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Trial and tribulation in the qur'an : a mystical theodicy / Nasrin Rouzati ; with a foreword by Colin Turner.
Loaned to Another Library BP130.4 .R689 2015
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rouzati, Nasrin, author.
- Turner, C. (Colin), author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Qurʼan.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 196 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First published 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- 1 Divine Trial Narratives in the Qur'an: A Typology 8
- Trial and Tribulation: Purpose in Divine Plan 8
- Means of Divine Trial 10
- Divine Trial as Punishment 10
- Man's Response to Divine Trial 11
- A Linguistic Overview of bald and fitna 12
- A General Overview of bald and fitna Narratives 14
- Classifications of bala and fitna Narratives 14
- (a) Divine Trial as the Central Pillar of the Creational Structure of the Cosmos 14
- (b) Manifestation of Divine Trial 17
- (c) Objects of Divine Trial 20
- (d) Divine Trial Visited on Prophets and Their Communities 26
- Conclusion 30
- 2 Divine Trial in Prophetic Traditions and Qur'anic Exegesis 31
- Divine Trial in the Prophetic Traditions (hadith) 33
- An Overview of Qur'anic Exegesis (tafsir) 36
- Sunnite Commentaries (tafsir) 37
- Shi'ite Commentaries (tafsir) 38
- Trial from an Exegetical Perspective 39
- Verses on Divine Trial as a Fundamental Pillar of the Creational Structure of the Cosmos 39
- Verses on Manifestation of Divine Trial in Man's Life 44
- Verses on Objects of Divine Trial 49
- Verses on Divine Trial Visited on Prophets and Their Communities 54
- Conclusion 59
- 3 The Qur'anic Prophets and Divine Trial 61
- Overview of Divine Trial in the Lives of the Prophets 64
- Noah (Nub) 65
- Abraham (Ibrahim) 66
- Lot (Lut) 68
- Moses (Musa) 69
- Jonah (Yunus) 74
- Job (Ayyub) 76
- Joseph (Yusuf) 77
- David (Dawud) and Solomon (Sulayman) 79
- Jesus (Isa) 82
- Muhammad 88
- Conclusion 93
- 4 Divine Trial from the Muslim Mystical Perspective 95
- What is "Mysticism"? 96
- Muslim Mysticism 98
- Jalal al-Din Rumi: A Brief Historical Background 100
- God and the Cosmos 103
- Creation of Adam: The "Fall" as Context for Divine Trial 104
- Human Life as a Divine Trial: The Spiritual Development 112
- Self-knowledge (ma'rifat al-nafs) 112
- Self-purification (tazkiyat al-nafs) 116
- Rumi on Self-purification (tazkiyat al-nafs) 118
- Rumi on Trial and Tribulation and the Concept of Suffering 126
- Conclusion 132
- 5 Divine Trial and Muslim Theodicy 134
- The Problem of Evil: An Overview 135
- Perspectives in Theodicy: A Synopsis 137
- Ghazalian Theodicy: Concept of the "Best of All Possible Worlds" 141
- Ghazali on God and Creation-in-Time 144
- The Best of All Possible Worlds: Context for Trust in God 146
- Trial and Tribulation in the Context of the "Best of All Possible Worlds" 150
- Conclusion 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 3940924547
- 9783940924544
- OCLC:
- 894139795
- Publisher Number:
- 99964771155
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