Windows on the house of Islam : Muslim sources on spirituality and religious life / edited by John Renard.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-408) and index.

Surat ar-Rahman, the Merciful -- Writing sacred text -- Surat Yusuf -- Hadith : prophetic and sacred -- Sacred text and architecture -- Three commentaries on Surat al-Fatiha, the Opening -- Treatise on the principles of tafsir / Ibn Taymiya -- Sacred text and the mihrab -- The canons of tawil / Al-Ghazali -- Etiquette in recitation / Nawawi -- On the necessity of proper intention / Sharaf ad-Din Maneri -- Worship as an institution of faith / Nurcholish Madjid -- Hadith on the five daily ritual prayers / Tabari -- Ritual and creed in Moses' conversation with God -- Quran commentary on pilgrimage ritual / Hamka -- Prayers of holy women -- Marthiya : Imam Husayn's conversation with God -- Madih : three contemporary poems honoring Imam Riza -- Nat : poem in praise of Muhammad -- Ginan : Ismaili petition of a yearning soul -- A radio Mawlid sermon -- Acrostic poem in praise of Muhammad -- Nat in praise of Muhammad -- Interpreting Muhammad's life in modern times / Taha Hussein -- Asiya, an exemplary woman in Thalabi's Stories of the Prophets -- Munawi's life of Rabia al-Adawiya -- Three women of Iberia -- Holy women of Morocco and Egypt -- The life of Sufi Badhni -- Jabarti's account of Ali al-Bayyumi -- The Quranic paradigm of wisdom : Surat Luqman -- Aphorisms of Ali -- Sayings attribute to Muin ad-Din Chishti -- Telling tales : a miracle of Mulla Hadda -- Edifying anecdotes : Ziya ad-Din Nakshabi -- A poet's intentions / Mir Ali-Shir Nawai -- Commentary on Shabistar's Garden of Mystery / Shams ad-Din Lahiji -- Allegory of beauty and love / Yahya Suhrawardi Maqtul -- Two teaching parables / Sanai of Ghazna -- Gayo didactic religious poetry / Mude Kala -- Rubaiyat, Ghazal, Qasida / Ibn al-Farid -- Munawi's literary hagiography of Ibn al-Farid -- Ghazal / Jalal al-Din Rumi -- Ghazal / Muhammad Shirin Maghribi -- Nat's / Nuri and Shad -- Ghazal / Bibi Hayati -- Shaykh Luqman : a contemporary life in a traditional context -- Historical epigraphy of Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq -- Two Waqf documents : Sultan Barquq and Khwaja Ahrar -- Mamluk Sultan Barquq's Waqf -- A Central Asian Waqf of Naqshbandi Sufi Master Khwaja Ahrar -- Treatises on chivalry / Shihab ad-Din Umar Suhrawardi -- Sitt ash-Sham of Damascus -- Works of Timurid and Ottoman women -- Architectural past, present, and future in America -- Sultan Abu l-Hasan Ali's architectural patronage / Ibn Marzuq -- The rediscovery and refurbishment of Ali's Tomb / Khwandamir -- Apologia / Sultan-Husayn Mirza -- Teaching Islam in medieval Iran : Ahmad Samani's Refreshment of Spirits -- Islam in China : Wang Daiyu's Real Commentary on the True Teaching -- From Arabic into Javanese : The Gift Addressed to the Spirit of the Prophet -- Women as scholars and teachers -- Teaching with pictures : three paintings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen -- Muhammad Husayni Gesu Daraz on love -- A letter on the true names of God / Shaykh Husayn -- Treatise on journeying / Majd ad-Din Baghdadi -- The seven invocations and the seven journeys / Vahidi -- Lexicon of mystical terms / Sayyid Jafar Sajjadi -- The diary of Ahmad Wahib -- Muhammad's night journey and ascension / Tabari -- Rabia's dream -- Amir Khusraw of Delhi's poetic vision -- Gesu Daraz's vision of Jesus -- Visionary experiences of Ali