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Allegory and Ambiguity in the Films of Majid Majidi: A Theodicy of Meaning

open access: yes, 2016
This paper explores the place of traditional metaphysics in Iranian cinema through an analysis of three films by Majid Majidi. Countering evaluations of Majidi’s films as tritely patriarchal or heavy-handedly logocentric, this paper considers images and ...
Zargar, Cyrus Ali
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The Sufi Doctrine of Man

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In The Sufi Doctrine of Man, Richard Todd examines the life and thought of Ibn 'Arabī's chief disciple, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (13th century C.E.). Making use of manuscript sources, he analyzes and contextualizes Qūnawī'
Richard Todd
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Hulul, Ittihad, dan Wahdat al-Wujud dalam Perbincangan Ulama Zahir dan Batin

open access: yesAl-Tahrir, 2013
: When prophet Musa, prayed to Allah , he requested to be able to see Him directly. But when he was shown to a mountain , he saw the mountain blasted and crushed and he was thrown away and fainted. Allah is not to be seen physically (Sufi metaphysics and
M. Hasyim Syamhudi
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De-Semitizing Ibn ʿArabī: Aryanism and the Schuonian Discourse of Religious Authenticity

open access: yes, 2017
Commonly taken to be based upon the metaphysics of the Andalusian Sufi Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240), Frithjof Schuon’s Perennialist doctrine of “the transcendent unity of religions” posits a timeless truth underlying all so-called orthodox religious forms.
Gregory A. Lipton
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Ibn ʿArabī’s Idea of Retreat: Transformation of a Sufi Concept into a Metaphysical Premise

open access: yesŞırnak Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
This study examines how khalwa (retreat), a traditional Sufi practice, is paradoxically transformed into a rejection of khalwa in the thought of Ibn ʿArabī. Ibn ʿArabī approaches retreat from two perspectives: The first is the traditional form known in Sufism— retreat from the world, both physically and spiritually, which may be called “practical ...
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Metaphysics of love in Sufi writings

open access: yes, 2016
We are all familiar with love. And some of us can even claim to have fallen deeply in love, perhaps once or twice. But what is ‘love’ really? More importantly, what does it mean to love?
Milani, Milad (R16913)
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Nafis al-Banjari : Muhammad Nafīs b. Idrīs al-Banjarī

open access: yes, 1998
NAFIS AL-BANJARI (MUHAMMAD NAFĪS B. IDRĪS AL-BANJARĪ) [Indonesia; late 18th century] [Dictionnaire biographique des savants et grandes figures du monde musulman périphérique, du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Fasc. no 2. Paris: CNRS-EHESS, 1998, p. 24-25]
Bruinessen, M.M. van
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