Rábi'a al-'Adawíja : láska k Bohu jako cesta i cíl

Rābi'a al-'Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya (ca. 716 – 801 AD) was a famous Arab Muslim saint, one of the earliest Sufi mystics and an influential religious figure. Her name appears in many classical Sufi 'encyclopaedias', which usually include the hagiographies of great masters (tabaqāt), explanations of Sufi terminology (istilāhāt) and elaborations of the spiritual path to God, its various stages and key concepts related to its psychological and ethical dimensions. Despite her importance, she does not have her own chapter in many of them. This also includes the famous Letter on Sufism (al-Risāla al-Qushayriyya), which is generally regarded as the most popular summary of classical Sufi teachings and the first volume of the Czech annotated translation of which has recently appeared on our book market. The collection of Rābi'a's statements and episodes is intended to pay this debt to the Czech reader.