This new edition of perennial philosopher Frithj of Schuon's "Sufism: Veil And Quintessence" is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon's letters and other private writings. In seven articles Schuon makes the critical distinction between an "absolute" Islam and a "contingent" Islam, thus distinguishing between the message of Islam in itself and the pious Arab expressions of that message, which by their style of rhetoric have a tendency to veil it.
- ISBN10 1935493396
- ISBN13 9781935493396
- Publish Date 11 December 2006 (first published 1 November 1983)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint World Wisdom Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 208
- Language English