Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms Reconciled. An annotated English translation of Nāṣir-i Khusraw’s Kitāb-i Jāmiʿ al-ḥikmatayn

Contents......Page 9
Illustrations......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 13
Translation of Kitāb-i Jāmil al-hikmatayn: The Book of Twin Wisdoms Reconciled......Page 29
Exordium......Page 31
1. The Reason for the Composition of this Book; its Title......Page 35
2. The Qasīda of Ahmad b. Hasan al-Jurjānī......Page 47
3. On the Proof of the Creator’s Existence with a Discussion of His Oneness, in Several Discourses......Page 53
4. Aristotle’s Teaching on the Four Parts of Speech......Page 85
5. On Form, Property, Definition, and Description......Page 93
6. The Definition of ‘I’......Page 107
7. On the Body, on the Soul, on the Intelligence......Page 113
8. On the Seven Lights......Page 115
9. On Eternity, Truth, Pleasure, Life as it Passes, Perfection, and Occultation......Page 121
10. On Universal Nature......Page 129
11. On Angel, Parī, Demon......Page 139
12. A Commentary on ‘One’......Page 147
13. Of Species and Genus......Page 153
14. On Happiness and Unhappiness. And on Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow......Page 159
15. Properties of Minerals, Animals, and Places......Page 167
16. On Language, Discourse, and Speech......Page 179
17. On Pre-Eternity, Duration, Eternity, and Eternity without End......Page 183
18. On the Moon’s Properties......Page 187
19. On the Necessity of Human Education......Page 195
20. About ibdā' (Origination)......Page 201
21. On the Emergence of the Species from the Individual......Page 217
22. On Intellect and Knowledge......Page 227
23. On the Difference between the Perceiver and the Act of Perception......Page 231
24. On the Creation of Heaven and Earth......Page 235
25. On the Circle, the Chicken, and the Egg......Page 243
26. On the Whole and the Part......Page 247
27. On Saturn, Seed of Spring......Page 251
28. On the Houses of the Sun and the Moon......Page 255
29. On the Influence of Auspicious and Ominous Stars on the Soul and the Body......Page 269
30. On Spiritual Father and Mother......Page 273
31. On Questions without Answers about the Properties of the Elements......Page 277
32. On the Poet’s Resolve to Reply to his own Questions......Page 283
33. That the Learned Man is Alive, the Ignorant Man Dead......Page 287
34. Conclusion of the Book......Page 289
Bibliography......Page 293
Index......Page 298