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Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam: An Annotated Translation of ‘The Bezels of Wisdom’ , written by Binyamin Abrahamov

Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam: An Annotated Translation of ‘The Bezels of Wisdom’ , written by... Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam: An Annotated Translation of ‘The Bezels of Wisdom’. Routledge Sufi Series, vol. 16. London and New York, Routledge, 2015. ix + 204 pp., references, index of Qurʾānic verses, general index. isbn 978-1-138-83131-5. Cloth £90.00 / US $145.00. Few works in the history of Sufi literature have had an impact comparable to that of Ibn ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam . A handful of likely contenders come to mind—Ghazālī’s Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn , ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-ṭayr , Rūmī’s Mathnawī —each, like the Fuṣūṣ , a key development in the literary expression of Sufi doctrine, and each a landmark likewise in terms of its interaction with and influence on the wider culture of the Islamic world. Even among this company, though, the Fuṣūṣ stands out by virtue of the immense body of commentary to which it has given rise (enough to constitute a traditional sub-genre in its own right) as well as the extent to which it has divided Muslim opinion. Composed in Damascus in 627/1229, the Fuṣūṣ announced itself to the Muslim world in no uncertain terms, claiming to be the fruit of a dream in which the Prophet Muḥammad appeared to Ibn ʿArabī with a book http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Sufi Studies Brill

Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam: An Annotated Translation of ‘The Bezels of Wisdom’ , written by Binyamin Abrahamov

Journal of Sufi Studies , Volume 5 (2): 199 – Nov 29, 2016

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Brill
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews
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2210-5948
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2210-5956
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10.1163/22105956-12341293
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Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam: An Annotated Translation of ‘The Bezels of Wisdom’. Routledge Sufi Series, vol. 16. London and New York, Routledge, 2015. ix + 204 pp., references, index of Qurʾānic verses, general index. isbn 978-1-138-83131-5. Cloth £90.00 / US $145.00. Few works in the history of Sufi literature have had an impact comparable to that of Ibn ʿArabī’s Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam . A handful of likely contenders come to mind—Ghazālī’s Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn , ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-ṭayr , Rūmī’s Mathnawī —each, like the Fuṣūṣ , a key development in the literary expression of Sufi doctrine, and each a landmark likewise in terms of its interaction with and influence on the wider culture of the Islamic world. Even among this company, though, the Fuṣūṣ stands out by virtue of the immense body of commentary to which it has given rise (enough to constitute a traditional sub-genre in its own right) as well as the extent to which it has divided Muslim opinion. Composed in Damascus in 627/1229, the Fuṣūṣ announced itself to the Muslim world in no uncertain terms, claiming to be the fruit of a dream in which the Prophet Muḥammad appeared to Ibn ʿArabī with a book

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Published: Nov 29, 2016

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