{"product_id":"from-gnosiology-to-wadat-al-shuhd-kamaruzzaman-bustamam-ahmad-9798186096610","title":"From Gnosiology to Wa\u0026#7716;dat Al-Shuh\u0026#362;d: The Anthropology of Mystical Knowing in Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the deepest knowledge is not something you learn-but Someone you meet?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome books explain the mystical path. This one is written from within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFrom Gnosiology to Waḥdat al-Shuhūd\u003c\/i\u003e, Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad-anthropologist and lifelong student of the Sufi tradition-takes up the oldest question of the spiritual life: can the knowledge of God (\u003ci\u003emaʿrifah\u003c\/i\u003e) truly be called knowledge? Moving from the science of gnosis to the summit of Sufi metaphysics, he charts the soul's ascent from knowing \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e the Divine to \u003cb\u003ewitnessing\u003c\/b\u003e it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart lies a distinction that has divided mystics for centuries-between \u003ci\u003ewaḥdat al-wujūd\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eoneness of being\u003c\/b\u003e and its intoxicated cry, \"I am the Real,\" and \u003ci\u003ewaḥdat al-shuhūd\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eoneness of witnessing\u003c\/b\u003e, in which the seeker beholds nothing anywhere but God, yet remains, to the last breath, a servant. The drop does not become the ocean; the mirror does not become the light-and still it reflects nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart reflection, part testimony, this is a contemplative journey through the anthropology of mystical knowing in Islam: the human being as a vessel of knowledge; the heart as the organ of witnessing; and the long discipline of intuition, symbol, meaning, and \u003ci\u003etaʾwīl-the\u003c\/i\u003e unveiling of the veiled (\u003ci\u003ekashf al-maḥjūb\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in luminous, unhurried prose, it is for readers of \u003cb\u003eSufism and Islamic spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e, seekers of \u003cb\u003egnosis and self-knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e, and anyone drawn to the meeting place where philosophy falls silent and the heart begins to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798186096610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084299804927,"sku":"9798186096610","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-gnosiology-to-wadat-al-shuhd-kamaruzzaman-bustamam-ahmad-9798186096610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}