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dc.contributor.authorPost, Arjan
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-12T10:32:03Z
dc.date.available2020-10-12T10:32:03Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.isbn9789004431294en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42527
dc.description.abstractThe Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi explores the life and teachings of ʿImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311), a little-known Ḥanbalī Sufi master from the circle of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). The first part of this book follows al-Wāsiṭī’s physical journey in search of spiritual guidance through a critical study of his autobiographical writings. This provides unique insights into the Rifāʿiyya, the Shādhiliyya, and the school of Ibn ʿArabī, several manifestations of Sufism that he encountered as he travelled from Wāsiṭ to Baghdad, Alexandria, and Cairo. Part I closes with his final destination, Damascus, where his membership of Ibn Taymiyya’s circle and his role as a Sufi teacher is closely examined. The second part focuses on al-Wāsiṭī’s spiritual journey through a study of his Sufi writings, which convey the distinct type of traditionalist Sufism that he taught in early eighth/fourteenth-century Damascus. Besides providing an overview of the spiritual path unto God from beginning to end as he formulated it, this reveals an exceptional interplay between Sufi theory and traditionalist theology.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudies on Sufismen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPB Islam: branches and groups::QRPB4 Islamic groups: Sufisen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVK Spirituality and religious experience::QRVK2 Mysticismen_US
dc.subject.otherSufien_US
dc.subject.otherʿImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭīen_US
dc.subject.otherReligionen_US
dc.titleThe Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufien_US
dc.title.alternativeSufism through the Eyes of ʿImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311)en_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1163/9789004377554en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedByaf16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026en_US
oapen.relation.isFundedByda087c60-8432-4f58-b2dd-747fc1a60025en_US
oapen.collectionDutch Research Council (NWO)en_US
oapen.series.number6en_US
oapen.pages321en_US
oapen.grant.number322-25-004


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