Desire of the Aspirant: On the Etiquette of the Teacher and the Student
Author | : al-Shahid al-Thani |
Publisher | : ICAS Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781907905292 |
ISBN-13 | : 1907905294 |
Rating | : 4/5 (294 Downloads) |
Download or read book Desire of the Aspirant: On the Etiquette of the Teacher and the Student written by al-Shahid al-Thani and published by ICAS Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work is a translation of al-Shahid al‑Thani’s Munyat al‑Murid fi Adab al‑Mufid wa al‑Mustafid. The original Arabic work, written in 954 AH/1547 CE, quickly established itself as a core text in theIslamic seminaries, and it has long been an important source of reference for anyone interested in Islamic education and spiritual development. Now available in English for the first time, this classic work will be a valuable addition to the core reading lists of courses on Islamic ethics and spirituality. The current edition also contains an insightful introduction consisting of a biography of the author, an overview of the body of his work, a survey of his predecessors’ views on education, a study of his ideas on education, and an examination of his methodology of education.