The repose of the spirits : a sufi commentary on the divine names /

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Author / Creator:Samʻānī, Aḥmad ibn Manṣūr, 1094-1140, author.
Uniform title:Rawḥ al-arwāḥ fī sharḥ asmāʼ al-malik al-fattāḥ. English
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York, [2019]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Suny series in islam
SUNY series in Islam.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12557865
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Other authors / contributors:Chittick, William C., translator writer of introduction.
ISBN:9781438473352
1438473354
9781438473338
1438473338
1438473354
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 18, 2019).
Summary:The Repose of the Spirits' is a translation of one of the earliest and most comprehensive treatises on Sufism in the Persian language. Written by Ahmad Sam'ani, an expert in Islamic law from a famous Central Asian scholarly family in about the year 1135, it is one of the handful of early Sufi texts available in English and is by far the most accessible. It also may well be the longest and the most accurately translated. Ostensibly a commentary on the divine names, it avoids the abstract discourse of theological nitpicking and explains the human significance of the names with a delightful mix of Quranic verses and sayings of the Prophet and various past teachers, interspersed with original interpretations of the received wisdom. Unlike the usual books on the divine names (such as that of al-Ghazali), 'The Repose of the Spirits' reminds the reader of the later poetical tradition, especially the work of Rumi. The prose is richly embroidered with imagery and interspersed with a great variety of Arabic and Persian poetry. What is especially remarkable is the manner in which the author speaks to his readers about their own personal situations, explaining why they are driven by a love affair with God, a God who is full of compassion and good humor, whether they know it or not. William C. Chittick?s masterful new translation brings this work to an English-language audience for the first time.00Transl. from Persian by William C. Chittick.
Other form:Print version: Samʻānī, Aḥmad ibn Manṣūr, 1094-1140. Rawḥ al-arwāḥ fī sharḥ asmāʼ al-malik al-fattāḥ. English. Repose of the spirits. Albany : State University of New York, [2019] 9781438473338

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