Foreword
Preface
Part I - Islam: Foundations
1. Islam and Urban Civilization
Urban Development in Islam’s Earliest Period
The Muslim Community
2. The Sources
The Koran and the Proclamation of Divine Unity
The Tradition of the Prophet
Jurisprudence
3. The Pillars of Islam
Prayer
The Fast
Alms-giving
Pilgrimage
4. The Functions of the City
Executive Power
Judicial Authority
Religious Instruction
The Maintenance of Moral Standards and the Encouragement of Goodness
Epilogue
Part II - The Message of Islamic art
1. Art: An Integral Part of Muslim Life
2. The Formal Languages
3. Art within the City, or How the Message of Divine Unity Becomes Imprinted in the Muslim Living Environment
A Sanctuary with Multiple Cells
The Religious Function: The Mosque
The Other Functions of the City
The Divine Mark of Calligraphy
Infinite Radiation and Omnipresent Center
God is Light
Water as the Source of Life
Representational Art is not Excluded
Simple Life
The God-loved Artisan
Epilogue
Part III - Music and Spirituality in Islam
1. A Controversial Question
2. The Philosopher-Musicologists
3. Sufis and the Spiritual Concert
4. The Elements of Musical Expression
Instruments
Melodic Modes
Rhythm
The Human Voice
5. Musical Genres
The Call to Prayer
Praises upon the Prophet
Devotional Music of Shī‘ite Iran
The Qawwālī of India and Pakistan
The Music of the Kurdish “People of the Truth”
Spiritual Audition of Classical Music
Arabo-Andalusian Music
Iranian Music
Turkish Music
Hindustani Music
Popular Music
Epilogue
Part IV - The Way of the Sufis
1. The Mystical Quest in Islam: Scriptural and Historical Roots
2. The Way to God: Conjunction of Human Effort and Divine Effusion
Initiation
The Spiritual Master
Good Company
3. The Spiritual Meetings
Invocation
The Wird
The Hymns
The Sacred Dance
4. Spiritual Progress
“Know Thyself ”
Perpetual Orison
The Three Stages of Certainty
Epilogue
List of Illustrations
Index
Biographical Notes