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1 online resource (lxx, 224 pages) |
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Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies. Monograph series ; 1 |
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Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies. Monograph series ; 1.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Manuscript title page in English -- Author's Preface -- I. On the Chapters of the Book -- II. May the Word 'lshq Be Applied to Love for God and from God? -- III. Preliminary Considerations -- IV. On the Word Love, Its Derivation, and Its Meanings -- V. On the Origin and Beginning of Love and Eros -- VI. On the Essence and Quiddity of Love -- VII. On the Diverse Views People Hold about Love -- VIII. On the Description and Character of Eros -- IX. On Praiseworthy Love -- X. On Those Who Disparaged Love for Some Cause -- XI. On the Effects of Love [and Eros] and Their Signs and Symptoms -- XII. On the Signs of Love, Including the Sayings of Unimpeachable Spiritual Authorities among the Mystics and the Righteous -- XIII. On the Classification of Love according to Our Opinion -- XIV. On the Signs of God's Love for Man -- XV. On the Explanation of the Signs of Man's Love for God -- XVI. On the Signs [of the Love] of Those Who Love One Another in God -- XVII. On the Love of the Elite among Believers -- XVIII. On the Love of the Commonality of Muslims -- XIX. On the Love of All Other Animate Beings -- XX. On the Meaning of the Word Shāhid -- XXI. On the Definition of the Perfection of Love -- XXII. On Those Who Died of Natural Love -- XXIII. On Those Who Killed Themselves for Love -- XXIV. On the Death of Divine Lovers -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons, Peoples, and Places |
| Summary |
The earliest major Islamic treatise on mystical love, this work reflects a moderate version of the ecstatic mysticism of the Sufi martyr al-Hallaj |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Arabic |
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Print version record |
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- Early works to 1800
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Mysticism -- Islam -- Early works to 1800
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Sufism -- Early works to 1800
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RELIGION -- Islam -- Sufi.
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Islam
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Mysticism -- Islam
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Sufism
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- Early works to 1800.
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Mysticism -- Islam -- Early works to 1800.
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Sufism -- Early works to 1800.
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474463867 |
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147446386X |
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