The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:ʿayn Al-Quḍāt, Mohammed Rustom (Editor), Mohammed Rustom (Translator)Series:Library of Arabic Literature #80Publish date:2022-04-26Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479816590ISBN-10:1479816590UPC:9781479816590Book Category:Literary Collections, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, IslamBook Topic:TheologySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCEF1YAFFB
The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism
A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism
The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, is remarkable for many reasons, not least of which that it is in all likelihood the earliest philosophical exposition of mysticism in the Islamic intellectual tradition. This important...Series: Library of Arabic Literature #80
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479816590ISBN-10:1479816590UPC:9781479816590Book Category:Literary Collections, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, IslamBook Topic:TheologySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCEF1YAFFB
ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (Author)
ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (d. 525/1131) was a philosopher, mystic, and judge who was born in the western Iranian city of Hamadān. He was the student of Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126), the brother of the famous Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111). A maverick figure, he was put to death by the Seljuqs at the age of thirty-four, ostensibly on charges of heresy. Mohammed Rustom (Edited and...
ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (d. 525/1131) was a philosopher, mystic, and judge who was born in the western Iranian city of Hamadān. He was the student of Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126), the brother of the famous Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111). A maverick figure, he was put to death by the Seljuqs at the age of thirty-four, ostensibly on charges of heresy. Mohammed Rustom (Edited and...
Publisher: New York University Press
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ʿayn Al-Quḍāt, Mohammed Rustom (Editor), Mohammed Rustom (Translator)
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