Love in Sufi Literature

Ibn 'Ajiba's Understanding of the Divine Word
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-52368-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Routledge Sufi Series

Focused on Ahmad Ibn ‘Ajiba – an eighteenth-century Moroccan Sufi scholar renowned for his contribution to Sufi Qur’anic exegesis – this book engages critically with his theory of divine love to elucidate his impact on the wider field of Qur’anic scholarship.

The principal source of analysis is Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Oceanic Exegesis of the Qur’an which connected theoretical works on the concept of divine love to their practical application, a breakthrough in Sufi literature. Close analysis of this text is supplemented by a comparative approach focusing on several other eminent Sufi commentaries, including those of Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri and Ruzbihan Baqli Shirazi. This comparative approach situates Ibn ‘Ajiba’s thought in theological and historical perspective, engaging with his mystical approach which integrates his theory of divine love with other Sufi doctrines in an accessible manner. This approach, it is argued, left an indelible impact on future generations of Qur’anic exegetes within North Africa and across the Islamic world.

The book will prove an important resource for academic researchers who wish to explore the vast intellectual heritage that Ibn ‘Ajiba left, as well as to those interested in Sufi literature and Islamic theology in general.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ayad, Omneya

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sufis
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Ahmad Ibn ‘Ajiba (d.1224/1809): Life and Times 2. The Methodology of Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Qur’anic Commentary 3. The Paradigm of Love in Ahmad Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Qur’anic Commentary 4. Love and Sin 5. Love and Gnosis 6. Love and the Unity of Being Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Omneya Ayad is currently Assistant Professor of Sufi Studies at the Institute for Sufi Studies at Uskudar University. She completed her PhD at the University of Exeter. Her latest article is "Abu Madyan al-Ghawth and Divine Unity in His Lamiyya Ode" for the Journal of Islam and Muslim Studies.