The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn Al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination: Ibn al-ʿArabi's Metaphysics of Imagination - Softcover

Chittick, William C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887068855 ISBN 13: 9780887068850

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1989

Synopsis

Title: Sufi Path of Knowledge( Ibn Al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: WilliamC.Chittick <>Publisher: StateUniversityofNewYorkPress

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Review:

"For the first time in the history of Orientalism, a thorough study of Ibn al-'Arabi's thought is now available. William Chittick has given us a translation of numerous passages from the work of the Magister Magnus and placed them in their theological context, thus removing many misunderstandings that have prevailed both among Muslims and in the West when interpreting Ibn al-'Arabi's mystical worldview. Chittick has done this with admirable clarity, and his book will always remain a most important milestone in the study of Islamic mystical theology." -- Annemarie Schimmel, Harvard University

About the Author:

William Chittick is a Professor of Religious Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is author of The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi and nine other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0887068855
• ISBN 13: 9780887068850
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 504