Kashf al-Mahjub

The ‘Revelation of the Veiled’ of Ali b. ‘Uthman al-Jullãbi Hujwiri. An early Persian Treatise on Sufism

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Al-Hujwīrī came from Ghazna, now in Afghanistan, then the capital of the mighty Ghaznavid Empire. He was a Sufi mystic who travelled widely in the Middle East and Transoxiana. The Kashf al-Maḥjūb was probably written in Lahore, where he is buried, not long before his death in about 1074. One of the oldest Sufi works in Persian, it is a substantial treatise aiming to set forth a complete system of Sufism. This is achieved partly by the discussion of acts and saying of the great figures of the past, partly by discussion of features of doctrine and practice and the examination of the different views adopted by different Sufi schools. It is enlivened by episodes from the author’s own experiences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-10-31
Mått148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt617 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGibb Memorial Trust
Antal sidor464
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9780906094372
ÖversättareNicholson, Reynold A, Nicholson, Reynold a.

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Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1868–1945) was one of the foremost European scholars of Islamic mysticism. His pioneering translations and editions of major Sufi texts—including Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz (1898), The Mystics of Islam (1914), and the monumental eight-volume edition and translation of Rumi’s Mathnawí (1925–1940)—remain foundational works in the field. He also authored the influential Literary History of the Arabs (1907) and several studies on Islamic poetry and personality in Sufism. Nicholson's literary sensitivity and rigorous scholarship transformed Western understanding of Sufi thought and literature.