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Autore: | Ilāhī Nūr ʻAli <1895-1974.> |
Titolo: | Knowing the spirit [[electronic resource] /] / Ostad Elahi ; translated and with an introduction by James Winston Morris |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | viii, 158 p |
Disciplina: | 297.2/25 |
Soggetto topico: | Soul - Islam |
Islam - Doctrines | |
Altri autori: | MorrisJames Winston <1949-> |
Note generali: | Translated from the Persian. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | A modern spiritual classic on the perfection of the soul by a renowned writer from the Islamic tradition. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Knowing the spirit |
ISBN: | 0-7914-8120-4 |
1-4294-7126-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821262303321 |
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