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Inrushes of the heart : the Sufi philosophy of ʻAyn al-Quḍāt / Mohammed Rustom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rustom, Mohammed, author.
- Series:
- SUNY series in Islam
- SUNY Series in Islam Series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim philosophers--Iran--Biography.
- Muslim philosophers.
- Sufis--Iran--Biography.
- Sufis.
- Sufism--Iran--History.
- Sufism.
- ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadhānī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, -1131.
- ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadhānī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (403 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- A comprehensive introduction to the life and thought of one of the Islamic intellectual tradition's most original and profound authors.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Detailed List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Format and Style
- Translations
- Transliterations
- Referencing
- Sourcing Hadiths and Sayings
- Abbreviations
- ʿAyn al-Quḍāt's Writings
- Reference Works
- Introduction: A Sage in Exile
- Life
- Execution
- Writings
- 1. Tamhīdāt (Paving the Path)
- 2. Nāma-hā (The Letters)
- 3. [Wāqiʿa-hā] ([Apparitions])
- 4. Risāla-yi Jamālī (Treatise Dedicated to Jamāl al-Dawla)
- 5. Zubdat al-ḥaqāʼiq (The Essence of Reality)
- 6. Shakwā'l-gharīb (The Exile's Complaint)
- 7. Nuzhat al-ʿushshāq (The Lovers' Excursion)
- Reception
- The Present Book
- 1. Autobiography
- Discovery
- Helplessness
- Tasting
- Charismatic Gifts
- Apparitions
- Muhammadan Encounters
- 2. Counsel and Confession
- Advice and Admonition
- Criticism
- Sandal-Service
- Two Defenses
- Divine Jealousy
- 3. Heavenly Matters
- The Essence
- Rational Proof
- Withness
- Divine Names and Attributes
- Oneness of Existence
- Levels of Light
- The Goal of Creation
- 4. Earthly Concerns
- Good and Evil
- Cosmic Well-Being
- Against Dualism
- Bad Transmitters
- Compulsion and Freedom
- Guidance and Misguidance
- 5. Inside Out, Outside In
- Intention and Sincerity
- Assent
- Purity and Prayer
- Fasting
- Pilgrimage and Alms Tax
- Praise and Gratitude
- Imaginalization
- Death before Death
- 6. Wayfarers and Masters
- Habit-Worship
- Body and Soul
- The Heart
- The Spirit
- Wayfaring and Seeking
- Renunciation
- The Ripened Master
- 7. Knowledge Transcendent
- Brothers and Mirrors
- Knowers and Recognizers
- The Scale of the Intellect
- Beyond the Intellect
- Self-Recognition
- Self-Perception
- 8. Quranic Origins
- Paradise Found
- Vastness and Worthiness
- Knowing and Hearing
- The Imprint of Letters
- Letters and Dots
- Dots, Nothingness, Subsistence
- 9. Muhammad and Iblis
- Periphery to Center
- Muhammadan Light
- The Black Light of Iblis
- Face, Mole, Tresses
- Faith and Unbelief
- Two Commands
- An Ideal Lover
- 10. Love Transcendent
- Love as Guide
- Love and Loverhood
- Trial and Tribulation
- Madness and Burning
- The Religion of Love
- Levels of Unbelief
- Self-Love
- In the I of the Beholder
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Works by ʿAyn al-Quḍāt (Editions, Manuscripts, Translations)
- Works Misattributed to ʿAyn al-Quḍāt
- Scholarship on ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Cited or Consulted
- Other Primary Sources
- Other Secondary Sources
- Indexes
- Index of Translated Texts
- Index of Quranic Passages
- Index of Hadiths, Proverbs, and Sayings
- Index of Names and Terms
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781438494302
- 1438494300
- OCLC:
- 1394121376
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