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Early Islamic Mysticism
Author | : Michael Anthony Sells |
Publsiher | : Paulist Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0809136198 |
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This volume makes available and accessible the writings of the crucial early period of Islamic mysticism during which Sufism developed as one of the world's major mystical traditions. The texts are accompanied by commentary on their historical, literary and philosophical context.
The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism
Author | : John O'Kane,Bernd Radtke |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781136793165 |
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This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God).
Perspectives on Early Islamic Mysticism
Author | : Sara Sviri |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2019-10-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781134413171 |
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This monograph explores the original literary produce of Muslim mystics during the eighth–tenth centuries, with special attention to ninth-century mystics, such as al-Tustarī, al-Muḥāsibī, al-Kharrāz, al-Junayd and, in particular, al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī. Unlike other studies dealing with the so-called ‘Formative Period’, this book focuses on the extant writings of early mystics rather than on the later Ṣūfī compilations. These early mystics articulated what would become a hallmark of Islamic mysticism: a system built around the psychological tension between the self (nafs) and the heart (qalb) and how to overcome it. Through their writings, already at this early phase, the versatility, fluidity and maturity of Islamic mysticism become apparent. This exploration thus reveals that mysticism in Islam emerged earlier than customarily acknowledged, long before Islamic mysticism became generically known as Ṣūfism. The central figure of this book is al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, whose teaching and inner world focus on themes such as polarity, the training of the self, the opening of the heart, the Friends of God (al-awliyāʾ), dreams and visions, divine language, mystical exegesis and more. This book thus offers a fuller picture than hitherto presented of the versatility of themes, processes, images, practices, terminology and thought models during this early period. The volume will be a key resource for scholars and students interested in the study of religion, Ṣūfī studies, Late Antiquity and Medieval Islam.
In the Garden of Myrtles
Author | : Tor Andræ,Staffan Andrae |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1987-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0887065236 |
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Here are the early Sufis themselves. Here are their ascetic practices; their attitudes toward women and marriage, toward food and drink, and toward music and poetry; and here is their ecstatic experience. This is a study in holiness and the love of God, but it is even more a study of men and women overcome by that holiness and love, and locked in the paradox of loving a God who makes vast demands on them. The early Sufis were not seeking consolation. Who they were and what they were after, the reader will discover here. Topics discussed include the historical background of early Muslim mysticism and the relations between Muslim and Christian ascetics. Andrae suggests parallels drawn from his vast reading in the literature of religious experience, both East and West.
The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism
Author | : John O'Kane,Bernd Radtke |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781136793097 |
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This book provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and the earliest theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God).
Early Islamic Mysticism
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Mysticism |
ISBN | : 9695190758 |
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"With this anthology, Michael Sells offers a different way of reading the Islamic mystical tradition. For this volume, he has chosen a handful of authors and texts from the earliest period of Islamic mysticism...He has thoughtfully chosen some foundational points, which have served as a basis for much of the later elaboration of mystical thought in Islamic civilization... Sells labored with the richly textured vocabulary of Arabic.... the pre-Islamic Arabic odes. ... He shows the deep continuities they share with early Arabic Sufi poetry." -- Page 3.
Sufism and Early Islamic Piety
Author | : Arin Shawkat Salamah-Qudsi |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2018-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108422710 |
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Explores aspects of the private lives and interpersonal ties, between the personal and communal domains of early Sufis.
Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam
Author | : Muhammad Ali Aziz |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2011-03-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780857719607 |
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Scholar, mystic and visionary, Ibn 'Alwan lived through the transition from Ayyubid to Rasulid rule in thirteenth-century Yemen. He was well known in his time for his critique of the ruling elites and their governance, and left behind a substantial body of writings on Islamic mysticism, theology, law and exegesis of the Qur'an. Here Muhammad Aziz presents a comprehensive portrait of Ibn 'Alwan, delineating the religious and political background in Yemen, the development of Sufi orders, the interplay between Sufi, Shi'i and Sunni traditions, and the impact of Ibn 'Alwan on the history of Sufism and Islam. The first study of Ibn 'Alwan in English, "Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam" is essential reading for all those interested in mysticism, early Islam, Sufism, and religion and history more generally.