Narrating Muhammad's night journey : tracing the development of the Ibn Abbas ascension discourse / Frederick S. Colby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colby, Frederick Stephen, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Isra and Miraj.

Muḥammad.

Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas, d. 688? Isra wa-al-Miraj.

Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad's night journey to the divine realm and back again.

Contents:

Intro

NARRATING MUHAMMAD'S NIGHT JOURNEY

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1. MUHAMMAD'S NIGHT JOURNEYIN THE QURAN

THE NIGHT JOURNEY VERSE

VERSES FROM THE CHAPTER OF THE OVERTURNING

THE OPENING VERSES OF THE CHAPTER OF THE STAR

THE APPROPRIATION OF TERMS AND PHRASES FROM THE QURĀN

THE HEAVENLY HOST DEBATE

THE FINAL VERSES (SEALS) OF THE CHAPTER OF THE COW

PASSING REFERENCES TO ASCENSION IN THE QURĀN

2. ORALITY AND THE PRIMITIVE VERSION OF THE IBN ABBĀS ASCENSION NARRATIVE

APPROACHING IBN ABBĀS AND THE PRIMITIVE VERSION

COMPARATIVELY ANALYZING THE PRIMITIVE VERSION OF THE IBN ABBĀS ASCENSION NARRATIVE

AUTHENTICATING AND DATING THE CIRCULATION OFTHE PRIMITIVE VERSION

ECHOES OF MUQĀTIL B. SULAYMĀN'S COMMENTARYIN THE PRIMITIVE VERSION

TRACING THE BEGINNINGS OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION

3. EARLY HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY

FROM QURĀN AND ORAL REPORTS TO EARLY NARRATIVE HISTORY:IBN ISĀQ

IBN ISĀQ'S ACCOUNT OF THE PROPHET'S NIGHT JOURNEYAS NARRATED BY IBN HISHĀM

IBN ISĀQ'S ACCOUNT OF THE HEAVENLY JOURNEY AS NARRATED BY IBN HISHĀM

THE EARLY ASCENSION NARRATIVE AS PRESENTED IN IBN SAD'S HISTORY

THE NIGHT JOURNEY AS NARRATED BY IBN SAD

4. PROTO-SHĪĪ NARRATIVES OF HEAVENLY ASCENT

THE ASCENSION EXPERIENCES OF PROTOSHĪĪ "EXTREMISTS"

ASCENSION-RELATED SAYINGS IN SAFFĀR QUMMĪ'S COLLECTION

THE QURĀN COMMENTARY OF FURĀT KŪFĪ

5. CANONICAL SUNNĪ HADĪTH REPORTS ON MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY

NIGHT JOURNEY AND ASCENSION HADĪTH REPORTS IN BUKHĀRĪ AND MUSLIM

HADĪTH REPORTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF NASĀĪ

HADĪTH REPORTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF TIRMIDHĪ

6. THE USE AND APPROPRIATION OF THE IBN ABBĀS DISCOURSE IN COMMENTARIES

NIGHT JOURNEY AND ASCENSION ACCOUNTS IN TABARĪ'S TAFSĪR.

THE ABŪ HURAYRA ASCENSION NARRATIVE FROM TABARĪ'S TAFSĪR

THE ABŪ SAĪD KHUDRĪ ASCENSION NARRATIVE FROM TABARĪ'S TAFSĪR

THE APPROPRIATION OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN OTHER EARLY COMMENTARIES

THE USE OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN ALĪ QUMMĪ'S TAFSĪR

THE USE OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN THALABĪ'S TAFSĪR

7. CONTESTING THE PRIMITIVE VERSION IN NISHAPUR

IBN HIBBĀN'S REJECTION OF THE PRIMITIVE VERSION

SULAMĪ AND HIS COMPILATION OF SUFI SAYINGS ON MUHAMMAD'S ASCENSION

QUSHAYRĪ AND HIS KITĀB ALMIRĀJ

THE EXTENDED COSMOLOGICAL ASCENSION HADĪTH

BAYHAQĪ'S REJECTION OF THE EXTENDED ASCENSION NARRATIVES

8. BAKRĪ'S TOTAL AND COMPLETE IBN ABBĀS DISCOURSE

THE EVENTS PRIOR TO THE NIGHT JOURNEY IN TEXTS THAT INVOKE BAKRĪ

MUHAMMAD'S NIGHT JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM IN TEXTS THAT INVOKE BAKRĪ

BAKRĪ VERSIONS OF MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE HEAVENS

MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY BEYOND THE SEVEN HEAVENS IN BAKRĪ TEXTS

DATING THE ASCENSION NARRATIVES ASCRIBED TO ABŪ AL-SAN BAKRĪ

9. THE CIRCULATION AND DIFFUSION OF BAKRĪ'S VERSIONS

THE BASE NARRATIVE BEHIND IBN SĪNĀ'S ALLEGORICAL TREATISE

EVIDENCE FROM SIXTH / TWELFTH CENTURY NORTH AFRICA

LIBER SCALE AND THE DIFFUSION OF THE BAKRĪ VERSIONS IN THE SEVENTH/ THIRTEENTH CENTURY

AN ANONYMOUS EASTERN PERSIAN MIRĀJNĀMA

CONCLUSION

Appendix A: TRANSLATION OF THEPRIMITIVE VERSION

Appendix B: BAKRĪ'S "TOTAL AND COMPLETE" ASCENSION

GLOSSARY: KEY THEMES AND TROPES IN THE IBN ABBĀS ASCENSION NARRATIVES

NOTES

WORKS CITED

INDEX

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B

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-304) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791477885

0791477886

9781435666887

1435666887

OCLC:

257014441