This book caters to the cerebral needs of scholar and advanced students of Islam. This book delves into Sufism, Islamic Calligraphy, art and Literature and elucidates these aspects in a manner that only a man of Ernst’s caliber and understanding will be able to relate to it. The author brings out the hitherto unknown facts and fecundity of Islam’s very rich theo- spiritual legacy.
“Ernst deserves our compliments for providing a critical background information for poetry and texts, especially the Mathnavi of Rumi, which is difficult to find in many Sufi anthologies... His command of Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit texts is commendable, particularly his objective of ‘how to teach the other’.”