Transcriber's Note
The cover image was created by the transcriber, and is in the public domain.
The following two characters may not display as intended on certain devices:
The Arabic letter ayn or ayin is here represented by the character ʿ (MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING).
The Arabic letter hamza is here represented by the character ʾ (MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT HALF RING).
The Quest Series
Edited by G. R. S. Mead
THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM
THE QUEST SERIES
Edited by G. R. S. MEAD,
EDITOR OF ‘THE QUEST.’
Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net each.
FIRST LIST OF VOLUMES.
PSYCHICAL RESEARCH AND SURVIVAL. ByJames H. Hyslop, Ph.D., LL.D., Secretary of thePsychical Research Society of America.
THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL. By JessieL. Weston, Author of ‘The Legend of SirPerceval.’
JEWISH MYSTICISM. By J. Abelson, M.A.,D.Lit., Principal of Aria College, Portsmouth.
BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY. By C. A. F. RhysDavids, M.A., F.B.A., Lecturer on Indian Philosophy,Manchester University.
THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM. By Reynold A.Nicholson, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., Lecturer onPersian, Cambridge University.
London: G. BELL & SONS LTD.
THE
MYSTICS OF ISLAM
BY
REYNOLD A. NICHOLSON
M.A., Litt.D., Hon.LL.D. (Aberdeen)
LECTURER ON PERSIAN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE
LONDON
G. BELL AND SONS LTD.
1914
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EDITOR’S NOTE
If Judaism, Christianity and Islam haveno little in common in spite of their deepdogmatic differences, the spiritual contentof that common element can best be appreciatedin Jewish, Christian and Islamicmysticism, which bears equal testimony tothat ever-deepening experience of the soulwhen the spiritual worshipper, whether hebe follower of Moses or Jesus or Mohammed,turns whole-heartedly t