1st Edition

Studies in Islamic Mysticism Volume II

By Reynold A. Nicholson Copyright 1998
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998. The following essays conclude a series of five, which fall into two groups and are therefore published in separate volumes. While mysticism, save for a few casual references, found no place in the studies on the Lubdbu 'l-Albdb of 'Awff and the Luzumiyydt of Abu '1-'Ala al-Ma'arri, in these now brought together it has taken entire possession of the field. Ibnu 'l-Farid,... Read more
CHAPTER I ABU SA'ID IBN ABI 'L-KHAYRCHAPTER II THE PERFECT MAN, ESSENCE, ATTRIBUTE, AND NAME, THE DESCENT OF THE ABSOLUTE, THE ESSENCE AS GOD, THE HEAVENLEY MAN, THE MACROCOSM, THE RETURN TO THE ESSENCE, RELIGION, REVELATION, AND PROPHECY, INDEX OF KAMES AND TITLES, INDEX OF SUBJECTS, INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS, ETC. CHAPTER III THE ODES OF IBNU 'L-FARID

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Reynold A. Nicholson