Islamic Mysticism and Abu Talib al-Makki: The Role of the Heart

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Islamic Mysticism and Abu .Alib Al-Makki: The Role of the Heart......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Notes on Presentation......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
Introduction......Page 22
Editions and Translations of the Qut......Page 28
The Life of Al-Makki......Page 33
The Teachers of Al-Makki......Page 40
Works of Al-Makki......Page 43
The Heart as a Metaphysical Entity......Page 50
The Mystical Idea of the Heart in the Early History of Sufism......Page 56
Qut Al-Qulub: Righteous Conduct in This World and True Belief in God......Page 59
The Religious Authorities Cited in the Qut......Page 64
3. Summary of Section 30 of the Qut with Commentary and Selected Passages in Translation, Part 1......Page 67
The Nourishment of Hearts in Relation to the Beloved and the Description of the Path of the Novice to the Station of Taw.Id: The Thirtieth Section in Which Is the Detailed Account of the Impulses Experienced by the True Believers, and the Characteristic o......Page 68
The Thirtieth Section in Which Is the Detailed Account of the Impulses Experienced by the True Believers, and the Characteristic of the Heart and Its Similarity to Lights and Jewels [79]–[136]......Page 87
The Idea of the Heart in Section 30 of the Qut......Page 102
5. Contemporaries of Al-Makki......Page 106
Al-Sarraj and Luma. Fi’l-Ta.Awwuf: The Pseudo and the Genuine Sufi......Page 107
Al-Kalabadhi and Al-Ta.Arruf Li-Madhhab Ahl Al-Ta.Awwuf: Misconception About Sufism and the True Path to God......Page 110
6. The Influence of Al-Makki, Part 1......Page 116
Works on Sufism and Religious Sciences......Page 117
Hadith and Biographical Literature......Page 136
Works by .Anbali Scholars......Page 147
Pre-Modern Muslim Scholarship: Al-Makki, Preacher of Islamic Piety......Page 161
8. IBN Baquda and Al-Hidaya Ila Fara.I. Al-Qulub......Page 166
IBN Baquda: The Jewish Echo?......Page 168
The Significance and Scholarship of Al-Hidaya......Page 170
Al-Hidaya Ila Fara.I. Al-Qulub: A Reminder of Religious Obligations......Page 173
Framework......Page 181
Aims and Structure......Page 182
Approach......Page 185
The Religious Idea of the Heart......Page 188
Dynamics Between Judaism and Islam......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 195
Select Bibliography......Page 198
Index......Page 213