{"product_id":"between-law-and-love-junayds-blueprint-for-the-middle-path-9798242847538","title":"Between Law and Love: Junayd's Blueprint for the Middle Path","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aydin Rahmani\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Islam - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ninth-century Baghdad, Islamic mysticism stood at a crossroads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween unrestrained ecstasy and rigid legalism emerged \u003cb\u003eJunayd of Baghdad\u003c\/b\u003e, a scholar-mystic who refused both extremes. Drawing upon the spiritual and ethical archetype of \u003cb\u003eImam Ali ibn Abi Talib\u003c\/b\u003e, Junayd articulated a disciplined Middle Path in which inner truth and outer law were not rivals, but mirrors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBetween Law and Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAydin Rahmani\u003c\/b\u003e explores how Junayd transformed early Sufism from a fragile, ecstatic impulse into a stable and orthodox spiritual tradition. Sobriety replaced excess, ethics tempered mysticism, and devotion found structure without losing its soul. Law was not abandoned for love, nor love suffocated by law-each was perfected through the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither polemical nor devotional, this book offers a penetrating study of how Islamic mysticism remained grounded in faith, community, and moral responsibility. It reveals why balance-not abandon-became the enduring heart of the Sufi path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdeal for readers of Islamic history, spirituality, and the foundations of Sufism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47572740538519,"sku":"9798242847538","price":1185.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798242847538.webp?v=1774891006","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/between-law-and-love-junayds-blueprint-for-the-middle-path-9798242847538","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}