LEADER 03502nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910968754603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791481202 010 $a0791481204 010 $a9781429471268 010 $a1429471263 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791481202 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473990 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202352 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10143799 035 $a(PQKB)10832710 035 $a(OCoLC)137541951 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6454 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407644 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579067 035 $a(OCoLC)923407371 035 $a(DE-B1597)681632 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791481202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407644 035 $a(Perlego)2674563 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473990 100 $a20051212d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKnowing the spirit /$fOstad Elahi ; translated and with an introduction by James Winston Morris 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2007 215 $aviii, 158 p 300 $aTranslated from the Persian. 311 08$a9780791468586 311 08$a0791468585 311 08$a9780791468579 311 08$a0791468577 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 145-148) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Knowing the Spirit -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Translator's Introduction -- I. Ostad Elahi's Life and Works -- Childhood and Youth -- Professional Life and Judicial Career -- The Final Period: Writing and Teaching -- Ostad Elahi's Published Works: The Place of Knowing the Spirit -- II. Historical Contexts: The Audience, Language, andStructure of Ma'rifat ar-R¶h -- The "Three Sources": Rational Argument, Religious Tradition,and Spiritual Experience -- Allusion and Realization -- The Basic Structure of Knowing the Spirit: The Originationand the Return -- III. The Contemporary Significance of Knowing the Spirit -- The Persian Text andTranslation Conventions -- Knowing the Spirit -- Original Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Establishing the Existenceof the Divine Artisan -- 2. The Spirit -- 3. The Gathering, Reawakening,and Returning (of the Spirit)in the Realm of Return -- 4. The Purely Bodily Return -- 5. The Purely Spiritual Return -- 6. The Harmonization of a Bodily and Spiritual Return -- 7. The (Spirit's) Return by Way of the Process of Perfection -- 8. The Belief of the Proponents of Transmigration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Notes to the Translator'sIntroduction -- Notes to the Translation -- Bibliography -- References Originally Cited by Ostad Elahi -- Works Cited in the Translator's Introduction and Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 330 $aA modern spiritual classic on the perfection of the soul by a renowned writer from the Islamic tradition. 606 $aSoul$xIslam 606 $aIslam$xDoctrines 615 0$aSoul$xIslam. 615 0$aIslam$xDoctrines. 676 $a297.2/25 700 $aIlahi$b Nur Ali$f1895-1974.$01810252 701 $aMorris$b James Winston$f1949-$01810253 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968754603321 996 $aKnowing the spirit$94361499 997 $aUNINA