Kernel of the kernel : concerning the wayfaring and spiritual journey of the people of intellect : Risala-yi Lubb al-lubab dar sayr wa suluk-i ulu'l-albab [sic] / a Shii approach to Sufism from the teachings of Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai ; compiled, edited, and expanded by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani ; translated [from the Persian] by Mohammad H. Faghfoory ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥusaynī Ṭihrānī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn.

Contributor:

Tabatabai, Muhammad Husayn.

Faghfoory, Mohammad Hassan.

Series:

SUNY series in Islam.

SUNY Series in Islam

Standardized Title:

Risālah-ʼi Lubb al-lubāb. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious life--Islam--Qurʼanic teaching.

Religious life.

Religious life--Shiah.

God (Islam)--Qurʼanic teaching.

God (Islam).

Islam--Essence, genius, nature.

Islam.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 149 pages)

Other Title:

Risal-yi Lubb al-lubab dar sayr wa suluk-i ulu'l-albab [sic]

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kernel of the Kernel is an authoritative work on Sufism from a Shi'i perspective that is not only fascinating, but also contains much practical advice. In addition to providing a theoretical discussion of spiritual wayfaring, it is also the account of a personal fifty-year spiritual journey by Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabā'ī, a renowned Iranian-Shii scholar and spiritual master. In Kernel of the Kernel, Ṭabāṭabā'ī discusses the doctrinal foundations of spiritual wayfaring as well as processes and stages that an aspiring wayfarer must go through in order to attain spiritual realization. He discusses the relation between the exoteric and esoteric aspects of Islam and clearly demonstrates that these inward and outward dimensions of Islam complement each other. The book also provides information on the Quranic origins of Sufism and its special relations with Shi'ism as well as the role of Shi'i Imams in the spiritual realization of a sincere wayfarer.

Contents:

""Kernel of the Kernel""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD by Seyyed Hossein Nasr""; ""TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION""; ""1. Editor's Introduction: The Straight Path Is One Which Combines the Exoteric and the Esoteric""; ""2. Kernel of the Kernel""; ""3. Description of the Realms Preceding the Realm of Khulus""; ""4. Undifferentiated Description of the Path and Methods of Wayfaring Toward God""; ""5. Differentiated Description of the Path and Methods of Wayfaring Toward God""; ""INDEX OF QURANIC VERSES""; ""INDEX OF AHADITH""; ""INDEX OF QUOTATIONS OF THE SAYINGS OF THE SHI'ITE IMAMS""; ""NOTES ON SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND AUTHORS CITED IN THE TEXT""""GENERAL INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-7914-8927-2

1-4175-0679-2

OCLC:

55140724