Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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1. Seyyed Hossein Nasr

   Author of Science and civilization in Islam, Islamic Art and Spirituality, Three Muslim Sages: Avicenna-Suhrawardi-Ibn Arabi

2. Frithjof Schuon

   Author of Understanding Islam, The Transcendent Unity of Religions (Quest Book), Light on the Ancient Worlds (Library of Traditional Wisdom)

3. Martin Lings

   Author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, What is Sufism? (Islamic Texts Society), Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions

4. William C. Chittick

   Author of The Sufi Path of Knowledge, The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn Al-'Arabi's Cosmology (Suny Series in Islam), Imaginal Worlds: Ibn Al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity (Suny Series in Islam)

5. René Guénon

   Author of The Crisis of the Modern World (Guenon, Rene. Works.), The Symbolism of the Cross, Insights into Islamic Esoterism and Taoism

6. Annemarie Schimmel

   Author of Mystical Dimensions of Islam, The Mystery of Numbers (Oxford Paperbacks), And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety (Studies in Religion)

7. Idries Shah

   Author of The Way of the Sufi, Kara Kush, Evenings With Idries Shah (Sufi research series)

8. Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali

   Author of Deliverance from Error: Five Key Texts Including His Spiritual Autobiography, al-Munqidh min al-Dalal, The Incoherence of the Philosophers (Islamic Translation Series), Al-Ghazali on the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife: Book XL of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ghazali Seri

9. Fazlur Rahman

   Author of Islam, Major Themes of the Quran, Revival and Reform in Islam: A Study of Islamic Fundamentalism

10. Henry Corbin

    Author of Alone with the Alone, The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism, Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth

11. Titus Burckhardt

    Author of Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul, Mystical Astrology According to Ibn 'Arabi (The Fons Vitae Titus Burckhardt series), Sacred Art in East and West (Wisdom Foundation series)

12. Ibn Arabi

    Author of Ibn-Al-Arabi: The Bezels of Wisdom (Classics of Western Spirituality Series), Wisdom of the Prophets, Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom: Including What the Seeker Needs and The One Alone

13. Sachiko Murata

    Author of The Vision of Islam (Visions of Reality. Understanding Religions), The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought

14. Reynold A. Nicholson

    Author of The Mystics of Islam (Arkana), A Literary History of the Arabs, Studies in Islamic Mysticism

15. Charles Le Gai Eaton

    Author of Islam and the Destiny of Man (Suny Series, Islam), King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World (Islamic Texts Society)

16. Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina

    Author of The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism, The Just Ruler in Shi'ite Islam: The Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist in Imamite Jurisprudence

17. Khaled Abou El Fadl

    Author of The Place of Tolerance in Islam, Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women

18. Majid Fakhry

    Author of A History of Islamic Philosophy, Al-Farabi, Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism: His Life, Works, and Influence (Great Islamic Thinkers), Ethical Theories in Islam (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies)

19. Muhammad Asad

    Author of The Road to Mecca, Islam at the Crossroads, The Principles of State and Government in Islam

20. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

    Author of Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art, Transformation of Nature in Art, What Is Civilization ?: And Other Essays