The foundations of Sufism: an annotated translation of "Qawa'id al-tasawwuf" by shaykh Ahmad Zarruq al-Fasi (d. 899/1493)

"Ahmad Zarruq, a 15th-century North African Sufi, turned his considerable intellect towards integrating theology, Islamic law and the spiritual path. His model of a jurisprudentially-grounded Sufism is as relevant today as when he presented it to a mediaeval audience, using an aphoristic style...

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1. Verfasser: Ibn-Zarrūq, Šihāb-ad-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn-Aḥmad 1442-1493 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Shams-ur-Rehman, Ghulam (HerausgeberIn, ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Studies on Sufism volume 10
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Zusammenfassung:"Ahmad Zarruq, a 15th-century North African Sufi, turned his considerable intellect towards integrating theology, Islamic law and the spiritual path. His model of a jurisprudentially-grounded Sufism is as relevant today as when he presented it to a mediaeval audience, using an aphoristic style tailored to his educated readership. The current growth of puritanical movements in the Islamic world makes Zarruq's Foundations of Sufism a must-read for scholars, educators and those seeking to reconcile various interpretations of the faith. The author of this fresh translation, an Arabic and Classical Sufism scholar, consulted newly-discovered manuscripts in preparing his critical edition of this seminal work"--
Beschreibung:Erscheint voraussichtlich Dezember 2024
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ISBN:9789004540101