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Beyond Dogma - Rumi's Teachings on Friendship with God and Early Sufi Theories (Hardcover)
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Beyond Dogma - Rumi's Teachings on Friendship with God and Early Sufi Theories (Hardcover)
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Despite Rumi's (d. 1273) recent emergence as a best-selling poet in
the English-speaking world, fundamental questions about his
teachings, such as the relationship of his Sufi mysticism to the
wider Islamic religion, remain contested. In this groundbreaking
study, Jawid Mojaddedi reaches to the heart of the matter, by
examining Rumi's teachings on walaya (Friendship with God) in light
of earlier discourse in the wider Sufi tradition and
juridico-theological Islam. Walaya is not only central to Rumi's
teachings, but also forms the basis for the celebration of
intimacy, communication with the Divine, and transcendence of
conventional religiosity in his poetry. And yet walaya is the
aspect of Sufism which has proven the most difficult to reconcile
with juridico-theological Islam. Beyond Dogma presents, in addition
to its focus on Rumi, a perceptive analysis of the historical
development of the discourse on walaya in the formative centuries
of Sufism. This period coincides with the time when
juridico-theological Islam rose to dominance, as reflected in the
harmonizing efforts of theoretical Sufi writings, especially the
manuals of the tenth and eleventh century. In this way, Mojaddedi's
analysis facilitates a nuanced and contextualized evaluation of
Rumi's teachings on walaya, which had already attracted a range of
views before his time, from arguments in favor of its superiority
to Prophethood, to guarantees of subordinate deference towards the
Prophetic heritage interpreted by juridico-theological scholars. In
the process, Beyond Dogma enables a fresh evaluation of the
influential early Sufi manuals in their historical context, while
also highlighting the significance for juridico-theological
scholars of fundamental dogma, such as "the Seal of Prophethood,"
in the process of consolidating their own dominance.
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