The first book on al-Mutawāliyāt (Progressions) comprises seven studies on Sufism, underlay by the idea of Sufi language and the reading process of the Sufi text. The seven chapters record the development of the Sufi language starting with al-Hallāj and his linguistic revolution (the first chapter) and reviewing the progressive episodes that witnessed the establishment of the Sufi terms and expressions. The last chapters shed light on the treatment of Sufism in the modern writings of Zaki mubarak and Abdul Rahman Badawi.

Number pf pages: 208.

al-Dār al-Masriyya al-Lubnaniyya, Cairo/ Beirut, 1998.