Preface
Introduction
I
The Relation between Islamic Art and Islamic Spirituality
Art and the Sacred
II
The Spiritual Message of Islamic Calligraphy
III
The Principle of Unity and the Sacred Architecture of Islam
IV
Sacred Art in Persian Culture
Literature
V
Metaphysics, Logic and Poetry in the Orient
VI
The Flight of Birds to Union: Meditations upon 'Attar's Mantiq al-tayr
VII
Rumi, Supreme Poet and Sage
VIII
Rumi and the Sufi Tradition
Music
IX
Islam and Music
X
The Influence of Sufism on Traditional Persian Music
The Plastic Arts
XI
The World of Imagination and the Concept of Space in the Persian Miniature
XII
The Significance of the Void in Islamic Art
Postscript
The Spiritual Message of Islamic Art
List of monochrome plates
List of coloured plates
Index