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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450913303321

Autore

Huda Qamar-ul

Titolo

Striving for Divine Union [[electronic resource] ] : Spiritual Exercises for Suhraward Sufis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

1-135-78842-1

1-135-78843-X

1-280-15574-4

0-203-99487-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Routledge Sufi Series

Disciplina

297.48

Soggetti

Islam

Monasticism and religious orders, Islamic

Mysticism

Sufism

Suhrawardiyah

Suhrawardīyah

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 The life of Shaikh Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardî; 2 Awårif al-Maårif; 3 Sacred identities in the Suhrawardîyya order; 4 The Suhrawardîyya silsilå in Multan and Ucch; 5 Multanî Suhrawardî spiritual exercises; Appendix A Praises for God;  Remembrance of prayers; Appendix B Prayer for enlightenment; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the theological, philosophical and Islamic mystical dimensions of the Suhrawardî sufi order from the 13th to 15th centuries. The Suhrawardîs were a legally grounded and intellectually vibrant sufi order whose mystical path was based on exchanges and debates on the Qur'an and on the Prophet's customs. The book



analyses their interpretation of sacred texts: the Qur'an, hadiths, sunna, and malfuzat. This created a unique self-understanding, which developed specific sufi spiritual exercises. The book discusses new important ways of thinking about the sufi hermeneutics of the Qur