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Title

Sufi metaphysics and Qurʾānic prophets : Ibn ʻArabī's thought and method in the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam / Ronald L. Nettler.

Author

Nettler, Ronald L.

Publication

Cambridge : Islamic Texts Society, 2003.

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Details

Description

x, 223 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

The Fusus al-Hikam is acknowledged to be a summary statement of the sufi metaphysics of the "Greatest Master", Ibn 'Arabi (d.1240). It is also recognised that the Fusus is a work of great complexity both in its ideas and its style; and, over the centuries, numerous commentaries have been written on it. Each of the chapters of the Fusas is dedicated to a Qur'an prophet with whom a particular "wisdom" is associated. In Sufi Metaphysics and Quranic Prophets: Ibn' Arabi's Thought and Method in the Fusus al-Hikam, Ronald Nettler examines ten chapters from the Fusus which exemplify the ideas, method and perspective of the entire work. Concentrating on a detailed analysis of the text, the author brings out the profound connection and integration of scripture and metaphysics in the world-view of Ibn Arabi. Sufi Metaphysics and Qur'anic Prophets serves not only as an explication of Ibn Arabi's thought in the Fusus, but is also a great aid in the overall understanding of Ibn Arabi's thought.

Alternative Title

• Ibn ʻArabī's thought and method in the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
• Ibn ʻArabī's thought and method in the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam

Subject

• Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240
• 1100-1199
• Sufism > Doctrines
• Sufis > Arab countries > 12th century
• Sufism > Doctrines > Early works to 1800
• Islamic philosophy

Genre/Form

Early works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chapter One: Ibn Arabi: The Man and His ideas and methods --- Chapter Two: The Wisdom of Divineness in the Word of Adam --- Chapter Three: The Wisdom of Exaltedness in the Word of Musa --- Chapter Four: The Wisdom of leadership in the Word of Harun --- Chapter Five: The Wisdom of Ecstatic Love in the Word of Ibrahim --- Chapter Six: The Wisdom of Unity in the Word of Hud --- Chapter Seven: The Wisdom of the Heart in the Word of Shu'ayb --- Chapter Eight: The Wisdom of Divine Decree in the Word of Uzayr --- Chapter Nine: The Wisdom of Divine Sovereignty in the Word of Zakariyya --- Chapter Ten: The Wisdom of Singularity in the Word of Muhammad --- Chapter Eleven: A Lutian Epilogue.

ISBN

• 1903682061
• 1903682053 (hard)

LCCN

^^2004396329

OCLC

• 48627591
• SCSB-11480625

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library