Knowing God: Ibn ʿArabī and ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī’s Metaphysics of the Divine

Ismail Lala (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

242 Seiten

2019 | Approx. 230 pp.
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-40051-1 (ISBN)

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In Knowing God, Ismail Lala investigates the nature of God and whether we can truly know Him according to the influential mystic, Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn ʿArabī, and his disciple, ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī.

Can we know God or does he reside beyond our ken? In Ibn ʿArabī and ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī’s Metaphysics of the Divine, Ismail Lala conducts a forensic analysis of the nature of God and His interaction with creation. Looking mainly at the exegetical works of the influential mystic, Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240), and one of his chief disseminators, ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī (d. 736/1335?), Lala employs the term huwiyya, literally “He-ness,” as an aperture into the metaphysical worldview of both mystics. Does Al-Qāshānī agree with Ibn ʿArabī’s conception of God? Does he agree with Ibn ʿArabī on how God relates to us and how we relate to Him? Or is this where Sufi master and his disciple part ways?

Ismail Lala, D.Phil (2017), University of Oxford, is a seminary-trained academic who focusses on the metaphysical thought of Ibn ʿArabī and ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī. He has published widely on this topic, as well as on Sunnī Qurʾanic commentaries, Prophetic traditions, Islamic medical ethics, and Islamic philosophy.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Transliteration Guide

1 Introduction

1The Meeting

2The Master

3The Disciple

4The Word

5The Presentation

6The Qurʾan

7The History

2 Ibn ʿArabī and Huwiyya

1Ibn ʿArabī’s Definition

2Huwiyya in Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya

3Huwiyya in the Fuṣūṣ

4The Chapter of Yūsuf

5Conclusion of Ibn ʿArabī and Huwiyya

3 Al-Qāshānī and Huwiyya

1Al-Qāshānī’s Definition of Huwiyya

2Huwiyya, Entity and the Perfect Man

3Huwiyya in the Taʾwīlāt

4Conclusion of Huwiyya in al-Qāshānī’s Works

5The Huwiyya of Ibn ʿArabī versus the Huwiyya of al-Qāshānī

4 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.07.2019
Reihe/Serie	Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 109
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	90-04-40051-6 / 9004400516
ISBN-13	978-90-04-40051-1 / 9789004400511
Zustand	Neuware