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Description: Muhyi ad-Din Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240) was an outstanding Spanish-born mystic and one of the most prolific writers in Islamic history. He made major contributions to the fields of Qur’an commentary, jurisprudence, theology, philosophy, cosmology, and spiritual psychology, and he was also a great poet of love. Although he is known as the first spokesman for ‘the oneness of being,’ his real focus was the diverse modalities of human perfection. He marks a transition in Sufism from practical instructions on healing the heart and aphorisms on the divine mysteries to an equal stress on the theoretical issues that had long been the topic of philosophy and theology.
This book by a leading expert covers Ibn ‘Arabi’s life and teachings. Accessible yet authoritative, it also includes a guide to further reading, and will prove an indispensable resource for readers of all backgrounds.
Contents : Introduction • Ibn ‘Arabi’s Life • Abbreviations Used in the Text • The Mujammadan Inheritance • Inheritance • Opening • The Muhammadan Seal • Reading the Qur’an • Understanding God • Knowing Self • God’s Wide Earth • The Inheritor • The Lover of God • Assuming the Traits of the Names • The Divine and Human Form • Imperfect Love • The Divine Roots of Love • Wujud • The Nonexistent Beloved • The Entities • The Genesis of Love • Love’s Throne • Human Love • Felicity • Poverty • Perfection • The Cosmology of Remembrance • Remembrance • Prophecy • The Book of the Soul • The Breath of the All-Merciful • Knowledge of the Names • All-Comprehensiveness • Achieving the Status of Adam • The Perfect Servant • The House of God • Knowledge and Realization • Knowledge • Benefit • The Form of God • Reliable Knowledge • Following Authority • Realization • The Ambiguity of Creation • Giving Things their Haqq • The Rights of God and Man • The soul’s Haqq • Time, Space, and the Objectivity of Ethical Norms • The Methodology of Realization • Time and Space • Location • Time • Eternity • Constant Transformation• Ethics • Lost in the Cosmos • The In-Between • Relativity• The Worldview of In-Betweenness • Cosmic Imagination • The Soul • The Soul’s Root • Controversies • The Gods of Belief • The Disclosure of the Intervening Image • Self-Awareness • Death • Love • The Hermeneutics of Mercy • Interpreting the Qur’an • Good Opinions of God • The Return to the All-Merciful • The Mercy of Wujud • Mercy’s Precedence • Essential Servanthood • Primordial Nature • Sweet Torment • Constitutional Diversity • Surrender ISBN - 9781851685110
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Pages : 160
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