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Sanctity and mysticism in medieval Egypt : the Wafāʼ Sufi order and the legacy of Ibn ʻArabī /

"Using the original writings of two Egyptian Sufis, Muhammad Wafa' and his son 'Ali, this book shows how the Islamic idea of sainthood developed in the medieval period. Although without a church to canonize its "saints," the Islamic tradition nevertheless debated and develop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGregor, Richard J. A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Colección:SUNY series in Islam.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1. Tirmidhi, Ibn 'Arabi, and Others on Sanctity
  • Tirmidhi on Walaya
  • Sahl Tustari on Walaya
  • Lesser Treatments of Walaya
  • Walaya and Shi'ism
  • Ibn 'Arabi and Walaya
  • 2. The Early Shadhiliyya and Sanctity
  • Literature and History of the Shadhiliyya
  • Al-Shadhili, Tirmidhi, and Ibn 'Arabi
  • The Early Figures of the Order
  • The Writings of Ibn Bakhila
  • Proximity to the Divine
  • The Levels of Walaya
  • Sanctity and Prophecy.
  • 3. The Wafa'iyya in Time and Space
  • Arriving from the Maghreb
  • Among the Elite of Cairo
  • 4. The Writings of the Wafa's
  • Poetry
  • Supplications (du'a)
  • Jurisprudence (fiqh) and Exegesis (tafsir)
  • Mystical Treatises (Mu ammad Wafa')
  • Mystical Treatises ('Ali Wafa')
  • 5. Sanctity and Muhammad Wafa'
  • Absolute Being and Its Self-disclosure
  • The Preexistential and the Everlasting
  • Spiritual Anthropology
  • Cosmology
  • The Teaching Shaykh and Beyond
  • The Muhammadan Reality and the Pole
  • Sanctity, the Renewer, and the Seal
  • 6. Sanctity according to 'Ali Wafa'
  • Divine Oneness, Self-disclosure, and Creation
  • The Teacher and Oneness
  • On Walaya and Nubuwwa
  • The Seal of Sainthood
  • The Seal and the Renewer of Religion
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • 1. Tirmidhi, Ibn 'Arabi, and Others on Sanctity
  • 2. The Early Shadhiliyya and Sanctity
  • 3. The Wafa'iyya in Time and Space
  • 4. The Writings of the Wafa's
  • 5. Sanctity and Muhammad Wafa'
  • 6. Sanctity according to 'Ali Wafa'
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Index to the Qur'an
  • Index
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