Self-Disclosure of God

Principles of Ibn al-ʿArabī's Cosmology

AvWilliam C. Chittick

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Explicates the cosmology of Ibn al-'Arabi, the greatest mystical thinker of Islamic civilization.The Self-Disclosure of God offers the most detailed presentation to date in any Western language of the basic teachings of Islam's greatest mystical philosopher and theologian. It represents a major step forward in making available to the Western reading public the enormous riches of Islamic teachings in the fields of cosmology, mystical philosophy, theology, and spirituality.The Self-Disclosure of God continues the author's investigations of the world view of Ibn al-ʿArabī, the greatest theoretician of Sufism and the "seal of the Muhammadan saints." The book is divided into three parts, dealing with the relation between God and the cosmos, the structure of the cosmos, and the nature of the human soul. A long introduction orients the reader and discusses a few of the difficulties faced by Ibn al-ʿArabī's interpreters. Like Chittick's earlier work, The Sufi Path of Knowledge, this book is based primarily on Ibn al-ʿArabī's monumental work, al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah "The Meccan Openings." More than one hundred complete chapters and subsections are translated, not to mention shorter passages that help put the longer discussions in context. There are detailed indices of sources, Koranic verses and hadiths. The book's index of technical terminology will be an indispensable reference for all those wishing to delve more deeply into the use of language in Islamic thought in general and Sufism in particular.

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Utgivningsdatum:1997-12-11
Mått:152 x 229 x 29 mm
Vikt:889 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Islam
Antal sidor:524
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791434048

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William C. Chittick is Professor of Comparative Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He has published numerous books, among them, Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity; Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi; and A Shi'ite Anthology, all published by SUNY Press.

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"…this book … will serve as the basis for future study on Ibn al-Arabi … The translation is so faithful to the original Arabic that it almost corresponds with the original word for word." — Wiener Zeitschrift Fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes"Chittick has refined his way of translating Ibn al-Arabi's terminology to a high degree of perfection." — Gerhard Böwering, Yale University"This is the type of work that many will refer to as a tour de force. Among its other accomplishments, it represents a painstaking reading, translation, and analysis of a major Muslim Arab thinker of notoriously intimidating erudition and subtlety. Best of all, it is clear and comprehensible, without sacrificing sophistication and precision." — R. Kevin Lacey, State University of New York, Binghamton

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IntroductionKnowledge of the CosmosIbn Basic ThemesThe Principles of£ Ibn CosmologyThe Breath of the All-MercifulCosmic LanguageThe Translator's DilemmasA Note on FormatI. God and the Cosmos 1. Wujud and the EntitiesSigns, Marks, and ProofsSelves and HorizonsWujudFrom Chapter 73: The One Hundred and Third QuestionCausalityGod's KnowledgeChapter 475: God's WaymarksChapter 411: The Precedent BookGod's FormThe Nonexistent EntitiesFrom Chapter 463: The Third PoleChapter 493: New ArrivalFrom Chapter 369: The Storehouse of LightsThe Entities and the NamesChapter 406: Nothing Has Become ManifestChapter 451: The StairsThingness of Fixity2. Perpetual Self-DisclosureCreationFrom Chapter 73: The Thirtieth QuestionFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of the Creation and the CommandSelf-DisclosureUnending RenewalFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of Bringing BackInfinityFrom Chapter 198: The All-Merciful BreathChapter 524: God's Infinite WordsThe One EntityFrom Chapter 360: The Ninth DeputyshipFrom Chapter 198: The Twenty-First TawhidBewilderment in the Many and the OneChapter 507: ShameChapter 542: BlindnessChapter 391: The Quick-Flowing CourseChapter 430: Bewilderment in ArrivalFrom Chapter 369: Annihilation and SubsistenceChapter 473: Your God Is One GodFrom Chapter 72: Trotting around the Kaabah3. The Face of GodThe FacePerishmentChapter 165: RealizationFrom Chapter 73: The Ninety-Seventh QuestionDiscerning the FaceFrom Chapter 351: YieldingChapter 527: Desiring the FaceThe VeilChapter 254: The CurtainRevelationChapter 384: Mutual Waystations4. Veils of LightThe Veil of SelfOccasionsFrom Chapter 198: The Twenty-Fifth Tawhid 127/From Chapter 198: The Third-Second TawhidThe Identity of the Veil and the FaceFrom Chapter 370: The Path of ExaltationChapter 514: Trust in GodThe Specific FaceFrom Chapter 198: Depending on What Falls ShortWitnessing the Specific FaceFrom Chapter 379: The Servant of the PraiseworthyChapter 265: The ArriverChapter 396: The Veils of KnowledgeFrom Chapter 369: The Storehouse of TeachingGloriesChapter 458: The Facial GloriesFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of LightChapter 100: The Station of FearChapter 101: The Station of Abandoning FearII. The Order of the Worlds 5. The Roots of OrderThe Unity of ManynessUnity and TotalityThe Even and the OddFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of Bringing TogetherRanking in ExcellenceGod's ChoicesFrom Chapter 73: The Fifty-First QuestionFrom Chapter 72: Eating the ForbiddenFrom Chapter 198: The Twenty-Third TawhidOrderFrom Chapter 360: The Sixth DeputyshipFrom Chapter 369: The Storehouse of the Servant's Posteriority6. Divine and Cosmic RelationsThe First and the LastFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of FirstnessFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of LastnessThe Manifest and the NonmanifestFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of ManifestationFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of NonmanifestationChapter 256: The Shining of the Full MoonWitnessing the NonmanifestChapter 472: Following the Most BeautifulChapter 400: Manifest MercyChapter 394: Arrival through CourtesyThe Center and the CircumferenceChapter 410: The Circle of MercyCircles of WujudThe Two ArcsChapter 427: Two Bows' LengthModalities of Wujud7. The Worlds of the CosmosAbsent and WitnessedChapter 492: Knowledge of the AbsentFrom Chapter 369: The Storehouse of NatureCommand and CreationHeaven and EarthFrom Chapter 73: The Forty-Third QuestionFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of the Food-GiverTwo and Three WorldsFrom Chapter 69: On the Mysteries of the Night SalatIII. The Structure of the Mocrocosm 8. Spirits and BodiesSelf and SoulChapter 267: The SoulThe Divine SpiritGovernanceChapter 447: Essential GovernanceThe Spirit from the CommandChapter 268: The Casting of KnowledgeBodiesCorporeous BodiesThe Rationally Speaking SoulChapter 216: The SubtletyFrom Chapter 373: The Wisdom of the InheritorsChapter 397: The Soul's Ascent9. The Natural ConstitutionSpirit and NatureChapter 225: IncreasesThe Light of GuidanceFrom Chapter 71: Fasting on SundayChapter 418: UnderstandingFrom Chapter 73: The Twelfth QuestionChapter 52: WeaknessConstitutionFrom Chapter 558: The Presence of All-Embracingness10. The Imaginal BarzakhImaginationAppetiteImagination and UnderstandingBodies ForeverFrom Chapter 360: The Tenth DeputyshipThe TrumpetChapter 302: The Spirit's SubsistenceFrom Chapter 369: The Storehouse of the Final IssueFrom Chapter 369: The Storehouse of HumanityFrom Chapter 198: The Real SituationAppendix I: Ibn Views on Certain SufisAppendix II: Translation of Technical TermsNotesBibliographyIndex of SourcesIndex of Koranic VersesIndex of Hadiths and SayingsIndex of Proper NamesIndex of Arabic WordsIndex of Terms