Patterns of Contemplation

Patterns of Contemplation is a uniquely innovative and  comprehensive introduction to the sacred principles and symbolism of geometry, letters and numbers , discussed through the first in-depth analysis and English translation of a major Sufi devotional masterpiece ,  The Blessing-Prayer of Effusion  (al-Ṣalāt al-fayḍiyya). This special type of prayer, invoking God's blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad, which is well known throughout the Islamic world, seems to have first bec