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The following list is not intended for scholars but for travellers.  It, therefore, makes no pretensions to being comprehensive or respresentative and the order was taken as it was given.   It is a series of signposts and signposts are no substitute for travelling.
 

A book is a mirror. If a donkey looks into it,  a saint won’t look out of it.
                                              Adapted from the aphorisms of Lichtenberg
 

Q.  Why should one understand the truth from a sage alone and not from books?
A.  It is only because the one is living whereas the other is dead.
                                                                                            Sri Atmananda
 

 



 

Sidi Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi

  • Die Weisheit der Propheten, trans.  Hans Kofler,  ADEVA 1986
  • Journey to the Lord of Power, trans. Rabia Terri Harris,  East West Publications 1981
  • La Parure des Abdal, trans. Michel Valsan, Les Edition de l’Oeuvre 1992
  • La Priere du jour du vendredi, trans. Charles-Andre Gilis,  Al-Bustane 1997
  • La Production des Cercles, trans.  Paul Fenton and Maurice Gloton,  Editions de l’Eclat 1996
  • La Profession de Foi,  Ibn Arabi trans. Roger Deladriere, Sindbad 1985
  • La Vie Merveilleuse de Dhu-l-Nun l’Egyptien,  trans. Roger Deladriere, Sindbad 1988
  • Le Devoilement des effets duVoyage,  trans. Denis Gril, Editions de l’Eclat 1994
  • Le Livre d’Enseignement par les formules indicatives des gens inspires, trans.  MichelValsan, Les Edition de l’Oeuvre 1985
  • Le Livre de l’Extinction dans la Contemplation, trans. Michel Valsan, Les Edition de l’Oeuvre 1984
  • Les Illuminations de la Mecque (The Meccan Illuminations),  ed. M. Chodkiewicz, Sindbad 1988
  • The Sufi Path Of Knowledge, W. C. Chittick SUNY 1989
  • The Tarjuman al Ashwaq, trans.  R.A. Nicholson, Theosophical Publishing House 1978
  • The Tao of Islam,  Sachiko Murata, SUNY 1992
  • Traite de L’Amour, trans. Maurice Gloton, Albin Michel 1986
  • Whoso Knoweth Himself·., trans.  T.H. Weir,  Beshara Publications 1976
Awhad al-din Balyani
  • Epitre sur l’Unicite Absolue, trans.  M. Chodkiewicz,  Les Deux Oceans 1982
Imam Ja’afar al-Sadiq
  • The Lantern of the Path, trans.  Mona H.Bilgrami, Element Books 1989
Farid-ud-Din Attar
  • Le Langage des Oiseaux,  trans. By Garcin de Tassy,  Sindbad 1982  (the classical, most comprehensive translation of this text )
  • Muslim Saints and Mystics,  trans. A. J. Arberry,  RKP 1987
Yunus Emre
  • The City of Heart, trans.  Suha Faiz, Element Books 1992
Mulla Nasrudin
  • The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin,  Idries Shah,  Octagon Press 1983
  • The Pleasantries of the Incredible  Mulla Nasrudin,  Idries Shah,  Octagon Press 1983
  • The Subtleties of the Inimitable  Mulla Nasrudin,  Idries Shah,  Octagon Press 1983
Mawlana Jalaludin Rumi
  (use Amazon list)

Nur ul Din Abd-ur-Rahman Jami

  • Lawa’ih: A treatise on Sufism, trans.  E.H. Whinfield and M. Kazvini,  Theosophical Publishing House, 1978
Martin Lings
  • A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century,  George Allen and Unwin 1971
  • Muhammad,  Islamic Texts Society
Shaykh Ahmed al Alawi
  • Knowledge of God, trans.  Abdel Kabir al Munawwara and Abdel Sabbur al Ustadh,  Diwan Press 1981
Sidi ali al-Jamal of Fez
  • The Meaning of Man, transl.  Aisha Abdel Rahman al Tarjumana,  Diwan Press 1977
Sheikh al Arabi al Darqawi
  • Letters of a Sufi Master,  trans.  T. Burckhardt,  Perennial Books 1987
Ibn Ataillah al Iskanderi
  • Sufi Aphorisms (Kitab al Hikam), trans.  Victor Danner,  Brill  1984
  • Bedraengnisse sind Teppiche voller Gnaden (Kitab al Hikam),  trans.  Annemarie Schimmel,  Herder 1987
  • The Key to Salvation: A Sufi Manual of Invocation,  trans.  Mary Ann Koury Danner,  Islamic Texts Society 1996
Abu al-Najib al Suhrawardi
  • A Sufi Rule for Novices, transl.  Menahem Milson,  Harvard University Press 1975
Mohammad Ebn e Monavvar
  • The Secrets of God’s Mystical Oneness (Abu Said Abu-l Khayr),  trans.  John O’Kane,  Mazda Publishers, 1992
  • Les Etapes mystiques du shaykh Abu Sa’id, trans.  Mohammed Achena,  Desclee de Brouwer  1974 (same as English above)
Najm al-din Razi (Daya)
  • The Path of God’s Bondsmen from Origin to Return,  trans.  Hamid Algar,  Caravan Books 1982
Gramlich, Richard
  • Islamische Mystik:  Sufische Texte aus zehn Jahrhunderten,  Kohlhammer 1992
Ibn al Husayn al Sulami
  • The Book of Sufi Chivalry, trans.  Sheikh Tosun Bayrak,  East West Publications  1983
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyadeen
  • Sheikh and Disciple,  Fellowship Press 1983
Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi
  •  The Unveiling of Love,  trans.  Muhtar Holland,  Inner Traditions  1981
Abdul Qadir al Jilani
  • (Amazon list for al Baz Publications Houston)
Al Halladsch
  •  “O Leute, rettet mich vor Gott”,   trans.  A. Schimmel,  Herder Buecherei 1985
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
  • Muhammad al Ghazzali’s Lehre von den Stufen zur Gottesliebe, trans.  R. Gramlich,  Franz Steiner Verlag  1984 (2 vols)
  • (all other Ghazali of Islamic Texts from Amazon)
Umar al Suhrawardi
  • Die Gaben der Erkenntnisse des Umar as-Suhrawardi,  trans. R. Gramlich,  Franz Steiner Verlag 1978
Sheikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
  • The Naqshbandi Sufi Way,  Kazi Publications 1995
  • Angels Unveiled,  Kazi Publications 1995
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al Haqqani al Naqshbandi  (transcribed talks)
  • Mercy Oceans:  The Teachings of Maulana Abdallah al Faizi al Daghestani, 1980
  • Mercy Oceans (Book Two),  1980
  • Mercy Oceans: Hidden Treasures,  1981
  • Mercy Oceans:  Endless Horizons,  1982
  • Mercy Oceans: Divine Sources, 1984
  • Toward the Divine Presence (Talks of  Summer 1984)
  • Mercy Oceans:  Rising Sun, 1986
  • Ocean of Unity,  1987
  • Mercy Oceans: Lovestream, 1987
  • The Secrets behind the Secrets,  Duru 1987
  • Mercy Oceans: Serendib Edition, 1987
  • Mercy Oceans: Sapphires from Serendib, 1989
  • Natural Medicines, Arafat 1989
  • Der Weg der Weggefaehrten,  Turban Press 1991
  • Hakkani,  1991
  • Keys to Paradise, Zero Productions 1994
  • Power Oceans of Light,  Zero Productions 1995
  • Islam, die Freiheit der Dienenden,  Gorski & Spohr, 1995
  • Star from Heaven, Zero Productions 1996
  • Secret Desires,  Zero Productions 1996
  • The Freedom to Serve, Gorski & Spohr, 1997
Abdullah ad-Daghestani
  • Der Naqshibandi Weg, Gorski & Spohr, 1995
Hajji Amina Khatun
  • The Lore of Light (2 vols),  Arafat 1989
  • Forty questions, Arafat 1988
  • Ueber die Heiligen Monate,  Turban  1993
Ahmed al Ghazzali
  • Der Reine Gottesglaube, trans. R. Gramlich,  Franz Steiner Verlag 1983
Qadi Iyad ibn Musa al-Yahsubi
  • Muhammad Messenger of Allah, trans.  Aisha Abdel Rahman Bewley,  Madinah Press 1991
 

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  • I am That, trans M. Frydman,  Acorn Press 1996
Sri Ramana Maharishi
  • Talks with Sri Ramana Maharishi, (Amazon)
Sri Atmananda
  • Atma Darshan:  At the Ultimate,  Advaita Publishers 1985
  • Atma Nirvritti:  Freedom and Felicity in the Self,  Advaita Publishers 1989

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Starez Theophan

  • Schule des Herzensgebetes:  Die Weisheit des Starez Theophan,  Otto Mueller 1985
  • English at Amazon
 
 
 

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