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The Repose of the Spirits
Author | : Ahmad Sam'ani |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781438473338 |
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Major new translation of a unique and important Persian treatise on divine names in the Islamic tradition. The Repose of the Spirits is a translation of one of the earliest and most comprehensive treatises on Sufism in the Persian language. Written by Aḥmad Sam‘ānī, an expert in Islamic law from a famous Central Asian scholarly family in about the year 1135, it is one of the handful of early Sufi texts available in English and is by far the most accessible. It also may well be the longest and the most accurately translated. Ostensibly a commentary on the divine names, it avoids the abstract discourse of theological nitpicking and explains the human significance of the names with a delightful mix of Quranic verses and sayings of the Prophet and various past teachers, interspersed with original interpretations of the received wisdom. Unlike the usual books on the divine names (such as that of al-Ghazali), The Repose of the Spirits reminds the reader of the later poetical tradition, especially the work of Rumi. The prose is richly embroidered with imagery and interspersed with a great variety of Arabic and Persian poetry. What is especially remarkable is the manner in which the author speaks to his readers about their own personal situations, explaining why they are driven by a love affair with God, a God who is full of compassion and good humor, whether they know it or not. William C. Chittick’s masterful new translation brings this work to an English-language audience for the first time. “This is a wonderful introduction to the particular style, imagery, terminology, and worldview of Sufism, as well as to the ways in which the Persian cultural milieu added important elements to the Arabic intellectual and spiritual tradition in Islam.” — Maria Massi Dakake, author of The Charismatic Community: Shi‘ite Identity in Early Islam
The Repose of the Spirits
Author | : Ahmad Sam'ānī |
Publsiher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781438473352 |
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The Repose of the Spirits is a translation of one of the earliest and most comprehensive treatises on Sufism in the Persian language. Written by Aḥmad Sam'ānī, an expert in Islamic law from a famous Central Asian scholarly family in about the year 1135, it is one of the handful of early Sufi texts available in English and is by far the most accessible. It also may well be the longest and the most accurately translated. Ostensibly a commentary on the divine names, it avoids the abstract discourse of theological nitpicking and explains the human significance of the names with a delightful mix of Quranic verses and sayings of the Prophet and various past teachers, interspersed with original interpretations of the received wisdom. Unlike the usual books on the divine names (such as that of al-Ghazali), The Repose of the Spirits reminds the reader of the later poetical tradition, especially the work of Rumi. The prose is richly embroidered with imagery and interspersed with a great variety of Arabic and Persian poetry. What is especially remarkable is the manner in which the author speaks to his readers about their own personal situations, explaining why they are driven by a love affair with God, a God who is full of compassion and good humor, whether they know it or not. William C. Chittick's masterful new translation brings this work to an English-language audience for the first time.
Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyid Abd al Az z al Dabb gh
Author | : John O'Kane,Bernd Radtke |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 1016 |
Release | : 2007-11-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789047432487 |
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Around 1720 in Fez A?mad b. al-Mub?rak al-Lama??, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master ?Abd al-?Az?z al-Dabb?gh. Al-Dabb?gh shunned religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Mu?ammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the Qur??n, ?ad?ths and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the Ibr?z, describes how al-Dabb?gh attained illumination and access to the Prophet, as well as his teachings about the Council of the godly that regulates the world, relations between master and disciple, the darkness in men’s bodies, Adam’s creation, Barzakh, Paradise and Hell, and much more besides. This ‘encyclopaedia’ of Sufism with its many teaching stories and illustrations provides a window onto social life and religious ideas in Fez a generation or so before powerful outside forces began to play a role in the radical transformation of Morocco.
Spiritualist Philosophy The Spirits Book Collected by Allan Kardec i e H L D Rivail Translated from the Hundred and Twentieth Thousand by A Blackwell With a Portrait
Author | : Léon Hippolyte Denisart RIVAIL |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0025705357 |
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The Rise of the Christian Religion
Author | : Charles Frederick Nolloth |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : UOM:39015070145035 |
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Faith and Practice of Islam
Author | : William C. Chittick |
Publsiher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1992-10-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791498941 |
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Translations and analyses of three Persian Sufi texts, offering a perspective on Islam that is rarely met in modern works.
The Sufi Path of Knowledge
Author | : William C. Chittick |
Publsiher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2010-03-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791498989 |
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Ibn al-'Arabi is still known as "the Great Sheik" among the surviving Sufi orders. Born in Muslim Spain, he has become famous in the West as the greatest mystical thinker of Islamic civilization. He was a great philosopher, theologian, and poet. William Chittick takes a major step toward exposing the breadth and depth of Ibn al-'Arabi's vision. The book offers his view of spiritual perfection and explains his theology, ontology, epistemology, hermeneutics, and soteriology. The clear language, unencumbered by methodological jargon, makes it accessible to those familiar with other spiritual traditions, while its scholarly precision will appeal to specialists. Beginning with a survey of Ibn al-'Arabi's major teachings, the book gradually introduces the most important facets of his thought, devoting attention to definitions of his basic terminology. His teachings are illustrated with many translated passages introducing readers to fascinating byways of spiritual life that would not ordinarily be encountered in an account of a thinker's ideas. Ibn al-'Arabi is allowed to describe in detail the visionary world from which his knowledge derives and to express his teachings in his own words. More than 600 passages from his major work, al-Futuhat al-Makkivva, are translated here, practically for the first time. These alone provide twice the text of the Fusus al-hikam. The exhaustive indexes make the work an invaluable reference tool for research in Sufism and Islamic thought in general.
The Nature of Spirit
Author | : Chauncey Giles |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Future life |
ISBN | : UOM:39015030769882 |
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