{"product_id":"9780755654772-the-banquet-of-the-brethren-an-ismaili-guide-to-spiritual-hermeneutics-part-2-an-english-translation-of-nasir-i-khusr","title":"The Banquet of the Brethren","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Ismaili Guide to Spiritual Hermeneutics: Part 2 An English translation of Nasir-i Khusraw’s Khwan al-ikhwan\u003cbr\u003eA new critical edition of Nasir-i Khusraw's \u003ci\u003eKhwan al-ikhwan \u003c\/i\u003eincluding an editorial introduction and notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ismaili \u003ci\u003edai \u003c\/i\u003e(missionary) and poet Nasir-i Khusraw (d. after 1070) wrote \u003ci\u003eKhwan al-ikhwan\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Banquet of the Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e) when he was living in his remote mountain refuge of Yumgan in Badakhshan. This work includes a precis of ideas found in the \u003ci\u003eKitab al-Yanabi (al-?ikma)\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Wellsprings of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e), written by the earlier \u003ci\u003edai Abu Ya’qub al- Sijistani\u003c\/i\u003e (d. ca. 971). Nasir-i Khusraw recast these ideas in Persian and then expanded them into 100 chapters (or ‘courses’ of a banquet). The text presents a sequence of dynamic arguments for divine unicity (\u003ci\u003etaw?id\u003c\/i\u003e), while also asserting the authority of the Prophet Muhammad, his legatee and son-in-law ?Ali b. Abi ?alib, and the subsequent Imams from the line of the Prophet’s descendant Ismail b. Ja’far al-Sadiq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKhwan al-ikhwan\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a significant work in Ismaili theology and philosophy, exemplifying the central role of \u003ci\u003eta’wil\u003c\/i\u003e (esoteric interpretation). It also reflects the learning of the age, including the conception of a geocentric cosmos, Aristotelian physics, and Neoplatonic philosophy, all of which profoundly influenced the Ismaili \u003ci\u003eda’is\u003c\/i\u003e in Iran.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first English translation of \u003ci\u003eKhwan al-ikhwan\u003c\/i\u003e, derived from the Persian critical edition presented in Part 1, is accompanied by detailed annotation and an introduction which situates this important work in the context of Nasir-i Khusraw's other works and Aby Ya’qub al-Sijistani's \u003ci\u003eKitab al-Yanabi?\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41790750326881,"sku":"9780755654772","price":101.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31454393.jpg?v=1732722204","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780755654772-the-banquet-of-the-brethren-an-ismaili-guide-to-spiritual-hermeneutics-part-2-an-english-translation-of-nasir-i-khusr","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}