Chisti Order of Sufism and Miscellaneous Literature

Contents: Preface. 1. The history of Islam: a view. 2. The Chisti fraternity and its sub-sections. 3. Philosophy of Sufism and its brilliant role in Islam. 4. The Chishti Order. 5. Hazrat Khwaja Khwajgan Syed Muinuddin Hasan Chisti Ajmeri. 6. Khwaja Muinuddin’s genealogy and childhood. 7. Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti: personality and travels. 8. Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti: the Khalifa. 9. Political conditions of India before the arrival of Khwaza Chisti. 10. Khwaja Saheb at Ajmer. 11. Blessings of Khwaja Muinuddin on Shahabuddin Ghauri. 12. Family life and death. 13. Descendants of Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin. 14. Memorable miracles (Karamaat) of Khwaja Muinuddin. 15. Gems of wisdom: Khwaja Muinuddin’s select letters to his disciples. 16. Gems of wisdom: ethical sayings of Khwaja Saheb. 17. Ajmer and Dargah of Khwaja Saheb. 18. The Chishti Order in the West. 19. Significance of Sama or "Qawwali" and its deterioration at Khwaja Saheb’s Dargah. 20. Administration of the Dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Saheb. 21. Religion and daily life. 22. The poetry of light. 23. The journey to immortality from other mystic tradition. 24. The unity of God and spiritual attainments. 25. Dawud al-Ta’i. 26. Al-Mohasebi. 27. Ahmad ibn Harb. 28. Hatem al-Asamm. 29. Sahl ibn Abd Allah al-Tostari. 30. Ma’ruf al-Karkhi. 31. Sari al-Saqati. Bibliography. Index. "Sufis are a specialised class of spiritual teachers in Islam who decipher and interpret the divine code not commonly understood by ordinary human beings. The Chisti Order owes its origin to Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami Chisti who claimed succession from ‘Ali. The present book deals elaborately with the prominent Chisti Order of Sufism, its different proponents and their teachings. The entire information is arranged under thirty one chapters. The information contained herein will prove useful to one and all.