Seven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious life of Muslims

Seven Doors to Islam reveals the religious faith and spiritual tradition of the world’s one billion Muslims. Spanning Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, Seven Doors demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to communicate religious values. Each of the seven chapters opens a "door" that leads progressively closer to the heart of Islam, from the foundational revelation in the Qur’an to the transcendent experience of the Sufi Mystics. Unlike most studies of Islam, which see spirituality as the concern of a minority of mystical seekers, Seven Doors demonstrates spirituality’s central role in every aspect of the Islamic religious tradition.