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Author Böwering, Gerhard, 1939-

Title The mystical vision of existence in classical Islam : the Qur'ānic hermeneutics of the Ṣūfī Sahl At-Tustarī (d. 283/896) / Gerhard Böwering
Published Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1979

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 286 pages)
Series Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients ; n.F., Bd. 9
Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients ; n.F., Bd. 9.
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I; CHAPTER I: THE SŪFĪ PRIMARY SOURCES AND THE TUSTARĪ-TRADITION; 1. The Tustarī-Tradition Prior to 356/967; a) The Bibliographical Evidence; b) Extant Works Ascribed to Tustarī; 2. The Tustarī-Tradition in the Sūfī' Sources Until 465/1074; a) The Treatises; b) The Hagiographies; c) The Manuals; 3. The Tustarī-Tradition in Sources Later Than 465/1074; CHAPTER II: TUSTARĪ: HIS LIFE, HIS MASTERS, AND HIS DISCIPLES; 1. Tustarī's Years of Formation and Seclusion; 2. Tustarī's Years of Teaching in Tustar and Basrah; 3. Tustarī's Associates and Disciples
CHAPTER III: THE TAFSĪR OF SAHL AT-TUSTARĪ1. The Description of the Manuscripts of Tustarī's Tafsī'r; 2. The Transmission of the Text of Tustarī's Tafsī'r; 3. The Authenticity of Tustarī's Tafsī'r; 4. The Structure and Compilation of Tustarī's Tafsī'r; 5. Tustarī's Method of Qur'ānic Interpretation; Part II; CHAPTER IV: GOD IN HIS EVENTS: DAY OF COVENANT AND DAY OF RESURRECTION; 1. Primordial Events and the Day of Covenant; a) The Manifestation of Divine Light and Muhammad's Primordial Adoration; b) The Emanation of the Human Race and the Day of Covenant
C) The Heart of Muhammad, the Seat and Source of Mystical Union2. Theophanic Events and the Day of Resurrection; a) The Encounter of the Transcendent Reality; b) The Theophany of the Transcendent Reality; 3. Instantaneous Events and the World of Creation; CHAPTER V: MYSTIC MAN AND HIS GRASP OF INFINITY; 1. The Secret of the Soul; a) The Creation of the Soul as the Locus of Intimate Colloquy between God and Man; b) The Revelation of the Secret of the Soul as the Seat of God's Self-revelatory Soliloquy within Man; c) The Realization of the Secret of the Soul by Mystic Man
D) The Secret Transfiguration of the Soul of Mystic Man2. Recollection, Commemoration and Remembrance of God; 3. Mystical Certitude in Anticipation of Beatific Vision; a) The Certitude of Mystic Man; b) The Moments of Mystical Certitude; 4. The Gift of Faith; 5. The Profession of God's Oneness; 6. The Tripartite Knowledge of God; CHAPTER VI: THE STRUGGLE FOR INFINITY IN THE SOUL OF MYSTIC MAN; 1. The Spiritual Constitution of Mystic Man; 2. The Two Basic Forces in the Soul of Man; 3. Spirit, Intellect and Heart; 4. The Lower Self of Man; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; 1. Qur'ānic Verses
Summary Mystical Vision of Existence in Classical Islam: The Qur'Anic Hermeneutics of the Sufi Sahl At-Tustari (Studien Zur Sprache, Geschichte Und Kultur Des Islamischen Orients, Nf)
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271)
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Subject Tustarī, Sahl ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 818 or 819-896?
SUBJECT Tustarī, Sahl ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 818 or 819-896? fast
Tustarī, Sahl Ibn-ʻAbdallāh at- swd
Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072960
Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Biography
Qurʼan fast
Koran gnd
Subject Creation (Islam)
Sufism -- Doctrines.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Creation (Islam)
Sufism -- Doctrines
Hermeneutik
Islam
Sufismus
Islam.
Koran.
Schepping.
Commentaren.
Soefisme.
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 79021668
ISBN 3110837056
9783110837056