Research Catalog

Title

The sacred foundations of justice in Islam : the teachings of ʻAli ibn Abi Tālib / by M. Ali Lakhani, Reza Shah-Kazemi and Leonard Lewisohn ; edited by M. Ali Lakhani ; introduction by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Author

Lakhani, M. Ali., 1955-

Publication

Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom ; Vancouver, B.C. : Sacred Web Publishing, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Shah-Kazemi, Reza.
• Lewisohn, Leonard.

Description

xvi, 176 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

The perennial philosophy series

Subject

• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661 > Views on justice
• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661 > Teachings
• Islam and justice

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and indexes.

Contents

The metaphysics of human governance : Imam ʻAli, truth and justice / M. Ali Lakhani -- A sacred conception of justice : Imam ʻAli's letter to Malik Al-Ashtar / Reza Shah-Kazemi -- ʻAli ibn Abi Talib's ethics of mercy in the mirror of the Persian Sufi tradition / Leonard Lewisohn.

Call Number

*OGL 07-4197

ISBN

• 1933316268 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781933316260 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006020340

OCLC

70174922

Author

Lakhani, M. Ali., 1955-

Title

The sacred foundations of justice in Islam : the teachings of ʻAli ibn Abi Tālib / by M. Ali Lakhani, Reza Shah-Kazemi and Leonard Lewisohn ; edited by M. Ali Lakhani ; introduction by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Imprint

Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom ; Vancouver, B.C. : Sacred Web Publishing, c2006.

Series

The perennial philosophy series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and indexes.

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Table of contents only

Added Author

Shah-Kazemi, Reza.

Lewisohn, Leonard.

Research Call Number

*OGL 07-4197