Description: Title: The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism Author: Al-Quḍāt, ʿayn Publisher: New York University Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 270 Dimensions: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d Product Weight: 0.7 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781479826278 A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, is remarkable for many reasons, not least of which that it is in all likelihood the earliest philosophical exposition of mysticism in the Islamic intellectual tradition. This important work would go on to exert significant influence on both classical Islamic philosophy and philosophical mysticism. Written in a terse yet beautiful style, The Essence of Reality consists of one hundred brief chapters interspersed with Qurʾanic verses, prophetic sayings, Sufi maxims, and poetry. In conversation with the work of the philosophers Avicenna and al-Ghazālī, the book takes readers on a philosophical journey, with lucid expositions of questions including the problem of the eternity of the world; the nature of God's essence and attributes; the concepts of "before" and "after"; and the soul's relationship to the body. All these discussions are seamlessly tied into ʿAyn al-Quḍāt's foundational argument--that mystical knowledge lies beyond the realm of the intellect. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Essence of Reality : a Defense of Philosophical Sufism
Number of Pages: 270 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Middle Eastern, Religious, Comparative Religion, Islam / Sufi
Genre: Religion, Philosophy, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: ʿAyn Al-QuḍāT
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 6.7 in
Book Series: Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
