{"product_id":"repentance-and-the-return-to-god-tawba-in-early-sufism-pb","title":"Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAtif Khalil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 272 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781438469126\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first major study of the idea of repentance, or tawba, in Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConventionally translated as \"repentance,\" tawba includes the broader sense of returning to God. Khalil examines this wider notion in the early period of Sufism with a particular focus on the formative years of the tradition between Muhasibi and Abu Talib al-Makki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with an extensive survey of the semantic field of the term as outlined in Arabic lexicography, Khalil offers a detailed analysis of the concept in Muslim scripture. He then examines tawba as a complex psychological process involving interior conversion and a complete, unwavering commitment to the spiritual life. The ideas of a number of prominent figures from the first few centuries of Islam are used to illuminate the historical development of tawba and its role in early praxis-oriented Sufism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I. The Semantics of Tawba  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Is Tawba “Repentance”? A Lexical and Semantic Survey  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The Internal Structure and Semantic Field of Tawba in the Qur’ān\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II. Early Sufi Approaches to Tawba\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Tawba as Interior Conversion \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The States, Stations and Early Sufi Apothegmata\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Four Approaches to Tawba\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Tawba in the Writings of al-Ḥārith al-Muḥāsibī \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Tawba in the Nourishment of Hearts of Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SUNY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39394913517603,"sku":"9781438469126","price":69.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/9440ec75fa4eb3f3077d31a444fdff478da967b0.jpg?v=1627282262","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/repentance-and-the-return-to-god-tawba-in-early-sufism-pb","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}