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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Ibn Arabi"”.
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Ibn Arabi's Sufi and poetic experiences (through his collection of mystical poems Tarjuman al-Ashwaq)
This study is a theoretical research concerning Ibn Arabi's Sufi experience and his philosophy of the "unity of being" (also his poetical talent). I therefore adopted the historical and analytical methodologies to analyse and reply on the questions and suggestions I have raised in this paper. Both …
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Abd Al-Karim Al-Jili: tawhid, transcendence and immanence
… that far from being an obscure disciple of Ibn Arabi, Al-Jili was able to overcome the apparent contradiction between the doctrinal assumption of a transcendent God and the perception of divine immanence intrinsic in God’s relational stance vis-à-vis the created world. To achieve this, this …
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Nothing but the truth: the Sufi testament of 'Aziz Nasafi
… to integrate various ideas, including those of Ibn `Arabi and Najm al-Din Kubrä into a coherent whole, providing Persian speaking Sufis with an introduction to the speculative and practical dimensions of Sufism. This thesis is an attempt to present Nasafi's main teachings. After introducing his …
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The Making of a Sufi Order Between Heresy and Legitimacy: Bayrami-Malāmis in the Ottoman Empire
… a more prudent vision based on the writings of Ibn Arabi (d. 638/1240) during the seventeenth century. After this, it became a secretive order that attracted the upper classes in the imperial city of Istanbul, and extended its influence to imminent poets, bureaucrats, and political figures. This …
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Symbols and Worlds: a study of the Sacred in a selection of works by Assia Djebar, Tahar Ben Jelloun and Salman Rushdie
… Furthermore, I draw from the Sufi philosophy of Ibn Arabi, since locating this thesis within a Sufi conceptual and philosophical framework is essential given the Islamic tradition with which, as I argue, the three writers creatively engage. The contribution of this thesis consists in seeking new …
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From Rabi'a to Ibn al-Farid : towards some paradigms of the Sufi conception of love
… with reference to Sufis who used the medium of Arabic to communicate their ideas. Divine Love means the mutual love between God and man. It is commonly accepted that the Sufis were the forerunners in writing about Divine Love. However, there is a relative paucity of literature regarding the …
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A Confronting of the Gaze: A Study of the Shadhiliyya Yashrutiyya Sufi Order, and its Communities in Amman, Jordan and Calgary, Canada
This study focuses on the history, teachings and culture of the Shadhiliyya Yashrutiyya Sufi order whose roots in North Africa emerge in mid-19th century Palestine with the arrival of its founder, Shaykh Ali Nur al-Din al-Yashruti. To this end, this thesis constructs the biographies of the founder …