| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 127, 20 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Mystical treatises of Muḥyiddīn Ibn ʻArabī |
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Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240.
Works. Selections. English & Arabic. 2006.
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| Contents |
Cover; Acknowledgements; Of the Tree and its Four Birds, by Rafi Zabor; Biography of Ibn 'Arabi'; Introduction; Overview; Stylistic Considerations; Treatise on Unification; Dedication; Discourse of the Universal Tree; Discourse of the Ringdove; Discourse of the Royal Eagle; Discourse of the Strange 'Anqå'; Discourse of the Jet-Black Crow; Commentary; The Title; The Proemial Poems; The Dedicatee; The Fourth Poem; Meetings in the Barzakh; Soliloquies of the Universal Tree and the Four Birds; Cosmic Marriage and the Genealogy of the Birds; Appendix: The Edition of the Text; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Through the story of the universal tree, representing the complete human being, and the four birds, representing the four essential aspects of existence, this title explains the author's teaching on the nature and meaning of union with God. It is the English translation of an important, early work, complete with Arabic text, commentary, and notes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121) and indexes |
| Notes |
A translation into English from Arabic; introduction and commentary in English |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Sufi poetry, Arabic.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Islamic Studies.
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Sufi poetry, Arabic.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jaffray, Angela.
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Muhyiddin Ibn ʻArabi Society.
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| ISBN |
9781905937141 |
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1905937148 |
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9781905937165 |
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1905937164 |
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9781905937158 |
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1905937156 |
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