Ibn ʿArabī : heir to the prophets

Author(s)

• Chittick, William C.

Bibliographic Information

Ibn ʿArabī : heir to the prophets

William C. Chittick

（Makers of the Muslim world / series editor, Patricia Crone）

Oneworld, 2007, c2005

• : pbk.

Note

"First published by Oneworld Publications, 2005. This paperback edition first published, 2007"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-146) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The importance of Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240) for Islamic mysticism lies in the fact that he was a speculative thinker of the highest order, albeit diffuse and difficult to understand. His central doctrine is the unity of all existence. In this text, William Chittick explores how, through the work of Ibn Al-Arabi, Sufism moves away from anguished and ascetic searchings of the heart and conscience and becomes a matter of speculative philsophy and theosophy.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Ibn 'Arabi's Life Abbreviations Used in the Text 1 THE MUHAMMADAN INHERITANCE Inheritance Opening The Muhammadan Seal Reading the Qur'an Understanding God Knowing Self God's Wide Earth The Inheritor 2 THE LOVER OF GOD Assuming the Traits of the Names The Divine and Human Form Imperfect Love 3 THE DIVINE ROOTS OF LOVE Wujud The Nonexistent Beloved The Entities The Genesis of Love Love's Throne Human Love Felicity Poverty Perfection 4 THE COSMOLOGY OF REMEMBRANCE Remembrance Prophecy The Book of the Soul The Breath of the All-Merciful Knowledge of the Names All-Comprehensiveness Achieving the Status of Adam The Perfect Servant The House of God 5 KNOWLEDGE AND REALIZATION Knowledge Benefit The Form of God Reliable Knowledge Following Authority Realization The Ambiguity of Creation Giving Things their Haqq The Rights of God and Man The Soul's Haqq 6 TIME, SPACE, AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF ETHICAL NORMS The Methodology of Realization Time and Space Location Time Eternity Constant Transformation Ethics Lost in the Cosmos 7 THE IN-BETWEEN Relativity The Worldview of In-Betweenness Cosmic Imagination The Soul The Soul's Root Controversies The Gods of Belief 8 THE DISCLOSURE OF THE INTERVENING IMAGE Self-Awareness Death Love 9 THE HERMENEUTICS OF MERCY Interpreting the Qur'an Good Opinions of God The Return to the All-Merciful The Mercy of Wujud Mercy's Precedence Essential Servanthood Primordial Nature Sweet Torment Constitutional Diversity Surrender Resources Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA86432716
• ISBN:
  • 9781851685110
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 152 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP80.I2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sufis -- Biography
  • LCSH : Ibn al-ʿArabī, 1165-1240
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA7301869X