Women and the Prophet
Women in Sufism
Women in the Quran and in the Tradition
Woman or Man of God
The Old Woman
The Mothers
Woman as Manifestation of God
The Brides of God
Women Souls in Indo- Pakistani Poetry
Sassi's Wanderings
Sohni Mehanwal
Omar Marui

Shattering stereotypes, Schimmel reconstructs an important but little-known chapter of Islamic spirituality. With copious examples, she shows the clear equality of women and men in the conception of the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the feminine language of the mystical tradition, and in the role of holy mothers and unmarried women as manifestations of God.