The Sufi Doctrine of the Perfect Man
Author : Reynold Alleyne Nicholson
Publisher : Near Eastern Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780916411480
Author : Reynold Alleyne Nicholson
Publisher : Near Eastern Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780916411480
Author : William C. Chittick
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780941532884
There are almost no authoratative books readily available for the general reader that provide, in clear and accessible language, an introduction to the spiritual perspective illuminating Rumi's magical poetry. In this beautifully illustrated work, William C. Chittick, a leading scholar of Sufism and Rumi, opens doors that give us access to the inner sanctum of Rummi's thought.
Author : Richard Todd
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 13,36 MB
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004271260
In The Sufi Doctrine of Man, Richard Todd examines the life and thought of Ibn 'Arabī's chief disciple, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (13th century C.E.). Making use of manuscript sources, he analyzes and contextualizes Qūnawī's esoteric vision of the nature and purpose of human existence, a doctrine which incorporates core elements of Qūnawī's metaphysics, cosmology, psychology, and eschatology. Qūnawī's thought is placed in relation to Ibn 'Arabī's and that of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā', and his interaction with the Avicennian tradition is explored by focusing on his dialogue with the philosopher al-Ṭūsī. Although not as famous as his master, Qūnawī is shown to have been a sophisticated metaphysician in his own right, who had a major impact on Sufi thought.
Author : Fitzroy Morrissey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 30,62 MB
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1000029751
Studying the history of the notion of the ‘Perfect Human’ (al-insān al-kāmil), this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn ‘Arabī and later treated in greater depth by al-Jīlī, the idea left its mark on later Islamic mystical, metaphysical, and political thought, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, up until modern times. The research tells the story of the development of that idea from Ibn ‘Arabī to al-Jīlī and beyond. It does so through a thematic study, based on close reading of primary sources in Arabic and Persian, of the key elements of the idea, including the idea that the Perfect Human is a locus of divine manifestation (maẓhar), the concept of the ‘Pole’ (quṭb) and the ‘Muhammadan Reality’ (al-ḥaqīqah al-Muhammadiyyah), and the identity of the Perfect Human. By setting the work of al-Jīlī against the background of earlier Ibn ‘Arabian treatments of the idea, it demonstrates that al-Jīlī took the idea of the Perfect Human in several new directions, with major consequences for how the Prophet Muhammad – the archetypal Perfect Human – was viewed in later Islamic thought. Introducing readers to the key Sufi idea of the Perfect Human (al-insān al-kāmil), this volume will be of interest to scholars and students interested in Sufism, Islam, religion and philosophy.
Author : Jennifer Ann Abrams
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Mysticism
ISBN :
Author : N. Hanif
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 10,96 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sufis
ISBN : 9788176252669
Author : Masataka Takeshita
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Human beings
ISBN :
Author : Reynold A. Nicholson
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 1921
Category : History
ISBN :
Professor Nicholson examines the life, work and teaching of three of the most important of the early Súfís. These great mystics were almost legendary figures whose tombs became holy shrines. Súfism, as Professor Nicholson suggests, lies at the heart both of the religious philosophy and the popular religion of Islam.
Author : Henry Bayman
Publisher : Anqa Publishing
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 190593744X
Collected in entirety for the very first time, this study reflects more than 25 years of close contact with the Sufi Masters of Central Anatolia, with most of that time spent in the presence of the peerless Sufi teacher, Mr. Ahmet Kayhan. Out of the author’s association with this personality has emerged this in-depth look at the famous and mysterious Oral Tradition of Sufism. Covered topics include the concepts of compassion and mercy, universality, ethics, faith, charity, destiny, death and the afterlife, and more. Combining the rigor of anthropology with the devotion of a disciple, this book faithfully lays bare the comprehensive teachings of the man who may be the Sufi Saint of the Age.
Author : Mehdi Aminrazavi
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438453531
Explores the influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers. This book reveals the rich, but generally unknown, influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature. The translation of Persian poets such as Hafiz and Sadi into English and the ongoing popularity of Omar Khayyam offered intriguing new spiritual perspectives to some of the major American literary figures. As editor Mehdi Aminrazavi notes, these Sufi influences have often been subsumed into a notion of Eastern, chiefly Indian, thought and not acknowledged as having Islamic roots. This work pays considerable attention to two giants of American literature, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, who found much inspiration from the Sufi ideas they encountered. Other canonical figures are also discussed, including Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, along with literary contemporaries who are lesser known today, such as Paschal Beverly Randolph, Thomas Lake Harris, and Lawrence Oliphant.