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The Meccan revelations / Ibn al-ʻArabi ; selected texts of Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiya, presentations and translations from the Arabic under the direction of Michel Chodkiewicz.
Van Pelt Library BP189.26 .I264 2 v.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240.
- Standardized Title:
- Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah. Selections. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Sufism--Early works to 1800.
- Sufism.
- Genre:
- Early works to 1800.
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pir Press, 2002-2004.
- Summary:
- "The continuation of our acclaimed English translation of Les Iluminations de la Meque. Volume II contains more of the "Greatest Shaykh's" wisdom for the first time in English. Subjects include: the gnostic and the sacred law, the mystic properties of the Quranic letters, the secrets of Forgiveness and the attainment of Divine Nearness."--Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Preface / James W Morris
- Introduction / James W Morris
- Divine names and theophanies / William C Chittick. The origin of creation
- The perfect man
- The gloriws of the face
- The beauty of God and the beauty of the world
- The breath of the all-merciful
- The most beautiful names
- At the end of time / James W Morris. The Mahdi's helpers
- Lesser and greater resurrection / James W Morris. The soul's return
- The voluntary death
- The lesser resurrection and initiatic death
- The presence of the hour
- The beatific vision of the saints
- The imaginal vision of ordinary people
- Toward sainthood: states and stations / William C Chittick. The station of servitude
- The station of freedom
- The true knowledge of unruly utterances
- On withdrawal
- Gathering and its mysteries
- The world of imagination
- God's sign
- Worship and its secrets
- IBN 'Arabi's spiritual ascension / James W Morris. "My voyage was only in myself ..."
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Vol. 1 includes the collaboration of William C. Chittick and James W. Morris; vol. 2 includes the collaboration of Cyrille Chodkiewicz and Denis Gril.
- Incorporates all English and French text and translations from the original 1988 bilingual, French-English edition, Les illuminations de la Mecque, published by Sindbad (Paris).
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1879708167
- 9781879708167
- 1879708213
- 9781879708211
- OCLC:
- 51219223
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