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1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : illustrations |
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NARRATING MUHAMMAD'S NIGHT JOURNEY; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. MUHAMMAD'S NIGHT JOURNEY IN THE QURAN; THE NIGHT JOURNEY VERSE; VERSES FROM THE CHAPTER OF THE OVERTURNING; THE OPENING VERSES OF THE CHAPTER OF THE STAR; THE APPROPRIATION OF TERMS AND PHRASES FROM THE QURĀN; THE HEAVENLY HOST DEBATE; THE FINAL VERSES (SEALS) OF THE CHAPTER OF THE COW; PASSING REFERENCES TO ASCENSION IN THE QURĀN; 2. ORALITY AND THE PRIMITIVE VERSION OF THE IBN ABBĀS ASCENSION NARRATIVE; APPROACHING IBN ABBĀS AND THE PRIMITIVE VERSION |
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COMPARATIVELY ANALYZING THE PRIMITIVE VERSION OF THE IBN ABBĀS ASCENSION NARRATIVEAUTHENTICATING AND DATING THE CIRCULATION OFTHE PRIMITIVE VERSION; ECHOES OF MUQĀTIL B. SULAYMĀN'S COMMENTARYIN THE PRIMITIVE VERSION; TRACING THE BEGINNINGS OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION; 3. EARLY HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY; FROM QURĀN AND ORAL REPORTS TO EARLY NARRATIVE HISTORY:IBN ISĀQ; IBN ISĀQ'S ACCOUNT OF THE PROPHET'S NIGHT JOURNEYAS NARRATED BY IBN HISHĀM; IBN ISĀQ'S ACCOUNT OF THE HEAVENLY JOURNEY AS NARRATED BY IBN HISHĀM; THE EARLY ASCENSION NARRATIVE AS PRESENTED IN IBN SAD'S HISTORY |
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THE NIGHT JOURNEY AS NARRATED BY IBN SAD4. PROTO-SHĪĪ NARRATIVES OF HEAVENLY ASCENT; THE ASCENSION EXPERIENCES OF PROTOSHĪĪ "EXTREMISTS"; ASCENSION-RELATED SAYINGS IN SAFFĀR QUMMĪ'S COLLECTION; THE QURĀN COMMENTARY OF FURĀT KŪFĪ; 5. CANONICAL SUNNĪ HADĪTH REPORTS ON MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY; NIGHT JOURNEY AND ASCENSION HADĪTH REPORTS IN BUKHĀRĪ AND MUSLIM; HADĪTH REPORTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF NASĀĪ; HADĪTH REPORTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF TIRMIDHĪ; 6. THE USE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE IBN ABBĀS DISCOURSE IN COMMENTARIES; NIGHT JOURNEY AND ASCENSION ACCOUNTS IN TABARĪ'S TAFSĪR |
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THE ABŪ HURAYRA ASCENSION NARRATIVE FROM TABARĪ'S TAFSĪRTHE ABŪ SAĪD KHUDRĪ ASCENSION NARRATIVE FROM TABARĪ'S TAFSĪR; THE APPROPRIATION OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN OTHER EARLY COMMENTARIES; THE USE OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN ALĪ QUMMĪ'S TAFSĪR; THE USE OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN THALABĪ'S TAFSĪR; 7. CONTESTING THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN NISHAPUR; IBN HIBBĀN'S REJECTION OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION; SULAMĪ AND HIS COMPILATION OF SUFI SAYINGS ON MUHAMMAD'S ASCENSION; QUSHAYRĪ AND HIS KITĀB ALMIRĀJ; THE EXTENDED COSMOLOGICAL ASCENSION HADĪTH; BAYHAQĪ'S REJECTION OF THE EXTENDED ASCENSION NARRATIVES |
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8. BAKRĪ'S TOTAL AND COMPLETE IBN ABBĀS DISCOURSETHE EVENTS PRIOR TO THE NIGHT JOURNEY IN TEXTS THAT INVOKE BAKRĪ; MUHAMMAD'S NIGHT JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM IN TEXTS THAT INVOKE BAKRĪ; BAKRĪ VERSIONS OF MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE HEAVENS; MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY BEYOND THE SEVEN HEAVENS IN BAKRĪ TEXTS; DATING THE ASCENSION NARRATIVES ASCRIBED TO ABŪ AL-SAN BAKRĪ; 9. THE CIRCULATION AND DIFFUSION OF BAKRĪ'S VERSIONS; THE BASE NARRATIVE BEHIND IBN SĪNĀ'S ALLEGORICAL TREATISE; EVIDENCE FROM SIXTH / TWELFTH CENTURY NORTH AFRICA |
| Summary |
Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad's night journey to the divine realm and back again |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-304) and indexes |
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Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Isrāʼ and Miʻrāj.
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ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-ʻAbbās, -688? Isrāʼ wa-al-Miʻrāj
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Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 |
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Islam.
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Islam
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Islam.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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RELIGION / Islam / General
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007037534 |
| ISBN |
9781435666887 |
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1435666887 |
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9780791475171 |
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0791475174 |
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9780791477885 |
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0791477886 |
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