Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I -- CHAPTER I: THE SŪFĪ PRIMARY SOURCES AND THE TUSTARĪ-TRADITION -- 1. The Tustarī-Tradition Prior to 356/967 -- a) The Bibliographical Evidence -- b) Extant Works Ascribed to Tustarī -- 2. The Tustarī-Tradition in the Sūfī' Sources Until 465/1074 -- a) The Treatises -- b) The Hagiographies -- c) The Manuals -- 3. The Tustarī-Tradition in Sources Later Than 465/1074 -- CHAPTER II: TUSTARĪ: HIS LIFE, HIS MASTERS, AND HIS DISCIPLES -- 1. Tustarī's Years of Formation and Seclusion -- 2. Tustarī's Years of Teaching in Tustar and Basrah -- 3. Tustarī's Associates and Disciples -- CHAPTER III: THE TAFSĪR OF SAHL AT-TUSTARĪ -- 1. The Description of the Manuscripts of Tustarī's Tafsī'r -- 2. The Transmission of the Text of Tustarī's Tafsī'r -- 3. The Authenticity of Tustarī's Tafsī'r -- 4. The Structure and Compilation of Tustarī's Tafsī'r -- 5. Tustarī's Method of Qur'ānic Interpretation -- Part II -- CHAPTER IV: GOD IN HIS EVENTS: DAY OF COVENANT AND DAY OF RESURRECTION -- 1. Primordial Events and the Day of Covenant -- a) The Manifestation of Divine Light and Muhammad's Primordial Adoration -- b) The Emanation of the Human Race and the Day of Covenant -- c) The Heart of Muhammad, the Seat and Source of Mystical Union -- 2. Theophanic Events and the Day of Resurrection -- a) The Encounter of the Transcendent Reality -- b) The Theophany of the Transcendent Reality -- 3. Instantaneous Events and the World of Creation -- CHAPTER V: MYSTIC MAN AND HIS GRASP OF INFINITY -- 1. The Secret of the Soul -- a) The Creation of the Soul as the Locus of Intimate Colloquy between God and Man -- b) The Revelation of the Secret of the Soul as the Seat of God's Self-revelatory Soliloquy within Man -- c) The Realization of the Secret of the Soul by Mystic Man -- d) The Secret Transfiguration of the Soul of Mystic Man.

2. Recollection, Commemoration and Remembrance of God -- 3. Mystical Certitude in Anticipation of Beatific Vision -- a) The Certitude of Mystic Man -- b) The Moments of Mystical Certitude -- 4. The Gift of Faith -- 5. The Profession of God's Oneness -- 6. The Tripartite Knowledge of God -- CHAPTER VI: THE STRUGGLE FOR INFINITY IN THE SOUL OF MYSTIC MAN -- 1. The Spiritual Constitution of Mystic Man -- 2. The Two Basic Forces in the Soul of Man -- 3. Spirit, Intellect and Heart -- 4. The Lower Self of Man -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- 1. Qur'ānic Verses -- 2. Proper Names -- 3. Technical Terms.