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An Enquiry into Sufi Metaphysics [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2018
The fact that Sufi metaphysics is usually taken to be merely the writings of Islamic philosophers, like Ibn al-'Arabi, seems to underestimate the philosophical indications of literary texts in the Sufi tradition. When Sufi literary texts are examined for philosophical content, that content is sought within and through the traditional Sufist approach ...
Aranyosi, E. U.
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Nothing but the truth: the Sufi testament of 'Aziz Nasafi [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
`Aziz Nasafi is among the most important Islamic mystics of the medieval period. His achievement was to integrate various ideas, including those of Ibn `Arabi and Najm al-Din Kubrä into a coherent whole, providing Persian speaking Sufis with an ...
Ridgeon, LLoyd
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From Rabi'a to Ibn al-Farid : towards some paradigms of the Sufi conception of love [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This thesis aims to investigate the significance of Divine Love in the Islamic tradition with reference to Sufis who used the medium of Arabic to communicate their ideas. Divine Love means the mutual love between God and man.
Suleyman, Derin
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Molla Fenârî’de Tasavvuf Metafiziği: Misbâhu’l-üns Üzerine Bir İnceleme [Sufi Metaphysics in Mulla Fanārī: A Study on Miṣbāḥ al-uns], Muammer İskenderoğlu [PDF]

open access: yesNazariyat İslam Felsefe Ve Bilim Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences), 2017
Sema Özdemir
exaly   +2 more sources

Impact of Persian Sufi Thoughts on D. H. Lawrence’s Writing

open access: yesUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2021
In this paper we have argued that Lawrence’s interest in what is ancient wisdom brings him in direct or indirect contact with Sufi metaphysics. This outlook on the world brings him closer to a Sufi universe in two ways.
Dolat Khan
doaj   +1 more source

Transcending Otherness: Overcoming Obstacles in the Mystical Journey in Shabestarī’s Rose Garden of Mystery [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Philosophical Investigations, 2023
This study explores the distinguished Persian Sufi mystic Shaykh Maḥmūd Shabestarī’s Golshan-e Rāz, or The Rose Garden of Mystery. Adopting a hermeneutic approach, it scrutinizes the intricate spiritual journey towards divine realization delineated in ...
Rasoul Rahbari Ghazani
doaj   +1 more source

DR. ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL AND MUSLIM LIVING

open access: yesبازیافت, 2022
In this Article, an effort was made to get a good understanding about Schimmel’s books, in the very context of Metaphysics, Mysticism, Culture, History and of Fine Arts.
Sohail Mumtaz Khan
doaj   +3 more sources

Taming the nafs: Unbounded spirits and mental illness in militarized Pakistan

open access: yesEthos, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 401-415, December 2023., 2023
Abstract In Pakistan, jinn afflictions reveal the maddening effects of displacement, economic inequality, and household conflicts. In this article, I consider how healers treat conditions of the nafs (soul), specifically its impurity and corruption through material desires, as enhancing the susceptibility of clients to jinn affliction where healers ...
Sanaullah Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Jesus and Spirituality in Interreligious Perspectives

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Rarely do members of diverse religions engaged in interreligious dialogue find agreement on metaphysics and doctrine, though such conversations may be very fruitful and lead to greater understanding and mutual illumination.
Nancy M. Martin
doaj   +1 more source

A possible perfection

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 645-655, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Among my interlocutors in Mashhad, Iran's second‐largest city, were individuals who repeatedly claimed that some persons, philosophies, and ethical lives not only might be but actually were perfect (kāmel). The salavāt, a polyvalent blessing upon the Prophet and his descendants, evinces this.
Simon Theobald
wiley   +1 more source

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