{"product_id":"9781032019291-philosophical-sufism","title":"Philosophical Sufism","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Introduction to the School of Ibn al-'Arabi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a rigorous analysis of the main doctrines of Ibn al-ʿArabī, which dominated spiritual and intellectual life in the pre-modern and early modern Islamic world for over six hundred years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the intersection between Sufism and philosophy, this volume is a sweeping examination of the mystical philosophy of Muḥyī-l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 637\/1240), one of the most influential and original thinkers of the Islamic world. This book systematically covers Ibn al-ʿArabī’s ontology, theology, epistemology, teleology, spiritual anthropology and eschatology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile philosophy uses deductive reasoning to discover the fundamental nature of existence and Sufism relies on spiritual experience, it was not until the school of Ibn al-ʿArabī that philosophy and Sufism converged into a single framework by elaborating spiritual doctrines in precise philosophical language. Contextualizing the historical development of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s school, the work draws from the earliest commentators of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s oeuvre, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 673\/1274), ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Kāshānī (d. ca. 730\/1330) and Dawūd al-Qayṣarī (d. 751\/1350), but also draws from the medieval heirs of his doctrines Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī (d. 787\/1385), the pivotal intellectual and mystical figure of Persia who recast philosophical Sufism within the framework of Twelver Shīʿism and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898\/1492), the key figure in the dissemination of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s ideas in the Persianate world as well as the Ottoman Empire, India, China and East Asia via Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucidly written and comprehensive in scope, with careful treatments of the key authors, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Sufism \u003c\/i\u003eis a highly accessible introductory text for students and researchers interested in Islam, philosophy, religion and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40712650326113,"sku":"9781032019291","price":51.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27926052.jpg?v=1760341204","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032019291-philosophical-sufism","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}