On Love: In the Muslim Tradition

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««Àœ>V ˆ˜} /À>`ˆÌˆœ˜ 2USMIR -AHMUTCEHAJIC /À>˜Ã>Ìi` LÞ ->L> ,ˆÃ>Õ``ˆ˜ >˜` À>˜VˆÃ ,° œ˜ià &ORDHAM 5NIVERSITY 0RESS .EW 9ORK Óääx  ´ ´ On Love In the Muslim Tradition 2007 Translated by Celia Hawkesworth Copyright 䉷 2007 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. The Abrahamic Dialogues Series, No. 7 ISSN 1548-4130 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mahmutcehajic, Rusmir, 1948– [O ljubavi. English] On love : in the Muslim tradition / Rusmir Mahmutcehajic ; translated by Celia Hawkesworth.—1st ed. p. cm.—(The Abrahamic dialogues series, ISSN 1548-4130; no. 7) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-2751-8 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8232-2751-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Love—Religious aspects—Islam. 2. Islamic ethics. 3. Muslims—Conduct of life. I. Hawkesworth, Celia, 1942– II. Title. BP188.16.L68M3413 2007 297.5⬘677—dc22 2007006523 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 First edition In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ...