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Muhammad Ali Aziz

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Description:Scholar, mystic and visionary, Ibn 'Alwon lived through the transition from Ayyubid to Rasulid rule in thirteenth-century Yemen. He was well known in his time for his critique of the ruling elites and their governance, and left behind a substantial body of writings on Islamic mysticism, theology, law and exegesis of the QurOCOan. Here Muhammad Aziz presents a comprehensive portrait of Ibn 'Alwon, delineating the religious and political background in Yemen, the development of Sufi orders, the interplay between Sufi, Shi'i and Sunni traditions, and the impact of Ibn 'Alwon on the history of Sufism and Islam. The first study of Ibn OCyAlwon in English, OCyReligion and Mysticism in Early IslamOCO is essential reading for all those interested in mysticism, early Islam, Sufism, and religion and history more generally._x000D__x000D_'Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam is unprecedented and novel and offers a great deal of original factual material about Yemeni Sufism that is not available in any Western language. The bookOCOs broad chronological and thematic scope renders it an essential introduction to the vicissitudes of Sufism in Yemen from its inception up to the present day. In furnishing such a broad and detailed panorama of intellectual, political and religious life of his native country, Dr Aziz has laid a solid factual and textual ground for the future study of Islam and Sufism in that part of Arabia.'_x000D__x000D_- Alexander Knysh, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Michigan, author of Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition: The Making of a Polemical Image in Medieval Islam (1998) and Islamic Mysticism: A Short History (2000), and section editor for Sufism for the Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3rd edn, E.J. Brill_x000D_We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen. To get started finding Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 297

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0857719602

Description: Scholar, mystic and visionary, Ibn 'Alwon lived through the transition from Ayyubid to Rasulid rule in thirteenth-century Yemen. He was well known in his time for his critique of the ruling elites and their governance, and left behind a substantial body of writings on Islamic mysticism, theology, law and exegesis of the QurOCOan. Here Muhammad Aziz presents a comprehensive portrait of Ibn 'Alwon, delineating the religious and political background in Yemen, the development of Sufi orders, the interplay between Sufi, Shi'i and Sunni traditions, and the impact of Ibn 'Alwon on the history of Sufism and Islam. The first study of Ibn OCyAlwon in English, OCyReligion and Mysticism in Early IslamOCO is essential reading for all those interested in mysticism, early Islam, Sufism, and religion and history more generally._x000D__x000D_'Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam is unprecedented and novel and offers a great deal of original factual material about Yemeni Sufism that is not available in any Western language. The bookOCOs broad chronological and thematic scope renders it an essential introduction to the vicissitudes of Sufism in Yemen from its inception up to the present day. In furnishing such a broad and detailed panorama of intellectual, political and religious life of his native country, Dr Aziz has laid a solid factual and textual ground for the future study of Islam and Sufism in that part of Arabia.'_x000D__x000D_- Alexander Knysh, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Michigan, author of Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition: The Making of a Polemical Image in Medieval Islam (1998) and Islamic Mysticism: A Short History (2000), and section editor for Sufism for the Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3rd edn, E.J. Brill_x000D_We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen. To get started finding Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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