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

Contents

C O N T E N T S Foreword by Carl W. Ernst and Bruce B. Lawrence ix Preface xi Note on Transliteration xv I N T R O D U C T I O N I 1 B O D Y E N S H R I N E D The Bones of Mawlay Idris 43 2 B O D Y P O L I T I C I Z E D The Bellyof Sayyida Amina 81 3 B O D Y R E F I N E D The Eyes of Muhammad Ghawth 123 4 B O D Y E N R A P T U R E D The Lips of Shah Hussayn 181 $ B O D Y R E V I V E D The Heart of Hajji Imdadullah 221 C O N C L U S I O N Corporeality and Sacred Power in Islam 265 Notes 295 Bibliography 317 Index 327 I L L U S T R A T I O N S , F I G U R E S , & M A P Illustrations Adam's body 31 Adam and Eve driven from Eden 37 New cloth covering for the tomb of Mawlay Idris al-Azhar in Fas 54 A woman takes refuge from her husband by fleeing to agraveyard containing the tomb of a Muslim saint 85 The Prophet Muhammad ascending up through the seven heavenly spheres 128 The fallen angels Harut and Marut 146 Angels in human form 154 The tomb of Muhammad Ghawth in Gwaliyor, India 175 Two men engaged in anal sex 216 Figures Phenomenological Scheme of Bodily Experience or"Embodiment" 18 Phenomenological Scheme of States of Consciousness about the Body: The Ego's Posture toward the Experience of Embodiment 23 Layers of the Cosmos 172 Subtle Layers of the Heart 250 Map North Africa to South Asia xviii ...