In this classic work Dr Nicholson provides the general reader with an easy approach to the study of Islamic mysticism. He gives a broad outline of Sufism and the religious philosophy of Islam, and describes some of the principles, methods, and characteristic features of the inner life as it has been lived by Moslims of every class and condition from the eighth century onwards. Many quotations are given, mainly in the author's own fine versions from the original Arabic and Persian.
