of “Divine love.” Accurately and sensitively translated by leading scholar of Islam Omid Safi, the writings of Jalal al‑Din Rumi can now be read alongside passages by Kharaqani, ‘Attar, Hafez of Shiraz, Abu Sa‘id‑e Abi ’l‑Khayr, and other key Muslim mystics. For the millions of readers whose lives have been touched by Rumi’s poetry, here is a chance to see the Arabic and Persian traditions that produced him.

• The Masnavi, Book One (Oxford World's Classics) (Bk. 1)
• Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters
• Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption
• Living Presence (Revised): The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and the Essential Self
• Holistic Islam: Sufism, Transformation, and the Needs of Our Time (Islamic Encounter Series)
• Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires
• Beauty and Light: Mystical Discourses by a Contemporary Female Sufi Master
• Hallaj: Poems of a Sufi Martyr
• The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary
• Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur'an, Mi'raj, Poetic and Theological Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)