Knowing the spirit / / Ostad Elahi ; translated and with an introduction by James Winston Morris

• Autore: Ilahi Nur Ali <1895-1974.>
• 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: 9780791481202; 0791481204; 9781429471268; 1429471263
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968754603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II