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Nafsanalysis: The Problem of Refinement in Sufi Ethics
Abstract The nafs is the spirit in its ordeal of embodiment. It is the veil through which separation from God becomes the condition of relation to Him. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork among practitioners of the Naqshbandia Awaisia Sufi order in Pakistan, this article approaches the nafs as the site of enjoyment that survives refinement ...
Muhammad Osama Imran
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IBN ‘ARABĪ DAN DOKTRIN WAHDAT AL-WUJŪD [PDF]
Di antara para tokoh-tokoh sufi yang tersohor, yakni tokoh sufi yang bernama Ibn ‘Arabī, dalam jajaran tokoh sufi, nama Ibn ‘Arabī selalu disebut-sebut sebagai tokoh kontroversial.
Rusandi, Haeruman
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From Descent to Transcendence: A Comparative Study of the Mystical Views of Boehme and Ibn Arabi on the Fall of Adam and Its Role in Education and Spiritual Wayfaring [PDF]
This research presents a comparative analysis of the concept of "human descent" (Hebut) in the mystical systems of Jacob Boehme, the German Christian mystic, and Ibn Arabi, the Andalusian Muslim mystic.
Mohsen Golpayegani +1 more
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Phenolic profile and bioactivity of Lygeum spartum L. ABSTRACT The phenolic composition of roots and leaves of Lygeum spartum L., a Mediterranean Poaceae species, was analyzed by HPLC–DAD, revealing an organ‐specific distribution of phenolic compounds, with ferulic acid identified as the predominant phenolic compound in the methanolic leaf extract (4 ...
Zohra Arabi +9 more
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Ibn ‘Arabi and the Contemporary West
Although the thought of the Andalusian Sufi Muhyi al-Din ibn ‘Arabi (d. 1240) has become increasingly popular in the West during the last century, only very recently has there been any attempt to analyze his contemporary reception.
G. A. Lipton
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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics
ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
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Rethinking Political Islam in Iran: Contestation, Authority, and Reform
Abstract Political Islam in Iran is frequently portrayed in Western scholarship and policy discourse as a unified and rigid ideological system rooted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, this article contends that it operates as a plural and internally contested field in which state‐directed, reformist‐clerical, and civic interpretations compete ...
Nagapushpa Devendra
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This work is devoted to the consideration of key aspects of the philosophical work of Ismail Hakki Bursev, a prominent Turkish Sufi thinker, adherent of the Talaquat Halvatiya.
O.A. Yarosh
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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Qurʾānic Knowledge and Akbarian Wisdom: Ibn ‘Arabī’s Daring Hermeneutics in Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn ‘Arabī is arguably the most influential Ṣūfī theorist in Islam. In his most enduringly popular work, Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, he conspicuously and persistently demonstrates that whatever our perception of a prophet in the Qurʾān, the wisdom ...
İsmail Lala
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