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What are some books about Sufism and Islamic mysticism

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Some major Sufi authors/poets include Al-Ghazali, Ibn-Arabi, Rumi, Attar, Sanai and Jami. The various traditionalist authors like Burckhart, Schuon, Lings etc wrote some good books on the topic. Some other books that I've seen people recommend include Studies in Islamic Mysticism by Nicholson, Sea Without Shore by Keller and Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri. There are also some really good books comparing it to other schools of thought like Sufism and Taoism by Toshihiku Izutsu and Paths to Transcendence: According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi & Meister Eckhart by Shah-Kazemi. There are also some interesting 12th-18th century Islamic philosophers who are rooted in Sufism like Suhrawardi, Mulla Sadra etc and various secondary literature about them. I really like Sanai's 'Enclosed Garden of Truth' and Ibn-Arabi's 'Fusas al-Hikam'.

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*Fusus al-Hikam