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The Spirituality of Shi i Islam: Beliefs and Practices is an indispensable book written by one of the most knowledgeable scholars on Sh Islam. This monumental work illuminates the specifics and details of the Sh tradition in general and Sh mysticism in particular. Although several works have been written on Sh ism in English, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi’s book stands out as one of the most valuable works on this topic. The Spirituality of Shi i Islam is divided into four sections and fourteen chapters, with a bibliography and an index section. In the first section, the author discusses the emergence of Sh ism and the ancient Iranian conversion to the new tradition. Chapter One presents the origins of the Sh faith and reflects on the expression n Al (the religion of Al ). The author discusses the works of historiographers in which the expression n Al appears. He then highlights the uniqueness of Al , arguing that the im m was the “only personality from early Islam [apart from Mu ammad] with whom the term n is associated” (p. 8). The establishment of the “religion of Al ” results in part from two aspects of Al ’s relationship to Mu ammad: the first through blood ties (nasab) and the second through a marriage alliance (mu hara). The author also provides a lengthy discussion on how Al legitimized his claim to lead the community using the text of the Qur n. Notably, the author dedicates a section to examining the pre-Islamic basis of authority to show the continuity between the pre-Islamic era and early Islam in institutions, beliefs, and rituals. The author’s purpose in this section is to show the legitimacy of Al ’s succession to the Prophet by showing that the Arabs “regularly elected their leaders from specific families” (p. 23) and that customs continued in early Islam and were even practiced by Mu ammad himself. Al ’s relationship to Mu ammad, which legitimized his political claim to the succession, prompted some early Muslims to be followers of n Al .

The Spirituality of Shiʿi Islam: Beliefs and Practices, by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi