Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur'an, Mi'raj, Poetic and Theological Writings

"In these critical times nothing could be more valuable for the West than a rediscovery of its true spiritual heritage: books which were once the treasures of people, now rare and little known."
Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Qur'an, Mi'raj, Poetic and Theological Writings
translated, edited and with an introduction by Michael A. Sells
preface by Carl W. Ernst

God is the light of the heavens and earth.
The light like the light of a lamp in
a niche
The lamp enclosed in a cover ...