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Book/Printed Material The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi : Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311)

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Title

  • The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi : Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311)

Summary

  • "The Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi explores the life and teachings of 'Imād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī(d. 711/1311), a little-known Ḥanbalī Sufi master from the circle of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). The first part of this book follows al-Wāsiṭī's physical journey in search of spiritual guidance through a critical study of his autobiographical writings. This provides unique insights into the Rifā'iyya, the Shādhiliyya, and the school of Ibn 'Arabī, several manifestations of Sufism that he encountered as he travelled from Wāsiṭ to Baghdad, Alexandria, and Cairo. Part I closes with his final destination, Damascus, where his membership of Ibn Taymiyya's circle and his role as a Sufi teacher is closely examined. The second part focuses on al-Wāsiṭī's spiritual journey through a study of his Sufi writings, which convey the distinct type of traditionalist Sufism that he taught in early eighth/fourteenth-century Damascus. Besides providing an overview of the spiritual path unto God from beginning to end as he formulated it, this reveals an exceptional interplay between Sufi theory and traditionalist theology"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Post, Arjan, author

Created / Published

  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Headings

  • -  Ibn al-ʻArabī,--1165-1240--Teachings
  • -  Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm,--1263-1328--Teachings
  • -  Wāsiṭī, Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm,--1259-1311
  • -  Sufis--Biography
  • -  Sufism--Doctrines

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-307) and indexes.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xii, 321 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP80.W389

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020718214

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Post, Arjan, Author. The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi: Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī d. 711. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2020] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718214/.

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Post, A. (2020) The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi: Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī d. 711. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718214/.

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Post, Arjan, Author. The journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi: Sufism through the eyes of ʻImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī d. 711. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2020] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718214/>.