Muslim Devotions: A Study of Prayer-Manuals in Common Use by Constance E. Padwick - 2011

Oneworld/Viva Books Private Limited, 2011. Softcover. New. popular worship in the Muslim world, from Egypt and the Sudan to Pakistan, the Lebanon and Iran. Drawing widely on sources that represent the spiritual influence of Islamic leaders down the centuries, Muslim Devotions traces and analyses the evolution of Islamic theological thought from the early saints and mystics to the present day. From devotions attributed to the hermit Uwais al-Qarani and ‘Ali Zain al-‘Abadin, the great-grandson of the Prophet, through mediaeval saints to the prayers and writings of the mystics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this excellent work offers fresh insight into the life of devotion and Muslim worship. Contents: Introduction • Part I: TYPE-NAMES FOR DEVOTIONS • Part II: ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE PRAYER-RITE • The Call to Prayer • The Prayer of Medication • The Intention • The Prayer of Confrontation • Part III: WITHIN THE PRAYER-RITE • Analysis of Two Rak’as • The Worship of Praise: Praise of Transcendence • The Worship of Praise: Thankful Praise • Refuge-Taking • The Name in Worship • The Recitation • The Worship of Stillness • The Witness of Islam (Shahada): To the Unity • The Witness of Islam (Shahada): To the Prophet • The Calling Down of Blessing: The Blessing of the Prophet • The Calling Down of Blessing: Abraham and all the Prophets • The Worship of Penitence: The Sinner Destitute before his Lord • The Worship of Penitence: The Vocabulary of Sinning in the Manuals • The Worship of Penitence: The Forgiving Lord • The Worship of Petition: Traditional Petitions • The Worship of Petition: The Beggar at the Door • The Element of Greeting • Part IV: OUTSIDE THE PRAYER-RITE • The Saints in Worship • The Worship of the Creator • Answers to Prayer: God the Doer • The Last Things • APPENDICES • List of Manuals • Single Devotions. Printed Pages: 348. NA