Perspectives on Early Islamic Mysticism - Sara Sviri

Perspectives on Early Islamic Mysticism

The World of al-Hak'm al-Tirmidh and his Contemporaries

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Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-30307-1 (ISBN)
28,65 inkl. MwSt
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This book offers a new perspective and insight into the cultural horizon of pre-Sufi mystical Islam, which, especially in the Eastern regions of the Islamic Caliphate, still retained traces of pre-Islamic esoteric traditions.
The mystical literature of this period exhibits a richness, diversity and fluidity that has been blurred or ironed out in later Sufi compilations and hagiographies. This work offers a new perspective and revealing insights into the cultural horizon of pre-Sufi mystical Islam which, especially in the Eastern regions of the Islamic Caliphate, still retained traces of pre-Islamic esoteric traditions.

An Introductory Overview 1. Asceticism and Mysticism: Anti-Zuhdi Trends in Early Sufism 2. The Self and its Transformation 3. Words of Power and the Power of Words 4. Does Allah Have a Feminine Side? 5. Ahwal wa-maqamat Sufi Vocabulary in the Making 6. Binaric Models in the Works of Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi 7. 'Coincidence of Opposites' in Islamic Mysticism 8. Al-Haqq - A Divine Name in the Making 9. 'Does God Pray?' 10. The Myrtle and the Holy Man 11. Malamatiyya, Sufiyya and other Mystics 12. The Formation of the Mystical Schools in Khurasan and the Emergence of the Sufi Compilations. Appendix 1: Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi (9th Century) and Ibn al-'Arabi (d.1240). Appendix 2: Translation of Sections from Risalat Al-Malamatiyya and from the Tirmidhi Corpus

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.10.2019
Reihe/Serie Routledge Sufi Series
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 498 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Islam
ISBN-10 0-415-30307-9 / 0415303079
ISBN-13 978-0-415-30307-1 / 9780415303071
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