In Search of al-Insān: Sufism, Islamic Law, and Gender

Submission to Godis the ultimate point of Islamic law. Hence, Islamic jurisprudence is primarily about the search for God’s law. A fundamental dimension of such an inquiry concerns understandings of the God-human relationship, conceptions of the nature of God, of human nature, and of the purpose of human existence. These constitute the foundational conceptions upon which Islam’s juridico-ethical legacy is built.Tasawwufor Sufism has over the centuries both theorized and provided detailed methods for understanding and cultivating the self and community, so that they may properly surrender to God. The pivotal contribution of Sufism to these foundational conceptions