The triumph of mercy : philosophy and scripture in Mulla Sadra / Mohammed Rustom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rustom, Mohammed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic philosophy.

Sufism.

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Qurʼan.

Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641.

Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses philosopher Mullā Ṣadrā's commentary on the opening chapter of the Qur'ān.

Contents:

Intro

The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā

Contents

Acknowledgments

Transliterations and Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: Qur'ānic Hermeneutics

Lord of the Heart

Etiquette and Understanding

Concept and Reality

The Command's Descent

The Soul's Ascent

Chapter 2: Formal Considerations

Texts and Sources

Structure and Content

Chapter 3: Metaphysics

The Essence

Names and Their Loci

The All-Comprehensive Name

Chapter 4: Cosmology

The Act of Praise

The Muhammadan Reality

The Perfect Man

Chapter 5: Theology

From Outer to Inner

Idols of Belief

The Religion of the Perfect Man

Chapter 6: Soteriology I

The Nature of Things

The Essential and the Accidental

Chapter 7: Soteriology II

Paths to Mercy

Divine Hands and Feet

Intellectual and Scriptural Fidelity

Revealing and Concealing

Chastisement's Sweetness

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Some Key Texts from the Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb

Appendix 2: Key Texts from the Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa

Appendix 3: Passages from the Futūḥāt Reworked into the Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Qur'ānic Passages

Index of Ḥadīths and Sayings

Index of Names and Terms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781438443423

1438443420

OCLC:

823743057