PM147. The Philosophy
of Islam
By Khaja Khan
14 cm. x 21.5 cm.--- Pages 142.
"Tasawwuf" is a subject that people fear to teach from public platform.
The common feeling is that it is a species of knowledge that descends from
breast to breast; it is the torch that is handed down from the Murshid
to his Murid.
While the discussion of subtle questions before the uninitiated is apt
to lead them astray, the promulgation of secret doctrines is like leading
men to a vast unexplored field full of pitfalls and quicksands. In most
cases such teaching has had the effect of leading them away from the path
of Islam. To invite, therefore, Muslim thinkers to this way of seeking
the truth, this book is offered. The author says: "If I have succeeded
in showing what Tasawwuf is not, one-half of my task is done." Hence the
author has tried to show that Islamic doctrines and practices, if probed
deeply, would be found to have the support of the most earnest thinkers
of the West.
ISBN NO. 969-432-099-2.