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As the first complete translation of a classic Arabictext written
in the 11th century, this work is an eloquent introduction to
mystical love in Islam.Considered one of the most important
chaptersin al-Ghaz l 's magnum opus "The Revival of the Religious
Sciences," it consists of arguments that form the basis of Sufi
theory and the practice of mystical love. Providing the book's
historical and spiritual context, this accountalso offers insight
into the poetry of such greats as Rumi and Hafiz."
In 1814, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe read the poems of the great
fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz in a newly published
translation by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. For Goethe, the book
was a revelation. He felt a deep connection with Hafiz and Persian
poetic traditions, and was immediately inspired to create his own
West-Eastern Divan as a lyrical conversation between the poetry and
history of his native Germany and that of Persia. The resulting
collection engages with the idea of the other and unearths lyrical
connections between cultures. The West-Eastern Divan is one of the
world's great works of literature, an inspired masterpiece, and a
poetic linking of European and Persian traditions. This new
bilingual edition expertly presents the wit, intelligence, humor,
and technical mastery of the poetry in Goethe's Divan. In order to
preserve the work's original power, Eric Ormsby has created this
translation in clear contemporary prose rather than in rhymed
verse, which tends to obscure the works sharpness. This edition is
also accompanied by explanatory notes of the verse in German and in
English and a translation of Goethe's own commentary, the "Notes
and Essays for a Better Understanding of the West-Eastern Divan."
This edition not only bring this classic collection to
English-language readers, but also, at a time of renewed Western
unease about the other, to open up the rich cultural world of
Islam.
Two major events occurred in the early centuries of Islam that
determined its historical and spiritual development in the
centuries that followed: the formation of the sacred scriptures,
namely the Qur'an and the Hadith, and the chronic violence that
surrounded the succession of the Prophet, manifesting in
repression, revolution, massacre, and civil war. This is the first
book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources
within the context of these bloody, brutal conflicts. Conducting a
philological and historical study of little-known though
significant ancient texts, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi rebuilds a
Shi'ite understanding of Islam's early history and the genesis of
its holy scriptures. At the same time, he proposes a fresh
interpretative framework and a new data set for theorizing the
early history of Islam, isolating the contradictions between
Shi'ite and Sunni sources and their contribution to the tensions
that rile these groups today.
I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
This is the first English translation of the final philosophical
work of the great eleventh-century Ismaili thinker, poet, and
Fatimid emissary, N?sir-i Khusraw. Appointed from Cairo by command
of the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Mustansir to serve first as a d?'?,
and then as the hujjat, for the entire region of Khur?s?n, he
maintained his allegiance both to his mission and his Imam-caliph
for the rest of his life, even when threatened and driven into
exile. Written during his exile in Badakhsh?n in the year 1070,
N?sir-i Khusraw here develops a powerful presentation of both
Aristotelian philosophy and Ismaili exegesis, or ta'w?l, and
strives to show that they are ultimately in harmony. The work is
presented as a learned commentary on a long philosophical poem,
written in the previous century and sent to N?sir by the am?r of
Badakhsh?n, 'Al? b. al-Asad, who copied the poem out in his own
hand from memory and asked the poet-philosopher to explicate it. In
doing so, N?sir ranges over a huge span of topics from logic and
language to the nature of the physical world, from the spheres of
the highest heavens to the plants and animals of the earthly realm,
and, most importantly, hidden spiritual realities: the esoteric
(b?tin) as well as the exoteric (z?hir) realms. He thus discusses
the nature of God, the creation of human beings, and the mysteries
concealed in the physical world, itself a reflection of a higher,
transcendent realm. Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms
Reconciled is an annotated translation of the Persian text prepared
by Henry Corbin and Mohammed Mu'?n based on the single surviving
manuscript of the work, now in the Suleymaniye Mosque Library in
Istanbul. It is a work of great philosophical and spiritual
insight, which is also a pioneering attempt to tackle difficult
intellectual problems in the Persian language; it is at once lucid
and lyrical, precise and speculative. N?sir's influence has been
immense as both a poet and a thinker, and the Kit?b-i J?mi'
al-hikmatayn is his crowning work.
This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111),
the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period.
Attracting the patronage of the vizier Nizam al-Mulk early in his
career, he was appointed head of the Nizamiyyah College at Baghdad,
and attracted audiences from across the Islamic world, who sought
his teachings on Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. Eventually
renouncing his position due to a spiritual crisis, he went into
self-imposed exile, during which he wrote the Sufi masterpiece,
Revival of the Sciences of Religion. Concise and lucid, this is a
perfect introduction to the great man's life and work.
In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western
philosophy, fifteen experts introduce some of the great
philosophical traditions in the world. The dozen essays collected
here unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that
are too often neglected in the western world. The contributors
include the leading scholars in their fields, but they write for
students coming to these concepts for the first time. Building on
revisions and updates to the original essays on China, India,
Japan, and the Americas, this new edition also considers three
philosophical traditions for the first time Jewish, Buddhist, and
South Pacific (Maori) philosophy."
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