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Ibn-Abī-Ḥaǧala, Aḥmad Ibn-Yaḥyā, --- Sufism. --- Ibn Abī Ḥajalah, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá,
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This work sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt. This guide to political behaviour and expediency offers advice to Sufi shaykhs, or spiritual guides, on how to interact and negotiate with powerful secular officials, judges, and treasurers, or emirs. Translated into English for the first time, it is a unique account of the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval/early modern Islamic society.
Sufism --- Islam and politics --- Islam and state --- Political aspects --- History --- Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad,
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Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian society comprising migrants, soldiers, litterateurs and princes. Placing the mystical traditions of Indian Islam within their cultural contexts, this interesting study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the neglected Deccan region and their changing roles under the rule
Sufism --- India --- Hyderabad (India) --- History --- Deccan (India) --- History. --- Sofism --- Mysticism --- Islam --- Geschichte. --- death --- anniversary --- fakhr --- dln --- shrine --- mughal --- conquests --- saint --- citys --- saints
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With the increasing Muslim diaspora in post-modern Western societies, Sufism - intellectually as well as sociologically - may eventually become Islam itself due to its versatile potential. Although Sufism has always provoked considerable interest in the West, no volume has so far been written which discusses this aspect of Islam in terms of how it is practised in Western societies. Bringing together leading international authorities to survey the history of Islamic mysticism in North America and Europe, this book elaborates the ideas and institutions which organize Sufism and folk-re
Sufism --- 297*2 --- Sofism --- Mysticism --- Soefisme --- Islam --- 297*2 Soefisme --- Europe --- North America --- orders --- bawa --- muhaiyaddeen --- movements --- insan --- kamil --- hisham --- kabbani --- groups --- abd-al-qr --- Muslim diaspora --- post-modern Western societies --- political Islam --- organisation --- institutionalisation --- recruitment --- ritual --- charisma --- history
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The author expands the definition of Turkish American literature beyond fiction written by Americans of Turkish descent to incorporate texts that literally 'commute' between two national spheres. This segment of Turkish American literature transcends established paradigms of immigrant life-writing, as it includes works by Turkish authors who do not qualify as American permanent residents and were not born in the United States by Turkish parents (such as Elif Shafak and Halide Edip), and on novels where the Turkish and Ottoman matter decisively prevails over the American (Güneli Gün's «On the Road to Baghdad» and Alev Lytle Croutier's «Seven Houses»). Yet, these texts were written in English, were purposefully located on the American market, and simultaneously engage the Turkish and the American cultural and literary traditions.
Turkish literature --- Multiculturalism in literature. --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Sufism in literature. --- Turks in literature. --- Turkish Americans. --- American influences. --- History and criticism. --- Turkish Americans --- Ethnology --- Turks --- Balkan literature --- Literature --- Literary studies --- USA --- Turkey --- immigration --- literary theory --- novel
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The twelfth century CE was a watershed moment for mysticism in the Muslim West. In al-Andalus, the pioneers of this mystical tradition, the Mu'tabirun or 'Contemplators', championed a synthesis between Muslim scriptural sources and Neoplatonic cosmology. Ibn Barrajān of Seville was most responsible for shaping this new intellectual approach, and is the focus of Yousef Casewit's book. Ibn Barrajān's extensive commentaries on the divine names and the Qur'an stress the significance of God's signs in nature, the Arabic bible as a means of interpreting the Qur'an, and the mystical crossing from the visible to the unseen. With an examination of the understudied writings of both Ibn Barrajān and his contemporaries, Ibn al-'Arif and Ibn Qasi, as well as the wider socio-political and scholarly context in al-Andalus, this book will appeal to researchers of the medieval Islamic world and the history of mysticism and Sufism in the Muslim West.
Sufism --- Mysticism --- Sufis --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Sofism --- History. --- Islam --- Ibn Barrajān, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, --- ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Barrajān, --- Ibn Barrajān, Abū al-Ḥakam ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, --- Ibn Barrayān, --- Lakhmī, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Barrajān, --- ابن براجان، عبد السلام بن عبد الرحمان بن محمد --- إبن برجان، عبد السلام بن عبد الرحمن بن محمد --- Ibn Barraǧān, --- Sufism - Spain - Andalusia - History --- Mysticism - Islam - Spain - Andalusia --- Sufis - Spain - Andalusia - Biography --- Ibn Barrajān, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, - -1141
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What was the relationship between government and religion in Middle Eastern history? In a world of caliphs, sultans, and judges, who exercised political and religious authority? In this book, Ali Humayun Akhtar investigates debates about leadership that involved ruling circles and scholars of jurisprudence and theology. At the heart of this story is a medieval rivalry between three caliphates: the Umayyads of Cordoba, the Fatimids of Cairo, and the Abbasids of Baghdad. In a fascinating revival of Late Antique Hellenism, Aristotelian and Platonic notions of wisdom became a key component of how these caliphs debated their authority as political leaders. By tracing how these political debates impacted the theological and jurisprudential scholars and their own conception of communal guidance, Akhtar offers a new picture of premodern political authority and the connections between Western and Islamic civilizations. It will be of use to students and specialists of the premodern and modern Middle East.
Islam and politics. --- Caliphs. --- Sultans. --- Judges. --- Fatimites. --- Abbasids. --- Sufis. --- Islamic philosophy. --- Philosophy, ancient --- Politics and government. --- Religion / islam / general. --- Influence. --- Umayyad dynasty. --- Islamic Empire --- Islamic Empire. --- Alcaldes --- Cadis --- Chief justices --- Chief magistrates --- Judges --- Justices --- Magistrates --- Courts --- Kings and rulers --- Califs --- Khalifs --- Heads of state --- Caliphate --- Islam --- Politics and Islam --- Political science --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Officials and employees --- Political aspects --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Arabic philosophy --- Muslim philosophy --- Philosophy, Islamic --- Philosophy, Arab --- Sufism --- Caliphs --- Ismailites
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Explores the social consequences of Britain's creation of an Indian Ocean empire that brought millions of Muslim subjects under a single political umbrella for the first time in the modern era.
Social change. --- Religious communities. --- Muslims. --- British colonies. --- Social change --- Religious communities --- Muslims --- History --- 1800-1999 --- Indian Ocean Region. --- Great Britain --- Colonies. --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Communities --- Religious institutions --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- British Empire --- Indian Ocean Rim countries --- islam --- colonialism --- Indian Ocean --- transregional history --- Islamic reform --- Aden --- Qadi --- Sayyid --- Sufism
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A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the presentAfter centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand of Islam, Sufism saw a sharp decline in the twentieth century, only to experience a stunning revival in recent decades. In this comprehensive new history of Sufism from the earliest centuries of Islam to today, Alexander Knysh, a leading expert on the subject, reveals the tradition in all its richness.Knysh explores how Sufism has been viewed by both insiders and outsiders since its inception. He examines the key aspects of Sufism, from definitions and discourses to leadership, institutions, and practices. He devotes special attention to Sufi approaches to the Qur'an, drawing parallels with similar uses of scripture in Judaism and Christianity. He traces how Sufism grew from a set of simple moral-ethical precepts into a sophisticated tradition with professional Sufi masters (shaykhs) who became powerful players in Muslim public life but whose authority was challenged by those advocating the equality of all Muslims before God. Knysh also examines the roots of the ongoing conflict between the Sufis and their fundamentalist critics, the Salafis-a major fact of Muslim life today.Based on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Sufism is an indispensable account of a vital aspect of Islam.
Mysticism --- RELIGION / Islam / General. --- Sufism --- Sufism. --- Islam --- History. --- Islam. --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Abrahamic religions. --- Al-Ghazali. --- Al-Qushayri. --- Asceticism. --- Author. --- Bernard McGinn (theologian). --- Bruce Lincoln. --- Christian mysticism. --- Christianity and Islam. --- Christianity. --- Christopher Melchert. --- Dhikr. --- Dichotomy. --- Divine presence. --- Doctrine. --- Edward Said. --- Esoteric interpretation of the Quran. --- Exegesis. --- Fear of God. --- Fiqh. --- Font Bureau. --- God. --- Hadith. --- Heresy. --- Historiography. --- Ibn Khaldun. --- Ibn Taymiyyah. --- Idolatry. --- Illustration. --- Irfan. --- Islamic culture. --- Islamic fundamentalism. --- Islamic holy books. --- Islamic studies. --- Jews. --- Judaism. --- Judeo-Christian. --- Justification (theology). --- Kafir. --- Kashf. --- Literature. --- Louis Massignon. --- Mansur Al-Hallaj. --- Modernity. --- Monasticism. --- Mosque. --- Muhammad. --- Murid. --- Muslim world. --- Muslim. --- Mystical theology. --- Mysticism. --- Najm al-Din. --- Naqshbandi. --- Narrative. --- Occult. --- Orientalism. --- Orthodoxy. --- P. J. Conkwright. --- Persecution. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophy. --- Physician. --- Piety. --- Plotinus. --- Polemic. --- Political correctness. --- Presence of God (Catholicism). --- Princeton University Press. --- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. --- Quran. --- Religion. --- Religious studies. --- Religious text. --- Renunciation. --- Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi. --- Saint. --- Salafi movement. --- Sayyid. --- Sheikh. --- Silsila. --- Sufi cosmology. --- Sufi metaphysics. --- Sufi studies. --- Sunni Islam. --- Tariqa. --- The Sufis. --- Theology. --- Treatise. --- Ulama. --- Umberto Eco. --- Ummah. --- Wahhabism. --- William Chittick. --- World to come. --- World view. --- Worship. --- Writing.
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Adopting an empirical and systematic approach, this interdisciplinary study of medieval Persian Sufi tradition and Attr (1145-1221) opens up a new space of comparison for reading and understanding medieval Persian and European literatures. The book invites us on an intellectual journey that reveals exciting intersections that redefine the hierarchies and terms of comparison.
Subjectivity in literature. --- Sufism --- Sufi literature, Persian --- Mysticism --- Mysticism in literature. --- Comparative literature. --- Comparative literature --- Literature, Comparative --- Philology --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Persian Sufi literature --- Persian literature --- Sofism --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Islam --- ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, --- ʻAṭṭār, --- ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī, --- Attar, Farid-ud-din, --- ʻAṭṭār, Ferīdu'd-dīn, --- ʻAṭṭār, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, --- ʻAṭṭār Nīshābūrī, Farīd al-Dīn, --- Attor, Farididdin, --- Attor, Fariduddini, --- Attori Nishopurī, Fariduddin, --- Farīd al-Dīn al-ʻAṭṭār al-Naysābūrī, --- Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār, --- Farid ud Din Attar, --- Farididdin Attor, --- Farīdu'd-Dīn ʻAṭṭār, --- Fariduddin 'Attar, --- Fariduddini Attor, --- Ferı̂düddin Attâr, --- Naysābūrī, Farīd al-Dīn al-ʻAṭṭār, --- Naysoburi, Farid al-Din al-Attar, --- Neyshaboori, Attar, --- Nīsābūrī, Abī Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr Ibrāhīm al-shahīr bi-Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār, --- Nīshābūrī, Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār, --- Nīshābūrī, Farīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ʻAṭṭār, --- شيخ فريدالدين محمد عطار نيشابورى, --- عطار نيشابورى، فريدالدين, --- عطار، فريد الدين, --- عطار، فريد الدين محمد بن ابراهيم نيشابورى, --- عطار، محمد بن ابراهيم, --- فريد الدين العطار النيسابوري, --- فريد الدين عطار, --- فريد الدين عطار نيشابورى, --- فريدالدين محمد عطار نيشابوري, --- نيشابورى، فريد الدين محمد بن ابراهيم عطار, --- Nishopurī, Shaĭkh Fariduddin Attori, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- عطار، فريد الدين محمد بن ابراهيم نيشابورى, --- نيشابورى، فريد الدين محمد بن ابراهيم عطار, --- Mysticism. --- Sufi literature, Persian. --- Sufism. --- ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, --- Europe. --- Iran.
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