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

• Autore: Huda Qamar-ul
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.48
• Soggetto topico: Islam; Monasticism and religious orders, Islamic; Mysticism; Sufism; Suhrawardiyah; Suhrawardīyah; Religion; Philosophy & Religion
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Striving for Divine Union
• ISBN: 1-135-78842-1; 1-135-78843-X; 1-280-15574-4; 0-203-99487-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450913303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Sufi Series