William C. Chittick 
Faith and Practice of Islam [PDF ebook] 
Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts

A Note on Dates and Koranic References

Introduction

Part One
Islam in Three Dimensions

Works, Faith, and Perfection

Faith and Knowledge

Ihsan , Ikhlas , and Taqwa

Felicity

Priorities

The Sciences of Unveiling and Practice

Notes

Part Two
Faith

Style and Content

The Three Principles

The Cosmology of Tawhid

Notes

The Rising Places of Faith

Opening

I. Faith in God

1. The Essence

2. The Attributes

3. The Acts

II. Faith in Prophecy

1. The Wonders of Prophecy

2. The Prophet Muhammad

III. Faith In The Last Day

1. Human Subsistence

2. The Barzakh and the Other Stages of the Next World

Conclusion

Clarifications for Beginners and Reminders for the Advanced

Introduction

I. The Creator

1. The Essence

2. The Attributes

3. The Acts

II. Friendship And Prophecy

1. Friendship

Supplement

2. Prophecy

III. This World And The Next World

1. Benefits And Dangers Of This World

2. The Next World And Its Stages

Conclusion

Part Three
Practice

Notes

The Easy Roads of Sayf Al-Din

Introduction: Perfecting Character

A Preliminary Remark

I. The Science Of Faith

1. The Essence

2. The Attributes

3. The Acts

4. Prophecy

5. The Next World

II. Ablutions And Purity

1. The Excellence Of Purity

2. Relieving Oneself

3. The Minor Ablution

An Allusion

4. The Major Ablution

5. The Tayammum

III. The Ritual Prayer

1. Its Excellence

2. The Number Of Cycles

3. How To Perform The Prayer

A Hint

4. The Inward Dimensions

IV. Fasting

1. Its Excellence

2. Its Secret And Its Degrees

3. Its Obligations

V. Remembrance And Supplication

1. Imparting Remembrance

2. Transmitted Supplications

3. Supplications For Every Situation

Conclusion: The Journey

Part Four
Sufism And Islam

Orthodox Islam

Mysticism And Discipline

Toward A Narrower Definition Of Sufism

Notes

Annotations

The Rising Places Of Faith

Clarifications For Beginners

The Easy Roads Of Sayf Al-Din

Appendixes

1. The Author

2. Corrections To The Printed Texts

Bibliography

Index of Koranic Verses

Index of Hadiths and Sayings

Index of Names and Terms

William C. Chittick is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. His other books include
A Shi’ite Anthrology; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi’s Metaphysics of Imagination; and
The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi, all published by SUNY Press.