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Before Sufism : Early Islamic Renunciant Piety by Christopher Melchert is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Before Sufism : Early Islamic Renunciant Piety about?
Melchert identifies three stages in the development of early Islamic piety. As the conquest period wound down in the early eighth century, renunciants spent nights weeping, reciting the Qur'an, and performing supererogatory ritual prayers. Later i
Who reads Before Sufism : Early Islamic Renunciant Piety?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Christopher Melchert
- Publisher
- de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783110991604
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Islam, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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