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Muneera
Haeri.
The Chishtis: A Living Light.
Karachi: Oxford
University
Press, 2000.
xx,211pp.
Hardback ISBN
0195793277.
Publisher's
recommended price £10.00
Sufism
evolved as
a repudiation of the rising dogma and creeping materialism in the early
period of Islam which followed the golden age of the Prophet (PBUH) and
the first four Caliphs. It was the guardian angel of humaneness and
spiritual
values. The widespread and enthusiastic acceptance of the teachings of
Islam in the subcontinent was the work of the Sufis rather than the
sword
of the many conquerors. The Chishtis whose order was founded in the
subcontinent
by Hazrat Muin'ad-din Chishti, are the most celebrated of all the Sufi
brotherhoods which operated in this area.
Muneera
Haeri
recounts the lives of six early Sufis of the Chishti order. She writes
for readers who are interested in sufism, leading them to the heart of
the matter via a picturesque route which traverses a landscape of
ardour
and devotion studded with historical facts and folk lore. This book can
prove to be a feast for the trusting reader who is not blocked by
cynicism
in his quest for spirituality.
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