McGregor Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt

The Wafa' Sufi Order and the Legacy of Ibn al-'Arabi
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8547-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Islam

Using the original, little-known writings of Sufis Muhammad and 'Ali Wafa', this book explores the development of the idea of Islamic sainthood in the post-Ibn 'Arabi period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McGregor, Richard J. A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. Tirmidhi, Ibn 'Arabi, and Others on Sanctity
Tirmidhi on Walaya
Sahl Tustari on Walaya
Lesser Treatments of Walaya
Walaya and Shi'ism
Ibn 'Arabi and Walaya
2. The Early Shadhiliyya and Sanctity
Literature and History of the Shadhiliyya
Al-Shadhili, Tirmidhi, and Ibn 'Arabi
The Early Figures of the Order
The Writings of Ibn Bakhila
Proximity to the Divine
The Levels of Walaya
Sanctity and Prophecy
3. The Wafa'iyya in Time and Space
Arriving from the Maghreb
Among the Elite of Cairo
4. The Writings of the Wafa's
Poetry
Supplications (du'a)
Jurisprudence (fiqh) and Exegesis (tafsir)
Mystical Treatises (Muhammad Wafa')
Mystical Treatises ('Ali Wafa')
5. Sanctity and Muhammad Wafa'
Absolute Being and Its Self-disclosure
The Preexistential and the Everlasting
Spiritual Anthropology
Cosmology
The Teaching Shaykh and Beyond
The Muhammadan Reality and the Pole
Sanctity, the Renewer, and the Seal
6. Sanctity according to 'Ali Wafa'
Divine Oneness, Self-disclosure, and Creation
The Teacher and Oneness
On Walaya and Nubuwwa
The Seal of Sainthood
The Seal and the Renewer of Religion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard J. A. McGregor is Assistant Professor of Religion at Vanderbilt University.