The Sufi mystical heart of Islam is one of the few antidotes to fundamentalism in the muslim world, and here Nasr looks at the human spiritual quest for the paradisaical divine garden from a Sufi perspective.

A timely expression of the core spiritual and social values of Islam showing their complementarity to Jewish and Christian values as well as their positive contribution to a peaceful and humane global future.

Essays on the various facets of the Islamic tradition, including law and society, typology, intellectual life, science, and philosophy.  A solid basis for understanding current events in the middle east.