Perspectives on Early Islamic Mysticism
The World of al-Hak'm al-Tirmidh and his Contemporaries
By Sara Sviri
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-30307-1
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 30th September 2008 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 288
About the Book
The mystical literature of this period exhibits a richness, diversity and fluidity that has been blurred or ironed out in later Sufi compilations and hagiographies. This work offers a new perspective and revealing insights into the cultural horizon of pre-Sufi mystical Islam which, especially in the Eastern regions of the Islamic Caliphate, still retained traces of pre-Islamic esoteric traditions.
Table of Contents
An Introductory Overview 1. Asceticism and Mysticism: Anti-Zuhdi Trends in Early Sufism 2. The Self and its Transformation 3. Words of Power and the Power of Words 4. Does Allah Have a Feminine Side? 5. Ahwal wa-maqamat Sufi Vocabulary in the Making 6. Binaric Models in the Works of Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi 7. 'Coincidence of Opposites' in Islamic Mysticism 8. Al-Haqq - A Divine Name in the Making 9. 'Does God Pray?' 10. The Myrtle and the Holy Man 11. Malamatiyya, Sufiyya and other Mystics 12. The Formation of the Mystical Schools in Khurasan and the Emergence of the Sufi Compilations. Appendix 1: Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi (9th Century) and Ibn al-'Arabi (d.1240). Appendix 2: Translation of Sections from Risalat Al-Malamatiyya and from the Tirmidhi Corpus
