Description |
1 online resource (ix, 194 pages) |
Series |
Routledge Sufi series ; 16 |
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Routledge Sufi series ; 16.
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Contents |
Fuṣūṣ al ḥikam -- The bezel of the wisdom of expiration exists in the essence of Seth -- The bezel of the wisdom of transcendence exists in the essence of Noah -- The bezel of the wisdom of holiness exists in the essence of Idris -- The bezel of the wisdom of excessive love exists in the essence of Abraham -- The bezel of the wisdom of reality exists in the essence of Isaac -- The bezel of the wisdom of loftiness exists in the essence of Ishmael -- The bezel of the wisdom of spirituality exists in the essence of Jacob -- The bezel of the wisdom of light exists in the essence of Joseph -- The bezel of the wisdom of unity exists in the essence of Hud -- The bezel of the wisdom of opening exists in the essence of ʻAlī -- The bezel of the wisdom of the heart exists in the essence of Shuʻayb -- The bezel of the wisdom of spiritual power exists in the essence of Lot -- The bezel of the wisdom of predetermination exists in the essence of Ezra -- The bezel of the prophetic wisdom exists in the essence of Jesus -- The bezel of the wisdom of mercy exists in the essence of Solomon -- The bezel of the wisdom of existence exists in the essence of David -- The bezel of the wisdom of breath exists in the essence of Jonah -- The bezel of the wisdom of the unseen exists in the essence of Job -- The bezel of the wisdom of the majesty exists in the essence of John (Yaḥya) -- The bezel of the wisdom of the dominion exists in the essence of Zakarriya -- The bezel of the wisdom of the intimacy exists in the essence of Elias -- The bezel of the wisdom of virtue exists in the essence of Luqman -- The bezel of the wisdom of leadership exists in the essence of Aaron -- The bezel of the wisdom of exaltation exists in the essence of Moses -- The bezel of the wisdom of recourse exists in the essence of Khalid -- The bezel of the wisdom of uniqueness exists in the essence of Muḥammad |
Summary |
Ibn al-Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam is a translation of one of the most important works written on Islamic Mysticism. Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240) is deemed the greatest mystic of Islam and his mystical philosophy has attracted the attention of both Muslims and non-Muslims from his time to the present day. Believing that the world is the self- manifestation of God, he claimed that all religions are equal and that the perfect human being is he who knows all the religious phenomena in the world. Fusus al-hikam examines the singular characteristics of twenty seven prophets of Islam and constitu |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Sufism -- Early works to 1800
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Sufism
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Genre/Form |
Early works
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Abrahamov, Binyamin, translator
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ISBN |
9781317567653 |
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131756765X |
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9781315736655 |
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1315736659 |
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