Donning the Khırqa: Entering The Ṣūfī Path offers a focused examination of the khirqa, the Sufi cloak, as a central component in the historical articulation of spiritual transmission within the Islamic tradition. While often referenced in passing in broader studies of Sufism, the khirqa remains underexamined as a discrete subject of inquiry. This work aims to fill that gap by investigating the historical, symbolic, and institutional dimensions of the practice across a range of textual and ritual contexts. D

Tahir Uluç’s study offers a fresh perspective on Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī, shedding light on his engagement with the origins of the universe and his contributions to debates that have often been eclipsed by the works of later figures like al-Ghazālī. This book highlights Māturīdī’s thoughtful critiques of philosophical doctrines, including atheistic pre-eternalism, Aristotelian hylomorphism, and Neoplatonic emanationist cosmologies. Uluç carefully examines these critiques within the framework of Māturīdī’s th

In Suhrawardī’s Criticism of the Philosophy of Ibn Sīnā, Tahir Uluç conducts an epistemological discussion on the relation between philosophy and mysticism. In this context, he aims to go beyond the common opinion, which assumes that in Islamic thought, philosophy depends mostly on rational means in its quest for truth, theology rests primarily on revelation and Sufism on mystical experience and vision. Throughout his study, he investigates the following question: Are the legitimate domains of operation of