The night journey and ascension in Islam : the reception of religious narrative in Sunni, Shi'i and Western culture / Ron Buckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckley, R. P. (Ronald Paul)

Series:

Library of Middle East history ; v. 36.

Library of Middle East history ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Isrāʼ and Miʻrāj.

Muḥammad.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Physical Description:

ix, 360 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.

Summary:

'R.P. Buckley's The Night Journey and Ascension in Islam explores the tale of the Prophet Muhammad's celestial ascent, focusing in particular on its function in delineating communal systems of belief, debating spiritual matters, expressing the miraculous, and staking claims to religious superiority. Covering Islamic and European sources from the early Islamic period to the modern day, it is a masterful, meticulous, and expansive study of a theme that has proven, time and again, to be of pivotal importance to Islamic doctrine and theology, faith and devotion.' Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Isra' and the Mi'raj 1

2 'We Granted the Vision We Showed You as a Trial for Men' The Proof Texts: Qur'an and Hadith 19

3 Through Space and Time 59

4 A Transport of the Spirit 85

5 Rationality, the Ineffable and Faith 128

6 The Isra' and the Mi'raj in Imami Shi'ism 139

7 Western Perspectives 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [324]-344) and index.

ISBN:

9781848859869

1848859864

OCLC:

808499148