Sufis and Saints' Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in Islam

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S U F I S A N D S A I N T S B O D I E S Islamic Civilization & Muslim Networks Carl W. Ernst & Bruce B. Lawrence, editors S C O T T K U G L E Mysticism, Corporeality & Sacred Power in Islam T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A P R E S S C H A P E L H I L L sufs & saints Bodies © 2007 The Universityof North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Eric M. Brooks Set in Adobe Jenson Pro by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. This book was published with the assistanceof theAnniversary Endowment Fund of the Universityof North Carolina Press. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kugle, Scott Alan, 1969— Sufis and saints' bodies: mysticism, corporeality,and sacred power in Islam / Scott Kugle. p. cm. — (Islamic civilization and Muslim networks) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-J3: 978-0-8078-3081-9 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN-J3: 978-0-8078-5789-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) I. Body, Human—Religious aspects—Islam. 2. Body, Human (Philosophy) 3.Sufism—Doctrines. 4. Mysticism—Islam. I. Title. BPJ90.5.B63K84 2007 297.4'2—dc22 2006024970 cloth 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 paper 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to my teachers in the Chishtl way, who laugh as they cry, knowing that "God rains misfortune and misery upon the heads of those God loves" This page intentionally left blank ...