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Letters of a Sufi scholar [electronic resource] : the correspondence of ʻAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731) / by Samer Akkach.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English, Arabic Series: Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; ; v. 74.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (1 v. (various pagings)) : mapISBN:
  • 9789047424338 (electronic bk.)
  • 9047424336 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Letters of a Sufi scholar.DDC classification:
  • 297.4092 22
LOC classification:
  • BP80.N23 A643 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: ʻAbd al-Ghanī and the culture of correspondence -- The intellectual milieu -- The letters of the Wasā'il -- List and description -- Places, towns, and correspondents -- Map of the Eastern Ottoman Provinces -- Content and significance -- On understanding Islam: letter 1 -- On struggle (jihād): letter 3 -- On causality: letter 4 -- On solitude: letters 6 and 10 -- On quick-passing thoughts (khawāṭir): letter 14 -- On smoking: letter 25 -- On cosmogony and the unity of being: letters 61 and 62 -- On piety, spirituality, and ethics: all letters.
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Text in English and Arabic.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: ʻAbd al-Ghanī and the culture of correspondence -- The intellectual milieu -- The letters of the Wasā'il -- List and description -- Places, towns, and correspondents -- Map of the Eastern Ottoman Provinces -- Content and significance -- On understanding Islam: letter 1 -- On struggle (jihād): letter 3 -- On causality: letter 4 -- On solitude: letters 6 and 10 -- On quick-passing thoughts (khawāṭir): letter 14 -- On smoking: letter 25 -- On cosmogony and the unity of being: letters 61 and 62 -- On piety, spirituality, and ethics: all letters.

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