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An Ocean Without Shore

Ibn Arabi, the Book, and the Law

By: Michel Chodkiewicz

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An Ocean Without Shore

Ibn Arabi, the Book, and the Law

By: Michel Chodkiewicz

An Ocean Without Shore is a study of Ibn Arabi, known in Islam as al-Shaykh al-Akbar, the Greatest Spiritual Master. In the introduction, Chodkiewicz provides a good deal of documentation for the often heard claim that Ibn Arabi has been the most influential thinker in Islam over the past seven hundred years. He shows that this has been true, not only among the intellectual elite, but also among the common believers. He explains why a few Muslims have considered Ibn al-Arabi the greatest heretic of Islam, while for many others he is Islam's greatest spiritual teacher. In the main body of the book, Chodkiewicz demonstrates that Ibn Arabi's writings are firmly grounded in the Koran. In doing this he also shows that Ibn Arabi's Koranic roots run far deeper than has heretofore been imagined. He explains that principles of Ibn Arabi's Koranic hermeneutics with unprecedented clarity, and in bringing out the primary importance of the Shaykh's magnum opus, The Futuhat Makkiyya, he solves a good number of riddles about the text that have puzzled modern readers. Chodkiewicz's work shows how, for Ibn Arabi, the iniatory voyage is a voyage in the divine word itself.

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State University of New York Press

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0791499006

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9780791499009

The Spiritual Writings of Amir 'Abd al-Kader

By: ?Abd al-Q?dir ibn Mu?y? al-D?n (Amir of Mascara),Michel Chodkiewicz

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The Spiritual Writings of Amir 'Abd al-Kader

By: ?Abd al-Q?dir ibn Mu?y? al-D?n (Amir of Mascara),Michel Chodkiewicz

A selection of writings by a great nineteenth-century Sufi Shaikh in the direct lineage of Ibn 'Arabi.

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256

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SUNY Press

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0791424464

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9780791424469

An Ocean Without Shore

Ibn Arabi, the Book, and the Law

By: Michel Chodkiewicz

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Ibn Arabi, the Book, and the Law

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0791416259

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La Renovation du Shi'isme Ismaelien En Inde Et Au Pakistan

D'apres les Ecrits et les Discours de Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan

By: Michel Boivin

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La Renovation du Shi'isme Ismaelien En Inde Et Au Pakistan

D'apres les Ecrits et les Discours de Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan

By: Michel Boivin

This French-language book is the first to propose a scientific approach to the Aga Khan's religious thought, placing it in its proper perspective by revealing how the Aga Khan responded to contemporary challenges. It will be of interest to both students and scholars of history, orientalism and Islamic thought and cultures, and to anyone interested in South Asia or in the fundamental issues of religion and modernity.

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512

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Routledge

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1136850260

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9781136850264

Seal of the Saints

Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn ʻArabī

By: Michel Chodkiewicz

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Seal of the Saints

Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn ʻArabī

By: Michel Chodkiewicz

Ibn Arabi—born in 1165 in Andalusia and died in 1240 in Damascus—was recognised in his lifetime as al-Shaykh al-Akbar, the supreme spiritual Master. Over a period of eight centuries he has exerted a profound influence on Islamic mysticism. In recent years a number of important studies have helped acquaint the Western reader with Ibn Arabi's metaphysics and this process is now greatly enhanced by the present volume in which Michael Chodkiewicz explores for the first time, the Master's 'hagiology' or teaching on sainthood. Founded on a careful analysis of the relevant texts, Chodkiewicz's work examines this essential aspect of Ibn Arabi's doctrine of sainthood, defining the nature and function of sainthood, while also specifying the criteria for a typology of saints based on the notion of prophetic inheritance.

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0946621403

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9780946621408

Seal of the Saints

Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn ʻArabī

By: Michel Chodkiewicz,Liadain Sherrard

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Seal of the Saints

Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn ʻArabī

By: Michel Chodkiewicz,Liadain Sherrard

Ibn 'Arabi - born in 1165 in Andalusia and died in 1240 in Damascus - was recognised in his lifetime as al-Shaykh al-Akbar, the supreme spiritual Master. Over a period of eight centuries he has exerted a profound influence on Islamic mysticism. In recent years a number of important studies have helped acquaint the Western reader with Ibn 'Arabi's metaphysics and this process is now greatly enhanced by the present volume, in which Michael Chodkiewicz explores for the first time the Master's 'hagiology' or teaching on sainthood. Founded on a careful analysis of the relevant texts, Chodkiewicz's work examines this essential aspect of Ibn 'Arabi's doctrine of sainthood, defining the nature and function of sainthood, while also specifying the criteria for a typology of saints based on the notion of prophetic inheritance. -- Publisher description.

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8187219750

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9788187219750

Histoire, archéologies littératures du monde musulman

mélanges en l'honneur d'André Raymond

By: Sylvie Denoix,Michel Tuchscherer

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Histoire, archéologies littératures du monde musulman

mélanges en l'honneur d'André Raymond

By: Sylvie Denoix,Michel Tuchscherer

Réunis à Aix-en-Provence, au sein du laboratoire qu’il fonda en 1986, ces 'Mélanges en l’honneur d’André Raymond' sont d’abord l’hommage affectueux d’élèves, de collègues et d’amis, liés à l’historien comme à l’homme. Ils se veulent aussi une reconnaissance de sa contribution intellectuelle et institutionnelle au développement des études sur le monde arabe et musulman, et le témoignage de la vitalité d’un réseau de chercheurs qu’il a profondément marqué de sa personnalité. Les contributions qu’ils rassemblent embrassent très largement l’histoire du Bassin méditerranéen, de l’Antiquité au XXe siècle. Elles s’inscrivent dans des disciplines variées et portent sur des objets que l’on n’assemble guère (des opéras et des fours de potiers, par exemple), mais dont la diversité même est un hommage rendu à l’esprit d’ouverture qui a toujours marqué l’action d’André Raymond dans sa gestion des politiques de recherche. Pour le lecteur et par souci de simplicité, on les a distribuées en quatre sections thématiques dont la composition, du reste, pourrait servir à décrire aussi l’œuvre savante de celui à qui elles sont offertes : 1. Villes et architectures d’Orient; 2. Histoire, économies, sociétés; 3. Lettres et arts; 4. Sources, manuscrits, archives.

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