Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt

The Wafāʼ Sufi Order and the Legacy of Ibn al-ʿArabī

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

AvRichard J. A. McGregor,Richard J. a. McGregor

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Using the original, little-known writings of Sufis Muhammad and 'Ali Wafa', this book explores the development of the idea of Islamic sainthood in the post-Ibn 'Arabi period.Using the original writings of two Egyptian Sufis, Muḥammad Wafāʼ and his son 'Alī, this book shows how the Islamic idea of sainthood developed in the medieval period. Although without a church to canonize its "saints," the Islamic tradition nevertheless debated and developed a variety of ideas concerning miracles, sanctity, saintly intermediaries, and pious role models. In the writings of the Wafāʼs, a complete mystical worldview unfolds, one with a distinct doctrine of sainthood and a novel understanding of the apocalypse. Using almost entirely unedited manuscript sources, author Richard J. A. McGregor shows in detail how Muḥammad and 'Alī Wafāʼ drew on earlier philosophical and gnostic currents to construct their own mystical theories and notes their debt to the Sufi order of the Shadhiliyya, the mystic al-Tirmidhī, and the great Sufi thinker Ibn ʿArabī. Notably, although located firmly within the Sunni tradition, the Wafāʼs felt free to draw on Shi'ite ideas for the construction of their own theory of the final great saint.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Islam
Antal sidor260
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791460122

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. Tirmidhi, Ibn 'Arabi, and Others on Sanctity Tirmidhi on WalayaSahl Tustari on WalayaLesser Treatments of WalayaWalaya and Shi'ismIbn 'Arabi and Walaya 2. The Early Shadhiliyya and Sanctity Literature and History of the ShadhiliyyaAl-Shadhili, Tirmidhi, and Ibn 'ArabiThe Early Figures of the OrderThe Writings of Ibn BakhilaProximity to the DivineThe Levels of WalayaSanctity and Prophecy 3. The Wafa'iyya in Time and Space Arriving from the MaghrebAmong the Elite of Cairo 4. The Writings of the Wafa's PoetrySupplications (du'a)Jurisprudence (fiqh) and Exegesis (tafsir)Mystical Treatises (Muhammad Wafa')Mystical Treatises ('Ali Wafa') 5. Sanctity and Muhammad Wafa' Absolute Being and Its Self-disclosureThe Preexistential and the EverlastingSpiritual AnthropologyCosmologyThe Teaching Shaykh and BeyondThe Muhammadan Reality and the PoleSanctity, the Renewer, and the Seal 6. Sanctity according to 'Ali Wafa' Divine Oneness, Self-disclosure, and CreationThe Teacher and OnenessOn Walaya and NubuwwaThe Seal of SainthoodThe Seal and the Renewer of Religion Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index