The Nature of the Sufi Path critically examines some of the ideas and statements of a book that purports to serve as an introduction to the Sufi mystical path.
Choices and Description
The Nature of the Sufi Path is a critical examination of a variety of themes and principles that are of
relevance to exploring the Sufi mystical path. Using Sufism: A Short Introduction by Professor William C. Chittick
as a case study, the present work takes the shortcomings, problems, and errors of the latter book as a starting point for
explicating an array of misunderstandings concerning the Sufi spiritual tradition, in particular, and the Islamic religious
tradition, in general, that are prevalent both within and outside of academia. In addition, the present study seeks to
utilize the ensuing discussion to devleop a constructive approach to engaging -- at least in conceptual terms -- the
Sufi path.
