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Shibli : his life and thought in the sufi tradition / Kenneth Avery.

By: Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1438451814 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781438451817 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781438451794 (electronic bk.)
  • 1438451792 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 297.4092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • BP80.S5365 A94 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
The historical context -- Shibli in the sources -- Sarraj's Book of illuminations -- Kalabadhi's Book of understanding -- Sulami's generations of the sufis -- Abu Nuʻaym's Ornament of God's friends -- Qushayri's treatise -- Hujwiri's Revealing the veiled -- Ansari's Generations of the sufis -- Ruzbihan's Explanation of ecstatic sayings -- Ha??ar's Memoirs of God's friends -- Jami's Breaths of intimacy -- Two non-sufi historians: Khatib al-Baghdadi and al-Dhahabi -- Shibli and the sources: conclusions -- Themes and relationships -- Narrative structures and styles -- The nature of Shibli's sayings -- Shibli and Junayd -- Shibli and Hallaj -- The question of Shibli's insanity -- Shibli's poetry -- Shibli and the Qurʼan.
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Includes bibliographical references.

The historical context -- Shibli in the sources -- Sarraj's Book of illuminations -- Kalabadhi's Book of understanding -- Sulami's generations of the sufis -- Abu Nuʻaym's Ornament of God's friends -- Qushayri's treatise -- Hujwiri's Revealing the veiled -- Ansari's Generations of the sufis -- Ruzbihan's Explanation of ecstatic sayings -- Ha??ar's Memoirs of God's friends -- Jami's Breaths of intimacy -- Two non-sufi historians: Khatib al-Baghdadi and al-Dhahabi -- Shibli and the sources: conclusions -- Themes and relationships -- Narrative structures and styles -- The nature of Shibli's sayings -- Shibli and Junayd -- Shibli and Hallaj -- The question of Shibli's insanity -- Shibli's poetry -- Shibli and the Qurʼan.

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