The Grey Falcon: The Life and Teaching of Shaykh ?Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Hamza Malik

Автор: Al-jilani, `abd Al-qadir
Название: Fifteen letters (khamsata `ashara maktuban)
ISBN: 1906342202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781906342203
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This book consists of fifteen letters by Shaikh 'Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani. Articulated in a sublime mystical language, the letters describe spiritual experiences that are attained through striving against one's base desires and committed devotion to Allah. They are written in a peculiar style whereby each sentence or group of sentences is followed by a related Qur'anic text, which is often a part of a verse.

The text is effectively a Sufi experiential interpretation of the quoted Qur'anic verses. This peculiar style of the systematic pairing of mystical words of the Shaikh with a Qur'anic verse has produced an immensely beautiful text with a highly poetic tone.

This translation of the book is based on three manuscripts. The first is in King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, the second is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, UK, and the third is kept in the Special Collections Library at Michigan University, USA.

These memorable writings of a great master include:

- Fifteen letters by Shaikh 'Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani

- A mystical interpretation of Qur'anic verses

- Beautifully articulated experiential spiritual advice

Автор: Tom Woerner-Powell
Название: Another Road to Damascus: An Integrative Approach to `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza`iri (1808-1883)
ISBN: 3110496992 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110496994
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
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Описание: This text challenges existing writing on ‘Abd al-Qa?dir al-Jaza?'iri? which divides his life into two juxtaposed phases separated by narratives of conversion: from Francophobia to Francophilia, from militarism to pacifism, from activism to quietism, from Islamism to pluralism, from politics to religion. This work's interdisciplinary approach demonstrates that these narratives cannot be sustained in light of the evidence. Rather, they can be shown to originate in specific historical, cultural, and methodological tendencies within western societies and academies. Drawing on primary materials including archival documents and selections from his own writing, it constructively critiques his reception in the literature while advancing a continuous and contextualised account of his life and ideas. These include the relating of his ethico-religious and jurisprudential concerns to his political decision-making, and a resituating of his mystical writings within a definite moral, epistemological, and political context. By problematising these interpretive issues, this thesis aims at opening new avenues for understanding even as it offers its own solutions. In so doing, this study contributes to discussions on Sufism, political Islam, and east-west relations.