/lit/ - Literature

>>17984068
>entire civilization is falling
>"atleast i got some art pics bro"
Holy cope. Not to forget most modern art is just Satanic Avant-Garde hipster trash. NGMI.
>>17984062
Why would I include a SHIA book. It says /lit/ chart, not /x/ chart. Shia chart books already exist (pic related)

>>17578024
There are some good books in picrel, don't read that Rumi translation though. Lantern of the Path is a good starting off point I'd say.

>>17399962
>Any background?
For the genesis of Ismailism itself? I would recommend reading a historical text on early Islam itself, including the genesis of Shi'ism in general. A book for this doesn't come to mind immediately, there's probably something good in picrel. Muhammad Man of Allah is a book I recommend to people who want to get into studying Islam in general, as it's a good introductory text for people that didn't grow up in an Islamic context.

>>16910284
Still plenty of material out there, just /lit/ doesn't seem to be the place to discuss it without particularly biases, shame really

>>16164351
Deep Sufi groups maybe, the closest large sect would be the Ismailis

>>16053758
Depends what sect of Shia and how esoteric you want to be. If you wanna broad justifications for Ali's succession, then I recommend Madelung's' The Succession to Muhammad'. If you want an understanding of Twelver (the largest sect) doctrines, then read Haqqul Yaqeen's 'A Compendium Of Twelver Shia Religious Beliefs'

>>15982072
Always found Sufism fascinating, and they tend to be lovely people who simply want to understand the mysteries of God

Hes a list for esoteric Islamic Books,

>>11400375
And the second

>>10453289

I am starting this chart, waiting until my commentaries come in to start reading the Quran. I have a pretty good translation (forget what the translator's name is) with footnotes from various commentaries already so I am pretty excited.
I am reading the essential Rumi right now and it is definitely up OP's alley. I am find a lot of parallels between sufism and its striving for union with God and emptiness in Zen, subsequently the Tao of Taoism as well.

>>10355916

Sufi Essays by Seyyed Houssein Nasr is what I started with and I would highly recommend it. This chart may also be of use