Ibn al-Arabi's Barzakh : the concept of the limit and the relationship between God and the world / Salman H. Bashier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bashier, Salman H., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intermediate state--Islam.

Intermediate state.

Creation (Islam).

Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240.

Ibn al-ʻArabī.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores how Ibn al-'Arabi (1165–1240) used the concept of barzakh (the Limit) to deal with the philosophical problem of the relationship between God and the world, a major concept disputed in ancient and medieval Islamic thought. The term "barzakh" indicates the activity or actor that differentiates between things and that, paradoxically, then provides the context of their unity. Author Salman H. Bashier looks at early thinkers and shows how the synthetic solutions they developed provided the groundwork for Ibn al-'Arabi's unique concept of barzakh. Bashier discusses Ibn al-'Arabi's development of the concept of barzakh ontologically through the notion of the Third Thing and epistemologically through the notion of the Perfect Man, and compares Ibn al-'Arabi's vision with Plato's.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Liminal (Barzakhī) Theory of Representation: An Outlook from the Present Situation

Creation ex nihilo, Creation in Time, and Eternal Creation: Ibn Sīnā versus the Theologians

Ibn Rushd versus al-Ghazālī on the Eternity of the World

Mysticism versus Philosophy: The Encounter between Ibn al-ʿArabī and Ibn Rushd

The Barzakh

The Third Entity: The Supreme Barzakh

The Perfect Man: The Epistemological Aspect of the Third Thing

The Limit Situation

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-195) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8434-3

1-4237-3957-4

OCLC:

62756518