{"product_id":"philosophical-sufism-mukhtar-h-ali-9781032019024","title":"Philosophical Sufism: An Introduction to the School of Ibn al-'Arabi","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the intersection between Sufism and philosophy, this volume is a sweeping examination of the mystical philosophy of Muḥyī-l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 637\/1240), one of the most influential and original thinkers of the Islamic world. This book systematically covers Ibn al-ʿArabī's ontology, theology, epistemology, teleology, spiritual anthropology and eschatology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile philosophy uses deductive reasoning to discover the fundamental nature of existence and Sufism relies on spiritual experience, it was not until the school of Ibn al-ʿArabī that philosophy and Sufism converged into a single framework by elaborating spiritual doctrines in precise philosophical language. Contextualizing the historical development of Ibn al-ʿArabī's school, the work draws from the earliest commentators of Ibn al-ʿArabī's oeuvre, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 673\/1274), ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Kāshānī (d. ca. 730\/1330) and Dawūd al-Qayṣarī (d. 751\/1350), but also draws from the medieval heirs of his doctrines Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī (d. 787\/1385), the pivotal intellectual and mystical figure of Persia who recast philosophical Sufism within the framework of Twelver Shīʿism and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898\/1492), the key figure in the dissemination of Ibn al-ʿArabī's ideas in the Persianate world as well as the Ottoman Empire, India, China and East Asia via Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLucidly written and comprehensive in scope, with careful treatments of the key authors, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Sufism \u003c\/i\u003eis a highly accessible introductory text for students and researchers interested in Islam, philosophy, religion and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mukhtar H. Ali\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032019026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032019024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Mukhtar H. Ali","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993659113727,"sku":"9781032019024","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7216e22e-57e8-47b4-bb85-f8ccd933c8ed.jpg?v=1683325583","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophical-sufism-mukhtar-h-ali-9781032019024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}