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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790219703321

Autore

Sīrjānī ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan <d. 1077.>

Titolo

Sufism, black and white [[electronic resource] ] : a critical edition of Kitāb al-Bayāḍ wa-l-Sawād / / by Abū l-Ḥasan al-Sīrjānī ; edited by Bilal Orfali, Nada Saab

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-280-68820-3

9786613665140

90-04-22801-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (582 p.)

Collana

Islamic history and civilization : studies and texts, , 0929-2403 ; ; v. 94

Classificazione

11.83

17.97

18.74

BE 8640

EN 3299

Altri autori (Persone)

OrfaliBilal

SaabNada

Disciplina

297.0973/090511

Soggetti

Sufism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter / Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab -- Introduction / Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab -- Arabic prelims, ۱-٦ / Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab -- Bāb 1-8, ٧-٧٠ / Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab -- Bāb 9-34, ٧١-٢٢١ / Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab -- Bāb 35-73, ٢٢٢-٤١٢ / Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab -- Arabic back matter, ٤١٣-٥١٠ / Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab.

Sommario/riassunto

This critical Arabic text edition of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād min khaṣāʾiṣ ḥikam al-ʿibād fī naʿt al-murīd wa-l-murād (\'The Black and White in the Words of Wisdom by Bondsmen Describing the Seeker and the Mystic Quest\'), a substantial handbook of early Sufism by Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī born al-Ḥasan al-Sīrjānī (d. circa 470/1077), is based on three manuscripts and is introduced by a detailed analytical study of the author and his work. The work is written in the tone of a guiding Sufi master and collects the mystical tradition of early Sufis in the form of anecdotes and concise aphorisms to instill guiding wisdom into the hearts of aspiring Sufi adepts. K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād forms an



integral part of Sufi literature and is an essential source for the intellectual history of Islam until the middle of the 5th/11th century.