The discourses. Volume 1 : reflections on history, Sufism, theology, and literature / al-Ḥasan ibn Masʻūd Yūsī, Ayesha Ramachandran; translated by Justin K Stearns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yūsī, al-Ḥasan ibn Masʻūd, 1630 or 1631-1691, author.

Ramachandran, Ayesha, author.

Contributor:

Stearns, Justin K., 1974- translator.

Series:

Library of Arabic Literature

Library of Arabic Literature ; v.77

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Theology.

Islam.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

Translated from Arabic.

Summary:

Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life Al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī was arguably the most influential and well-known Moroccan intellectual figure of his generation. In 1084/1685, at the age of roughly fifty-four, and after a long and distinguished career, this Amazigh scholar from the Middle Atlas began writing a collection of short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Completed three years later and gathered together under the title Discourses on Language and Literature (al-Muhadarat fi l-adab wa-l-lughah), they offer rich insight into the varied intellectual interests of an ambitious and gifted Moroccan scholar, covering subjects as diverse as genealogy, theology, Sufism, history, and social mores. In addition to representing the author’s intellectual interests, The Discourses also includes numerous autobiographical anecdotes, which offer valuable insight into the history of Morocco, including the transition from the Saadian to the Alaouite dynasty, which occurred during al-Yūsī’s lifetime. Translated into English for the first time, The Discourses offers readers access to the intellectual landscape of the early modern Muslim world through an author who speaks openly and frankly about his personal life and his relationships with his country’s rulers, scholars, and commoners.

Contents:

Cover

THE DISCOURSES VOLUME ONE

Letter from the General Editor

ABOUT THIS PAPERBACK

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Map: al-Yūsī's Morocco

Map: Topography of the Poetry Cited by al-Yūsī

Note on the Text

Notes to the Introduction

THE DISCOURSES, VOLUME ONE

Notes

Glossary of Names and Terms

Chronology of Major Events Relevant to The Discourses

Bibliography

Further Reading

Index of Qurʾanic Verses

Index of Hadith

Index

About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute

About the Translator

The Library of Arabic Literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-1060-6

OCLC:

1273981344